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Comments (11)Not knowing what you are dealing with is the reason I suggested getting horse tested for mineral deficiencies. She may or may NOT have a mineral problem. Test tells you that answer so you cross off that possibility. If you are in a selenium deficient area, you need to be adding selenium and Vit E(helper allowing horse to absorb selenium) to horse diet. You can buy both items at the local elevator. They are not mixed evenly, check with your vet for proportions. I find them fairly inexpensive, easy to feed in powder form. Not a horse special product, so way cheaper than a name-brand horse item. Horse needs selenium for muscle and reproductive tract. Being deficient can make horse very muscle sore, lead to poor heat cycles, sore backs, among other things. I also thought my good pasture, nice hay, clean grain was enough. Getting a lame horse, too sore to use from being selenium deficient changed my viewpoint. Dr. doing the mineral test had never seen one test so low and still be moving. He came right back out to give her a helping shot, then told us to get the powder. Amazing the change that daily tablespoon of mixed powders made to the horse. My case is extreme. My other horse, same field, diet, showed no deficiency. Horses had been together for 10 years. Just the way two different bodies use what is avalilable to them. If you have sheep, do they have a sheep mineral block? There is stuff in sheep feed that is bad for horses. The same way that copper in horse feed is bad for sheep. Horse could be getting wrong minerals from sheep feed or block, throwing her system off. This is where over-supplementing can throw body system off. Horse only needs TINY amounts of these needed minerals. You have to look at all the stuff being fed, read labels, not add a little of this and that. Complete feeds are just that, COMPLETE, if fed at the rates maker recommends. Horse shouldn't then be getting extra, other supplemental stuff....See MoreHas anyone in the North planted for PCs?
Comments (2)Susan, Thanks so much for that link. That's a lot cheaper than ebay. I'll have to see if they'll take a check because we don't use credit cards. I'm copying all those aster names into a Word file that I've been saving so I can go back later on if I want to plant a certain kind of plant for a certain kind of butterfly, then I'll know which one(s) to get. Nope, they aren't New England Asters. Just to make sure, I went and double checked and they say New York Asters and are a dark pink color. I think they only get a foot tall. Nobody showed any interest in those asters and if they don't this year, then they might be getting yanked out of there too. Such trial and error I'm going through! Well, at least probably half the plants were successes with the butterflies. The butterflies showed little or not interest in Joe Pye-weed, Shasta Daisies, Black-eyed Susans (R. hirta), Phlox (it's white but has a nice smell), New York Asters, and Arizona Sun Blanket Flower. They did, however, like the Swamp Milkweed, Butterfly Weed, Butterfly Bush, Purple Coneflowers, Moonbeam Coreopsis, and Scarlet Flame Zinnias. I had bought most of those plants in late summer of 2005 before I had even known of this forum. It's when I had Monarch cats here and was worried I'd do something wrong raising them that I found this forum and have learned tons of things since then. I feel pretty confident now that I could guide someone else in telling them what would be good to plant in a butterfly garden, thanks to all of you here. I said to my husband and daughter that we're going to be overrun with butterflies here this year! ;-) Cathy...See MoreHow do I know if PC has baked long enough?
Comments (5)I think if you bake it at the right temperature, you can't really bake it too long. You can bake the same piece multiple times. Say you want to add more clay to it, just rebake and you can't hurt it unless the temp is too high. Seems to me the different clays require different times. I've heard you can underbake so the chemicals in the clay don't get a chance to fully bond, or whatever the technical term is... E.g. I think the Kato clay needs to cure longer. So I guess the best thing is to use that oven thermometer and bake for at least the manufacturers recommended time. I don't of any way to "test" and see if it's fully cured. Although I'll bet glassattic.com has something about that!!...See MoreHelp! my living room has been empty for 2 years!
Comments (34)Came here from your other post about window treatments. I can see why they used the dining room for the LR. That light is wonderful! If you use your dining room less than the LR, I'd swap them too, Then the stage makes more sense, "Ta da! Dinner is served." Really tho, it's not that bad. If the entry hall were wood like the rest of the house, it probably wouldn't stand out so much. Maybe. 😊...See More
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