fuzzi's "Gardens and Chickens...and Goats? Oh My!" Journal and More Thread

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I replaced the Sussex chicks' leg bands this evening. Now they can grow nice thick shanks without worry!
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Cockerels raised the biggest fuss, of course.
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DS made dinner today, his homemade Mac & cheese (from scratch), then we had a Pepperidge Farm lemon cake afterwards. He said he thought I'd like a home cooked dinner instead of some knick knack for a birthday present, and I agreed. I was sick on my actual birthday last week.

I'm official, 65.

Look who visited...and laid eggs all over the milkweed that's been sprouting where I planted carrots. I'm not weeding them, not now. One more generation to grow, and then fly South before frost.
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She's on a tithonia, Mexican sunflower. Although they're annuals I don't plant them anymore, they volunteer.
 

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DS made dinner today, his homemade Mac & cheese (from scratch), then we had a Pepperidge Farm lemon cake afterwards. He said he thought I'd like a home cooked dinner instead of some knick knack for a birthday present, and I agreed. I was sick on my actual birthday last week.

I'm official, 65.

Look who visited...and laid eggs all over the milkweed that's been sprouting where I planted carrots. I'm not weeding them, not now. One more generation to grow, and then fly South before frost.
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She's on a tithonia, Mexican sunflower. Although they're annuals I don't plant them anymore, they volunteer.
Happy birthday! πŸŽ‚πŸ₯‚πŸΎ
We share the same month!

That's a beautiful picture! πŸ’—
 

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Tiger swallowtail. I am only posting to show how tall the tithonia has grown this year. Most of the time it tops 6' but gets knocked down by a rain storm before getting much above that. It's not rained in 3 weeks, so this one's above the gutter!
 

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Tiger swallowtail. I am only posting to show how tall the tithonia has grown this year. Most of the time it tops 6' but gets knocked down by a rain storm before getting much above that. It's not rained in 3 weeks, so this one's above the gutter!
Wow, that's amazing!
 
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