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That would make a dandy chick brooder! Poopy butts and all! Guess who is picking up chicks tomorrow... Finished the tractor and will baptize it tomorrow, the good Lord willing. I'm tempted to offer to help you butcher. Will work for chicken! I'll get 2 ready to butcher CX and 7 - 2 week...

The fire ants will make a raft & float while gloating. Add a drop of detergent or poison, which is also a surfactant, and the whole ant raft sinks. Pretty impressive & satisfying. Remember I live in a swamp. Fire ants will make tall mounds to stay dry. They build up mounds on top of grasses or...

Given time, the Ground Parrots disturb the nest enough it moves. I haven't seen the parrots seek the ants out and purposefully scratch them out. If I open a mound, they pick the white bits out. Then drop back, pick the ants off their feet and walk away. Seems the ants on the feet are...

And Trellis! :thumbsup

And another thing, what is the best way to evict fire ants? The 45 gallon plastic pots seem to attract them faster than I can put plants in them. Not a fan of the kill everything sprays because of the parrots and dogs. Boric acid and cornmeal?

The Asian Ground Parrots are amazing. Should have done this years ago. Not only do they weed, they fertilize. Now when I say weed, I mean eat everything green. Total devastation. Got the zucchini's planted in the ground. 3 out of 4 lived. Peppers, cucumbers and some cherry tomatoes. Wish...

From my little bit of research, someone has used everything for mulch. Like the old saying: We've done so much with so little for so long, that we are now qualified to do everything with nothing. I'm getting free woodchips for the hauling. I'm choosing the precomposted pile. They are soaking...

Yes, they are lovely! Much different form than mine. Dear @Beekissed , where did these lovely birds come from? Show birds? I'm running hatchery stock and first year. Cheers and spring has sprung!

While I had andouille and enjoyed it, I looked it up because of the experience. Ring baloney is a good term. Again, not my favorite parts to eat. A good smoked sausage is wonderful for flavor. A little bit of pig grease goes a long way to improve flavor. A good rue made with sausage grease...

Sounds good. Why use butter when you would have sausage grease? I'll add it to the try it list. Thank you for posting. So it needs jalapeno peppers or do you use salsa for the tomatoes? Hmm and Mmm! Just to be clear, I put salsa on my eggs because ketchup is bland.

Green onions. I enjoy green onions. We ran out of the white bulb ones and I ran to the garden because I always forget we have green ones growing. Wonderful green onions. Reminds me of Grandpa Jeff (Mom's Dad). He had onions for every meal and snacks. He'd eat them raw. He had a water...

Everything is negotiable. The questions are how bad do they want rid of it, how much is still sitting and how long have they been looking at it wishing some one would haul it off. If you let it sit, someone may take it. If they don't, the price drops. I have walked off after having a manager...

Discount bins! Ooooh! :weee

Like weed seeds, adding your name to a calling list that doesn't spreak engrish, may require some repair that would have been cheaper to buy a new one in the first place (NO! I'm NOT still mad about that one!!!! Stop bringing it up.) (please dammit!). Free stuff can be so much fun. Just...

@flowerbug thank you for the warning. These packets were from 1994 (!!) and she hadn't sown them. I think I need to go ahead and add others. I emptied 10 packets into a 50'x50' area. The clover is sprouting well! Of course, it has been raining for a week, so everything is sprouting. Seeds...

Yes, July is the warning for all people that can't stand the heat... Had some interesting conversations with Canucks concerning the heat. They assured me that it got hot up north. I asked about the humidity and got a funny look. Set and spike. I win. Went to the desert and enjoyed the...

Yes, and hell froze over when I was in Indiana for 4 years straight. Can't imagine going FARTHER north. Why not Minot? Freezin' is the reason! Ah, fond memories. Glad I lived. Just so you know, July is pleasant. August is when the heat finally kicks in. You know, when the cactus starts...

Demons roasting marshmellows?!? Very interesting... Here I thought they only roasted sinners. Heathens. Unclean. Infidels. I remembered that someone was trying to find a home for their 6' metal rooster on CL. Seems her spouse was put off by it and evicted the poor thing. Crazy Lady was...

The black eyed Susans readily seed for us. We've got several blooming that over wintered in the pots for the wife's flowers that got moved to the garage. (my lumbago! Argh!) Beautiful flowers. Crazy Lady has been bringing home wildflower seed mixtures for a few years. I think I'll empty...

So what do you call the pitchforks that are used by demons to punish the sinners? And how many tines? Dante's Inferno pictures showed 2 tines on the couple of pictures that I found. Who's been to hell lately? Yes, I'd like a 3 tine fork. How much does a good fork cost? :rolleyes: Everyone...