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

[fuzzi]

Have you tried tossing those skeeter things in the water to help keep them from breeding in it? The water pump in my whiskey barrels keeps them out of there. I get it though, they are everywhere. They are so bad here the cattle lose weight so they have to spray

I have minnows in all my water features that eat the larvae. The problem is the SWAMP nearby, and other people's junk (neighbors) that holds water.

 

[Mini Horses]

Our county doesn't spray but, will give you the mosquito pellets. Just go by and pick up. There's a swamp run about a mile away but fish & birds take care of most of those. Water tanks are used & refilled daily, so that's not an issue. Darned gnats can be troublesome.

 

[Baymule]

I figured you would have fire ants! I still am using the Texas Two-step method of controlling them. First is birth control pellets, second is poison for survivors. Two years ago I treated some 50+ fire ant hills in my backyard (1/6 acre) and now I am treating one here, one there.

Where do you get this poison?

 

[fuzzi]

Where do you get this poison?

Texas 2 Step Fire Ant Kit

Texas 2 Step Fire Ant Kit This fire ant kit contains two products to be used in two steps. For a larger size, click here:

diypestcontrol.com

Addendum: I have been using it for two years, not run out yet. Consider that when you see the price.

 

[Baymule]

https://m.facebook.com/reel/1215744036628238/?referral_source=aggregation_page

 

[fuzzi]

There's a thread on X that you'd probably appreciate.

The responses, bwahahah!!!

Lots of requests for chickens.

I put in my romantic meme:

The replies were LOL funny.

 

[fuzzi]

Oh my, gotta share the replies (some of them, anyway)

Yep, that's his wife who responded.

 

[Baymule]

That’s hilarious!

 

[fuzzi]

Mowed the other half of the backyard.

It didn't take long for the hens to spead out the clippings.

Zacchaeus is a year old. The two lighter hens are Hannah (front) and Rahab, they're 2 years old. The two darker pullets are 11 months old, Joanna and Priscilla.

 

[fuzzi]

Find the frogs!

Primroses are close to blooming.

These are direct descendants of the primroses my mother grew, as my eldest sister and I are keeping the line going. Our neighbor offered some to my mom back about 1970.

They've traveled with me from Connecticut to South Carolina, and now North Carolina. I fried mine in SC, my sister sent me some replacements, and I replanted in a sheltered spot.

In the heat of summer they die back, appear to be dead sticks, but once it cools down in the fall small leaves emerge next to the soil.