Re: Wow

No - but I will look into it Pam.



On 3/24/09, Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> LOL - much better than TV - I throw grubs to the birds and they love it.
> Jess - have you tried some of the heirloom varieties of tomatoes at
> seedsavers.org?  That is Seed Savers Exchange out of Iowa (non profit
> org).
> I used to do their peppers when I had a big pepper bed out back but they
> sell stuff in multiples of 6 and I only have pots for 2 or 3 since I
> converted that bed into xeriscape stuff.
>
> On 3/24/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > All my hens are the same age.  They all watch me like a hawk.  I went
> into
> > their yard on Sunday to move a peony that Rich gave me.  They have been
> > pecking it down to a nub so I moved it.  Well, if I found a grub, I threw
> > it
> > over my shoulder and one hen will grab it and run off squeeling and
> > squaking...because the other seven hens are chasing her.  When it's
> eaten,
> > they all come running back to me and stand there waiting, which doesn't
> > take
> > long, and I throw another one over my shoulder.  Same thing.  One hen
> > catches it, and gets chased all over the yard by the others.  Kind of
> funny
> > to watch.  The two roosters don't even stand a CHANCE around all those
> > hens.  They don't even TRY.  When I'm weeding my gardens and find grubs,
> I
> > toss them in a bucket and at the end of the day I pour myself a glass of
> > wine, take my bucket out to the hens and start tossing them.  Better than
> > watching T.V.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/24/09, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI <
> > cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
> > >
> > > Always very amusing to give one of those big tomato hornworms to
> > > chickens. Experienced hens will grab it instantly but the younger ones
> > > don't know what to do. Sometimes they'll all stand around pecking at it
> > > very hesitantly and the worm may actually get the chance to move off.
> > > Finally one hen will grab it and shake it so it comes apart
> > > (eeeuuuuwwww) and then they all pile on. After the first couple they
> > > figure out it's good eatin'.
> > >
> > > Cyndi
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > > Behalf Of james singer
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 11:35 AM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Wow
> > >
> > > Bet the chickens love them.
> > >
> > > On Mar 24, 2009, at 11:22 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> > >
> > > > We get the cutworms AND the big green Luna moth caterpillars that
> > > > eat our
> > > > tomato plants.  If you have ever handled one of those big, giant
> green
> > > > worms...they are kind of scary.  They make a clicking sound.  One of
> > > > those
> > > > can eat my tomato plant down in one day.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 3/24/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> cut worms are BAD out on my farm.  They are beautiful when they
> > > >> turn into a
> > > >> Luna moth...but horrible to my tomato plants.  *sighhhhhh*
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> On 3/24/09, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> I forgot to add my own favorite hint is to use wet newspapers
> > > >>> around each
> > > >>> plant then pile high grass clippings after they get a little
> > > >>> taller so
> > > >>> that
> > > >>> you keep the moisture constant.  They like even water and I find
> > > >>> the mulch
> > > >>> and
> > > >>> newspapers help to keep them watered.  If you have trouble with
> > > >>> cut worms
> > > >>> cutting off your little plant you can wrap the newspaper up the
> > > >>> stem a
> > > >>> little.
> > > >>> Tricia
> > > >>> --- On Tue, 3/24/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> From: Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com>
> > > >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Wow
> > > >>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > >>> Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 11:22 AM
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Ahhhhhhh...I see.  Well then...I'll just have to shop around and
> > > >>> see what
> > > >>> I
> > > >>> can find.  Thanks anyway tho.
> > > >>> Getting ready to till up a big veggie garden.  Price of food is so
> > > >>> insane...figured I'd grow some this year.  I have the land and the
> > > >>> room -
> > > >>> just need to do it.  Problem with ME is...I get all artsy and
> > > >>> creative
> > > >>> about
> > > >>> it.  I want the cute fence around it, and an arbor over the entry,
> > > >>> and a
> > > >>> cool scarecrow, and some bird houses.  Then my husband just shakes
> > > >>> his
> > > >>> head
> > > >>> and says "too much work....I just do the tilling".  sighhhhhhh
> > > >>> But it's what I want!  So I'll just have to do it!
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On 3/24/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> It's an F1 hybrid so I didn't save any seeds.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Mar 24, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Hmmm...well if you get any decent seeds from them this year...can
> > > >>>> I have
> > > >>> a
> > > >>>>> few of them?  I have not had very much luck with growing
> > > >>>>> tomatoes in
> > > >>>>> Oklahoma.  When I lived in Kansas City they were AWESOME.  I had
> > > >>>>> more
> > > >>> than
> > > >>>>> I
> > > >>>>> could eat.  This year I'm going to grow some in pots and see what
> > > >>> happens.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> On 3/24/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> I bought it as a plant. It was the only tomato plant we had [my
> > > >>> sister's
> > > >>>>>> allergic to them], so when I saw them at a nursery, I remembered
> > > >>> what
> > > >>>>>> Kitty
> > > >>>>>> had said and bought just one for me.
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> On Mar 24, 2009, at 7:53 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>> Jim and Kitty - did you buy the sun cherry as a plant?  Or
> seeds?
> > > >>> And
> > > >>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> where
> > > >>>>>>> did you find them?  I'd like to try them this year.
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>> On 3/23/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> I think you recommended Suncherry last year... anyway we
> > > >>> planted it;
> > > >>>>>>>> very
> > > >>>>>>>> nice, good flavor and very productive.
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> On Mar 23, 2009, at 3:41 PM, Kitty wrote:
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>> The tomatoes ...are coming up in the greenhouse.
