Well, Team 1 are down a few players this weekend, so I'm up for playing.
Now I have to go for a quick run morning and evening to get my fitness back up. I should really be doing this every day but I am LAZY.
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I have apples growing on my tree! APPLES!
Also, one side of the dual plum is blossoming. But the other...is not. Not sure what to make of that.
There might be apricots on the multi-stone (the only graft that does well on that tree is the plum graft: LOTS of plums). Now I just have to keep them alive and unfallen and uninfected by fruit flies until they're ripe!
Have separated out most of the tomato seedlings, need to separate out the eggplant seedlings.
None of the pigeon peas (legumes) or edamame are sprouting though. But the melons and pumpkins are going great guns right now!
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We have two new chooken! Refugees from up the road, tormented by a new and enthusiastic puppy who hasn't yet been taught not to 'play' with the chookens like they're rubber toys. And they've already laid: one beautiful, perfectly formed brown egg, one rather odd, almost porcelain-like shelled white egg.
Somewhat hilariously, the new brown one (Shantung) has decided that she is going to be top chook in the yard. Hainan tried to bully the new white one (Cold Cut) and Shantung wasn't having none of it. There was lots of chest-boofing and flapping at each other, and over the next 60 seconds, Shantung basically bossed Hainan into submission.
Poor Hainan stood around looking a bit shocked after that.
We'll let them in around each other a bit during each day to get them used to each other. But the two new girls certainly aren't showing any fear like the two we had previously. RIP Sussy and Tjatse.
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Work is chugging along. Although I do wish the guys would listen. I feel like I am explaning everything twice - in emails, no less!
Now I have to go for a quick run morning and evening to get my fitness back up. I should really be doing this every day but I am LAZY.
--
I have apples growing on my tree! APPLES!
Also, one side of the dual plum is blossoming. But the other...is not. Not sure what to make of that.
There might be apricots on the multi-stone (the only graft that does well on that tree is the plum graft: LOTS of plums). Now I just have to keep them alive and unfallen and uninfected by fruit flies until they're ripe!
Have separated out most of the tomato seedlings, need to separate out the eggplant seedlings.
None of the pigeon peas (legumes) or edamame are sprouting though. But the melons and pumpkins are going great guns right now!
--
We have two new chooken! Refugees from up the road, tormented by a new and enthusiastic puppy who hasn't yet been taught not to 'play' with the chookens like they're rubber toys. And they've already laid: one beautiful, perfectly formed brown egg, one rather odd, almost porcelain-like shelled white egg.
Somewhat hilariously, the new brown one (Shantung) has decided that she is going to be top chook in the yard. Hainan tried to bully the new white one (Cold Cut) and Shantung wasn't having none of it. There was lots of chest-boofing and flapping at each other, and over the next 60 seconds, Shantung basically bossed Hainan into submission.
Poor Hainan stood around looking a bit shocked after that.
We'll let them in around each other a bit during each day to get them used to each other. But the two new girls certainly aren't showing any fear like the two we had previously. RIP Sussy and Tjatse.
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Work is chugging along. Although I do wish the guys would listen. I feel like I am explaning everything twice - in emails, no less!