Devonviolet Acres

[Bruce]

Naw @goatgurl they won't....we had some the other nite and Joyce had to take it off the bone....and @Bruce that would be like putting meat on DD's plate....would she get a new plate or just remove the meat herself, or ask another to do it for her?.....

UM, new plate for sure and nothing that was on the original plate could go on the new one because it MIGHT be CONTAMINATED. But I THINK there is a bit of a difference (maybe not). She is totally anti-"any part of an animal's body no matter how small". Not sure how being "anti bone" would be QUITE so earth shattering. Especially since though Dad won't touch it if it was cooked with a bone in it, they apparently don't have an issue as long as someone cuts the meat off the bone for them right??

Have you asked them to THINK about why these bones are such a problem? I figure it is the "milk on cereal is yucky" training thing. Dad says it is "yucky and you shouldn't eat it". But other than to make Dad "happy" mom might not have a problem with it at all. Maybe if they think about WHY they have an aversion, they may decide it isn't actually based on anything that is of concern to them. But they would have to THINK about it first.

Or not.

 

[Bruce]

We got our turkeys on an impulse buy thinking we would regret it but now we are thinking about ways to give them more space for a turkey area. They have more personality than I ever thought they would and are actually pretty good guardians for our chickens.

Gee Mike, too bad you are so short on acreage to give the turkeys more space It is just a little more fencing, right?

 

[CntryBoy777]

Ooooo!!....I really like your geese and am anxious to see if they get mean....I wouldn't mind having some, but all that I have been around have caused problems attacking....mainly ganders, but if yours turn out to be fairly docile, I may seriously consider some....

And the problem with the bone is the blood, as far as I am told....that's enough "Hijack" on Devon's thread about it...any further comments are fine on mine....

 

[greybeard]

UM, new plate for sure and nothing that was on the original plate could go on the new one because it MIGHT be CONTAMINATED. But I THINK there is a bit of a difference (maybe not). She is totally anti-"any part of an animal's body no matter how small". Not sure how being "anti bone" would be QUITE so earth shattering. Especially since though Dad won't touch it if it was cooked with a bone in it, they apparently don't have an issue as long as someone cuts the meat off the bone for them right??

Have you asked them to THINK about why these bones are such a problem? I figure it is the "milk on cereal is yucky" training thing. Dad says it is "yucky and you shouldn't eat it". But other than to make Dad "happy" mom might not have a problem with it at all. Maybe if they think about WHY they have an aversion, they may decide it isn't actually based on anything that is of concern to them. But they would have to THINK about it first.

Or not.

I'm guessing a Renaissance Festival or Disneyland is out of the question....

Thanksgiving must be a real hoot around there..

 

[Devonviolet]

Ooooo!!....I really like your geese and am anxious to see if they get mean....I wouldn't mind having some, but all that I have been around have caused problems attacking....mainly ganders, but if yours turn out to be fairly docile, I may seriously consider some....

I'm not sure how it is going to go. We have had them for three weeks (tomorrow). With the high heat indexes (111.9 Friday), and other issues we have been dealing with, we haven't had much time to spend with the geese. So they are rather standoffish with us.

When I get a chance, I plan to spend some time trying to hand feed them greens - their favorite food.

 

[Bruce]

And make them a golf course, their favorite hangout

 

[Devonviolet]

Yesterday, a friend told me the Elderberries were ripe. So, this morning, DH & I went out to collect Elderberries. I was a bit disappointed when we got there & I saw green berries. But, as I looked closer, there were berry heads with dark berries.

We plan to go back in a week or so and get the ones that are green now, but have had time to ripen.

At @Baymule's suggestion, I had noted locations where we had seen Elderberry blossoms last Spring. Even so, we couldn't find all of the bushes. So we decided next year we are going to flag the bushes with orange surveyor's tape, so we can find the bushes.

Well, @greybeard, I think I may have found yaupon. We started to cut a big batch of it, but I decided to stop & take photos to post, to see if it actually is yaupon.

However, now I'm not sure. When I was getting it out, to take photos, I found a piece with tendrils. The 3rd photo down, shows it, in the middle of the photo.

 

[Baymule]

That's not yaupon. Are those elderberries from your bushes? We have gone to where we spotted elderberries growing wild, but the birds keep them picked pretty clean.

 

[Devonviolet]

Thanks @Baymule. I realized when I saw the tendrils, that it probably wasn't yaupon.

No, our Elderberries are still green. That's why I was surprised when our friend told me the wild ones were ripe. We found quite a few berry heads that had been picked clean by the birds, though.

Okay, I'm almost out of data. I'm down to 480 MB, and the new month starts in 8-1/2 hours. So, I won't be able to spend much time on BYH, until after midnight.

 

[Latestarter]

My kids and grands used all my high speed data while here. I'm down to snail speed until the 12th.