Re: My First Ripe Tomato! Now Bird Wallow...Peepers

Poor Peepers got jilted!!  Being a teenager is so hard.  Glad you are 
looking out for here.  I take it her nesting didn't result in any chicks.

Theresa

Jesse Bell wrote:
> Peepers is...well....I think Peepers thinks she is a duck, not a goose.
> She is the only goose on the place these days. Her Canadian guy didn't
> stick around. I have GOT to find her a mate or buy some more geese. I
> feel bad for her.
>
>    
>   
>
> Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net> wrote:
>   BTW, how is Peepers?
>
> Blessings,
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 3:44 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] My First Ripe Tomato!
>
> Most birds do the "wallow" thing in dirt...it's mostly to get rid of the
> mites they carry on their bodies....a bird expert told me that one day.
> He said the powder dust suffocates or kills off the mites that make them
> itch. My roosters, ducks and guineas all do it too. I haven't seen Peeper do
> it yet.
>
>
> Pam Evans wrote: I'll bet you're right Bonnie! When
> it's this warm, my birds get down in the flower beds and wallow out a little
> oblong spot in the mulch so they can rest their bodies against the nice
> damp, cooler earth underneath. So every evening I'm raking all the mulch
> back into the beds. Now if I can train them to cover those bare spots when
> they're done....
>
> On 7/18/06, Bonnie Holmes wrote:
>   
>> Very pretty...re the rats and tomatoes...I'll bet it is due to the 
>> heat and drought...tomato has a lot of water...I find when we're short 
>> of rain, everything goes after the tomatoes and 
>> cantaloupes...squirrels, etc.
>>
>>
>>     
>>> [Original Message]
>>> From: Pam Evans
>>> To: 
>>> Date: 7/18/2006 6:32:26 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] My First Ripe Tomato!
>>>
>>> Very pretty!
>>>
>>> On 7/17/06, SueNY wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Took a photo before I picked it!
>>>>
>>>> http://home.att.net/~sue.nyc/ripetomato1.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Sue(6B)
>>>>
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>>> Pam Evans
>>> Kemp TX
>>> zone 8A
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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