I’m having trouble with my blog,
so I won’t be able to post anything
for a few days.
Sorry 😞
Friday, March 31, 2023
Sunday, March 19, 2023
March 19TH
It's National Poultry Day,
so we are pleased to present
our geriatric girls!
Lucy and Ethel.
I shouldn't call them geriatric,
because Friday we found 2 eggs.
I hope it's a trend and not a last gasp
kind of thing.
They are French Cooper Marans
who lay "chocolate" eggs.
This breed is notable for the egg color,
and their feathered legs.
These 2 eggs are smaller
than the ones they used to lay.
That could be attributed to
their age.
We don't know if the eggs are both from Ethel,
because the CEO found her
sitting on them,
but, it's possible both girls layed eggs.
We are hoping they get back into production.
I found some interesting
chicken gear on Amazon.
What hen wouldn't love arms?
She'd be the talk of the coop.
or this...
Showing off those pretty
dinosaur-like feathered legs
while strutting around the
neighborhood..
Did you know...
Chicken wasn't a popular food until
beef and pork shortages happened during World War II.
Wings were considered inedible until 1964,
when a restaurant in Buffalo, New York
served them in barbeque sauce.
Americans consume nearly
80 pounds of chicken per person,
per year.
Shhh, don't say anything
about eating chicken...
The girls don't like that!
So,
in honor of Poultry Day,
we'll start with a rendition
of the Chicken Dance,
then watch a Looney Tunes
episode with Foghorn Leghorn,
and finish up with
yummy treats for the girls!
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Spoiled rotten!
They wait patiently till being handed
a cabbage leaf.
Minew isn't interested in veggies.
Onion flower.
A member of the allium family
The flowers are edible and taste
milder than the actual bulb.
They can be used to infuse vinegar
or olive oil.
It's preferable to harvest onions before
they set blooms because it can
diminish the taste of the bulb.
Purple and Sweet Basil.
Parsley.
Chocolate Mint.
Broccoli.
Corn.
Beets and Carrots,
with Marigolds in the front bed.
Asparagus.
New leaves on the Bay Laurel bush.
Blueberries.
This is a Minew plant,
or,
as I like to call it,
"Sleeping in the Oregano".
(better than sleeping with the fishes, Ha!)
To keep her away,
I put chopsticks and a small
piece of chicken wire.
So far it's working.
Picture of an unhappy cat.
😀
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Gardenia buds.
Amaryllis.
I lost several beautiful bulbs
since last year,
but, these are blooming nicely.
Pansies.
Portulaca.
Portulaca and Sweet Potato Vine.
Succulents.
These are Kalanchoes.
Sedum, with its' yellow flowers.
These are my indoor succulents.
This is called a Pleiospilos,
or, rock plant.
It looks as though a rock
split in two.
That's a bloom in the center.
Variegated Kalanchoe.
Various Echeverria.
The one at the top has a bloom.
(The turtle is not a plant. Ha!)
More Echeverria.
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Getting ready for Easter.
My spring garden wreath.
This morning,
after we opened the coop
for the girls to forage,
the CEO checked for eggs.
Lo and behold!
Another egg!!
Yay!
We don't use a prepared feed for the
hens, the CEO mixes his own.
It's a mixture of wild bird feed,
laying mash, calcium supplements by
eating crushed eggshells,
dried worms and of course,
the contents of the compost bin.
They also forage in the yard,
eating earth worms, bugs, frogs and our
harvest if they get their
little beaks on any.
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My Granddaughter received.
these beautiful roses
for her Confirmation.
I've been trying to keep them alive.
I replaced the water and noticed
that there were small shoots
coming from a few of the stems.
I've tried to grow plants from
shoots before,
but was minimally successful.
I'll certainly try again.
These roses are beautiful,
but hardly any smell.
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One of my distractions...
Crime, Mysteries, Science Fiction,
Historical... basically anything.
😊
Just a thought...
Be a Froot Loop
in a
world of
Cheerios!!
💚💙💗
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