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Couldn't find your thread about Suzy Q's experience :( - was hoping to read about it!

OMG - LOVE that dark metallic teal one! The purple is nice, too, and would go great in our kitchen (our wallpaper has purple grapes on it). The KA museum looks like a fun place to visit. We're having a cold snap here for a few days. Right now the actual temp is -11 degrees, with wind chill it's...

I hope Suzy Q is accepted by the others. I've never had to separate one from the rest of the flock, but have heard that sometimes the one that's been separated is picked on and bullied by the others when it is re-introduced, so hope that doesn't happen to Suzy Q. I have started supplementing our...

Wee Farmer Sarah - Glad to hear that your hen is doing better. It's great that you've taken her under your wing (pun intended) and are giving her all that special attention/diet. Sounds like it's paying off, and hopefully she will be back to normal soon. I took the day off today - still not...

Hello all, just popped in for a few minutes after working a 12-hr. shift. Want to go to bed early because I have work again tomorrow. Wishing you the best, karenerwin, on your tests - hope everything is alright. Have fun canning tomorrow!

We also received our Baker Creek seed catalog a few days ago. Was so busy decorating for Christmas I didn't even open it yet (though I was enticed by the pretty Phlox on the front!). Hope to check it out soon. I actually already ordered a few things from them online about a month ago, but will...

Lol, Penny, that's funny. Bet she loved that feast!

Seems the older I get, the more I "glisten" - lol. I used to always get cold easily, but now even in the winter I can usually only wear short sleeves. I don't even bother with sweatshirts or other warm tops anymore - after a few minutes of putting one on, I'm racing to find a cool t-shirt. Ah...

You still have kale growing? Wow! How long are you able to grow crops in the winter months?

I feel the same way as your son. I grew up in Minnesota, but lived down south for several years before moving back home. We always missed the snow and winter weather while living in warmer regions. I can take the snow & cold much better than the unbearable heat down south. That is downright...

Unfortunately, I haven't done the planters yet. I got sick on Monday (the Mon. before T-day), and just now coming around. Don't have much Christmas decorating done, and don't even have our tree up yet. Bummer. And I have to go back to work on Friday. Ugh. But still hoping for a great holiday...

We live about a mile down the road from a DNR hunting area, so hearing gun shots is pretty common around here. Even when it's not hunting season, you often hear people doing target practice year round. Growing up in the city but now living in the country, I've come away with the perspective that...

So, I've always admired the outdoor winter planters made with birch branches, assorted pine boughs, pine cones, etc., but I don't want to pay the prices they charge for the large ones sold at stores. Our two birch trees died a few years ago :hit, so today Hubs cut them down. Then he had me come...

Yes, peonies are wonderful. We have two different kinds here, one came with the house, and one I bought years ago. The flowers are so BIG and BEAUTIFUL, and they smell heavenly. Another plus is that they live for years and years. Such a great addition to the landscape! Note - mine DO have ants...

We are down to our last pumpkin from the garden. I think I will give it to the chickens today because I doubt it will last much longer. I was hoping to keep it around till Thanksgiving to use as a decoration, but don't think it's going to last that long. Would rather see the ladies get a nice...

Hi everyone! I just finished working my 3-day work week, and now I'm starting the 4-day "weekend" - yay! There's so many posts that I missed, so I just read through all of them. Wish I could comment on many of them, but it would take too much space. After being well below average for several...

Thanks for asking, WFS. Unfortunately we must have left our dahlia tubers in the ground too long. After Hubs dug them out I thought they were good at first cause they felt firm and were a nice size, but I think they were just frozen. After they were inside for awhile I felt them again and they...

Okay, thanks so much! I'll probably just have to google it once Hubs digs them up (if they look good), unless I hear from Sueby before then. Enjoy your lunch!

Sueby & Wee Farmer Sarah, yes, the foliage has turned brown and is wilted. I'm not sure how far down the soil has frozen, though. Hubs said he would try to dig them out today. Since I start my work week tomorrow, I'd like to have today to work with them. So then, once they are out of the ground...

Hi Sueby, hoping you can help with a question regarding dahlias - we still haven't dug our dahlia bulbs, and I'm worried that I might have waited too long (it's been fairly cold here for awhile). I still want to try digging them up, though. If the bulbs are ruined, will they be mushy or...