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Caleb, I got my Jung catalog this week, along with a stack more. I have over 30 catalogs now. I do order alot but I am guessing that my name just got shared with other companies. I don't mind because I love to look through them. My Baker Creek order came yesterday, I got 40 packets of seeds...

I think it looks pretty good. If it does the job who cares what it looks like anyway? I am doing the exact same thing with some extra windows I have laying around.

The marans look like hens to me because the maran roosters develop very quickly, you usually know within two weeks but the barred rocks I questioned because the males are born with the big round white spots on their heads and the females have very small spots if any at all. Also one has more...

That is exactly what I have been doing, there is no better way to read them. :lol:

Congratulations, they are sooo cute. Looks like you have some Easter Eggers and possibly Barred Rocks? How old are they? Are they sexed? One of them looks kind of roo-ish to me. I hope you guys enjoy them, chickens are fun to own.

So just in the past 7 days I have recieved 16 seed catalogs in the mail. These companies are not wasting any time getting their new 2011 catalogs out and I am loving it. They came at the perfect time since we had a couple of feet of snow dropped on us overnight and most of us were stuck in for a...

I have never heated my coop for the chickens and they do just find here in New England. As long as the coop is well ventilated but doesn't have any drafts blowing on them they do pretty well. I was out in the coop the other night and I was surprised at how warm it was in there. They huddle...

I have been buying Japanese Yams in Whole Foods for the last couple of months. They are the same ones in the picture by Ridgerunner, the store labels them as Japanese Yams, whatever they are they are great. I absolutely love them! Man are they sweet, I like the texture better than the regular...

You would still benefit from keeping bees because while they will fly up to 5 miles if necessary to get nectar some will start out as close to home as possible. I have seen bees come out of my hives and only have to go a few inches to the flowers I keep there and they will work those flowers...

"OK, someone's going to get me on a rant here if they keep it up." Why would this get you on a rant?? :rolleyes: You mean someone posted a link to a popular topic? Who was and what were they keeping up? While there are alot of theories going around NO ONE knows for sure exactly what the cause...

Well the 2011 seed catalogs have been rolling in and today I was pleasantly surprised to find a new on in my mailbox on this snowy winter day. Its called Comstock, Ferre & Company and it was an old time seed company in Connecticut that shut down a while ago and Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds bought...

I think if you have whole pumpkins it would make a big difference. I split whole pumpkins in half with a hammer and spread them around for the chickens. They really love the seeds and the pulp of the pumpkins and jack ol anterns don't really have much for them to be interested in. If they had...

Wow! Congratulations on getting some land to plant all those wonderful trees. I ordered most of mine from Trees of Antiquity and I can't say enough about them, all the trees are doing wonderfully. I also used my trees as landscape accents. I put 20 fruit trees all around the yard, taking into...

You can send some warmth our way, we had our first heavy frost this morning and we are wearing our winter coats here in New England. Our October weather was not too bad, a couple of real chilly and windy days, some heavy rain here and there, but mostly nice fall weather. Its 49 degrees right...

I knew as soon as he mentioned services and neglected to mention anything pertinent to this particular forum.

I don't know about your exact area but there are some states that are having trouble with the africanized bees and Arizona does happen to be one of them. I don't want to scare you but it does happen that they get crossed so if they keep that up I would requeen them. There is no good reason to...

I don't know where the recipe is now but I had one that is pretty simple. You cut them into piece, brush them with heated apricot marmalade( you can cut it with juice or water if its too thick) and and toss them with pieces of crystalized ginger and roast them in the oven. I wasn't sure about...

Trees are one of the earliest things to provide pollen but the forsythias bloom pretty early too and the bees come back to the hives with their legs loaded with bright yellow pollen. Hyssop blooms earlier than borage and the bees love it. Another fairly early one are the various salvias. The...

Its kind of late in the season to be going into the hive and they need to keep all of their honey at this point but you should evaluate the hive and see if they have enough stores toget through winter. The issue now is that they will be going into their cluster soon and you do not want to to...

I love how you made that! I actually have that on my list of for homeschool projects but haven't found any plans for them yet. I have a solar wax melter that I use for melting down beeswax and had wondered how it would do for cooking, except that it does not have as much headroom as yours does...