Charlie expounded:
I'm just getting back to this, it's been a busy week traveling back
and forth to Maine, building the chicken coop and poking only a bit
around the gardens - at least they're all cleaned up now.
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>Are you going to share pictures this year? Hope so.
Absolutely!
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>>The other thing occupying my time is the building of the chicken Taj
>>Mahal. Hubby has been hard at work building my coop before the
>>arrival of the chickies on May 7. I'm looking forward to fresh eggs
>>and the byproduct of chickens for my gardens <G>
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>I miss chickens greatly, living in a town that has the "laws" against
>poultry. We had Rhode Island Reds when we lived in the country and
>just loved those big peaceful old gals, more like pets that gave us
>food. I've been to the local farm store this week just to look at the
>little ones and enjoy the sound. Wondering what my chances are of
>gettin' busted if I had several to live in the garden and fix a small
>coop in the shed.
>
Hidden chickens - there are many out there doing just that, two,
three or four fit in a small coop and hardly draw any notice - I'd go
for it! <G>
>The beekeeping thing didn't go over, given the situation in which we
>live. Unfounded concern about the folks we sup****t being stung.
>Durrhh, like I don't attract bees with the garden and flowers anyway.
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That's too bad.
>Screw 'em (this wasn't me lovely that nixed the idea). I have mason
>bee houses and am building more, guess they don't understand.
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>>Plus we installed three packages of bees over the weekend. The whole
>>season is in full swing, and it's a busy one!
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>Busy is kind of nice after the long cold spell, but I'll likely be
>whining about the heat in August. ;-)
>
I'm always whining about heat, I hate it. But I do like rain,
something that once again has dried up around here. Every spring we
go through this now, it seems. Ah well...
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Ann, gardening in Zone 6a
South of Boston, Massachusetts
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