Today we ordered the bunch of birds that will become the very ones that customers will be picking up – 75 straight runs to be exact (“Straight Run” is a term used in foul that means – mixed sex). It’s kinda funny – see in Cornish Rock Cross birds – the ones we raise for [...]
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Just like the rising sun in the morning, the spring rains in April… so to do the Tree Swallows arrive and add yet another challenge to the Eastern Bluebirds attempts to claim houses over the invasive House Sparrow. Every year the dance is the same – Bluebirds “own the house”, then the sparrows [...] You can assume there is a portion of this story omitted – both in terms of storytelling form as well as keeping the bounty of expletives off the web (there’s enough of that out there anyhow). I mean – how can you blame me – watching my tractor and truck both sinking into a [...] |
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So what's next
As the air gets warmer and the days longer – the project list grows longer too…This weekend was rife with repotting tomatoes into 4″ pots from their starting 6 packs as well as planting about a 40′ row of raspberries from runners I acquired from a friend for free (thanks Max). I also spent [...]