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> I started my seeds yesterday.  Legend and Suncherry
> > > >>> Premium
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> Mine'll go in the ground.
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> Kitty
> > > >>>>>>>>> neIN, Zone 5
> > > >>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnson,
> > > >>> Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95
> > > >>>>>>>>> CS/SCOSI" <cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> > > >>>>>>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > >>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:00 AM
> > > >>>>>>>>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Wow
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> That sounds like fun. One day I'd like to have
> > > >>> time to go through the
> > > >>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>> Master Gardener program. I looked into here once, it
> > > >>> was years back,
> > > >>>>>>>>>> but
> > > >>>>>>>>>> the classes were all the way down in Los Angeles
> > > >>> and so was the
> > > >>>>>>>>>> volunteer time. That's an hour's drive.
> > > >>> Now even if it were close I
> > > >>>>>>>>>> don't have the time. But one day...
> > > >>>>>>>>>> I cleaned up the pond on Saturday, that went a lot
> > > >>> faster than I
> > > >>>>>>>>>> expected, and put the rest of my plants from High
> > > >>> Country Garden in
> > > >>>>>>>>>> the
> > > >>>>>>>>>> ground. Got some weeding done in the dry garden.
> > > >>> There's sure a lot
> > > >>>>>>>>>> of
> > > >>>>>>>>>> grass in there, sigh...I made a couple clear spots
> > > >>> anyway. It got so
> > > >>>>>>>>>> windy I couldn't stay out, too much dirt in my
> > > >>> eyes.
> > > >>>>>>>>>> The tomatoes and peppers are coming up in the
> > > >>> greenhouse. Husband got
> > > >>>>>>>>>> a
> > > >>>>>>>>>> wild hair and decided that he could grow better
> > > >>> tomatoes in pots than
> > > >>>>>>>>>> I
> > > >>>>>>>>>> can in the ground, and use much less water too. So
> > > >>> off he went to buy
> > > >>>>>>>>>> his own seeds. I'm encouraging this of course
> > > >>> although I think he is
> > > >>>>>>>>>> grossly overestimating how much water one garden
> > > >>> bed actually uses,
> > > >>>>>>>>>> and
> > > >>>>>>>>>> he's going to get bored pretty quick measuring
> > > >>> how much water he
> > > >>>>>>>>>> pours
> > > >>>>>>>>>> into the pots. It will be interesting to see how
> > > >>> it goes.
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Sunday started out very cold and raining and then
> > > >>> got extremely
> > > >>>>>>>>>> windy.
> > > >>>>>>>>>> I
> > > >>>>>>>>>> dashed outside only once to put the horses in
> > > >>> their stalls. Even the
> > > >>>>>>>>>> dogs didn't want to go out there.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Cyndi
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> > > >>>>>>>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> > > >>> [o*@hort.net]
> > > >>>>>>>>>> On
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Behalf Of james singer
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:05 PM
> > > >>>>>>>>>> To: Garden Chat
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Wow
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Sure been quiet.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Did my first 4 hours on the Master Gardener desk
> > > >>> yesterday. Slow day
> > > >>>>>>>>>> there, too--about seven phone calls and only two
> > > >>> walk-ins. Issues de
> > > >>>>>>>>>> jour seemed to be carpenter ants--hint:
> > > >>> they're swarming now--and
> > > >>>>>>>>>> fertilizing blueberries. Also got a couple of
> > > >>> calls about our plant
> > > >>>>>>>>>> sale: when? [first Saturday in May]; will we have
> > > >>> heirloom tomatoes?
> > > >>>>>>>>>> [about 40 varieties].
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Kinda boring, so I read through the log to see
> > > >>> what kind of calls
> > > >>>>>>>>>> other shifts had gotten [mostly carpenter ants and
> > > >>> blueberries] but
> > > >>>>>>>>>> about a week ago someone called in for information
> > > >>> on grafting figs.
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Wish I'd gotten that call; it would've
> > > >>> been fun.
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Inland Jim
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Willamette Valley
> > > >>>>>>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Elevation 148'
> > > >>>>>>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Heat Zone 5
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> > > >>>>>>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
> > > >>>>>>>>>>
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> > > >>>>>>>> Willamette Valley
> > > >>>>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
> > > >>>>>>>> Elevation 148'
> > > >>>>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
> > > >>>>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
> > > >>>>>>>> Heat Zone 5
> > > >>>>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
> > > >>>>>>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> > > >>>>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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> > > >>>>>> Willamette Valley
> > > >>>>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
> > > >>>>>> Elevation 148'
> > > >>>>>> 39.9" Precipitation
> > > >>>>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
> > > >>>>>> Heat Zone 5
> > > >>>>>> Sunset Zone 6
> > > >>>>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> > > >>>>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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> > > >>>> Inland Jim
> > > >>>> Willamette Valley
> > > >>>> 44.99 N 123.04 W
> > > >>>> Elevation 148'
> > > >>>> 39.9" Precipitation
> > > >>>> Hardiness Zone 8/9
> > > >>>> Heat Zone 5
> > > >>>> Sunset Zone 6
> > > >>>> Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> > > >>>> Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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> > > Inland Jim
> > > Willamette Valley
> > > 44.99 N 123.04 W
> > > Elevation 148'
> > > 39.9" Precipitation
> > > Hardiness Zone 8/9
> > > Heat Zone 5
> > > Sunset Zone 6
> > > Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
> > > Maximum 102 F [39 C]
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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
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