RUNuts 2018 Garden thread (attempt)

[ducks4you]

My first dog as a adult was a Borzoi. I could not decide between a collie and a greyhound. She was a gentle giant lived to 15. One of the best dogs I ever had.

There is Borzoi blood in collies. THAT is where they get their long noses.

 

[RUNuts]

Trying to determine where to place the new compost heap. Would rather not add the coop collection to the flight cage. That and it gets hot.

Looking at the year old pile, I have 3 onions, 2 potatoes and a squash volunteering. Is it worth transplanting? All these were from kitchen scraps.

Still waiting for the rain to stop to get a load of dirt to top the raised beds. after 3 weeks... Yard soaked, standing water everywhere.

I found 13 -45 gallon tree planter pots. raised container gardens! Need more dirt. I hope they don't sink into the swamp. Should I plop them on the dirt or elevate? I'm leaning toward dirt plop. They will be in a puddle wherever they wind up.

The seed starts have mostly come up in addition to the compost volunteers and sweet tater slips. I'm now committed.

 

[baymule]

By all means transplant the volunteers. Garden volunteers are like a box of chocolates--but they are free!

 

[Nyboy]

There is Borzoi blood in collies. THAT is where they get their long noses.

When i got my borzoi puppy I took it to the hospital I used to work at for exam. The dr I liked was called out for emergency. Dr I didnt like filled in the 1st thing she said to me was you made a big mistake breeders in breeding such a narrow head made there brains much smaller, they are a very stupid breed. I looked at her said collies have the same head Trainer taught all the Lassie's many tricks.

 

[RUNuts]

@Nyboy too funny. Even "educated" doctors can be short sighted and bigoted. Great come back. I would have asked how many she had known. Not met, but known. Also, sounds like she had terrible bed side manner. No wonder you didn't like her.

I put up a 2' wire fence to discourage the dogs from going into an area that we seeded with clover. The first thing Red did was jump over it and look at us with a great big stinker smile. They are mischievous.

Having trouble placing the banana. Want it in the compost pile, but the trees that used to cover it are gone, so need to move the compost. Or just do the flight cage composting. If I keep the banana as understory, I've got one place in the path for it on the north side of the garage. Not ideal either. Let me ponder more.

Could put it in the flight cage, but then I'd have to fence it. Outside edge better?

Funny story, the dogs are digging at the no dog fencing at one particular spot by the gate. I keep fixing, they keep digging. Couldn't figure out what was so attractive. As it turns out, I'm stacking pig bones by the gate for walking support in the mud. Ahh! The light goes on. I might be slow.

Cheers

 

[flowerbug]

lol

 

[ducks4you]

There are no stupid dogs, just stupid dog OWNERS.

 

[Nyboy]

I don't know about that ducks. I think dogs like people vary in intelligence.

 

[ducks4you]

How many times have your heard an owner with a poorly trained dog blame the dog?

 

[RUNuts]

Y'all are missing the point. There is a lack of communication between the species. Both are mostly intelligent, but misunderstandings abound.

Dogs are smart in dog ways. We just fail to understand or train.

For example, herding cats.