What did you do in the garden today?

[MotherofOrpies]

Neighbors clematis is in bloom, since it is attached to my fence, I feel half of it is mine, cos I also water it in summer, I sometimes wonder how he thinks it survived our dry summers

Here is my own clematis, I love it

 

[chicken opey]

My birds chill in the blackberry patch all the time
It's only a problem when the fruit's ripe

The knuckle head was trying out every small/unripe berry!!!! I said - nope!!

 

[TillyPeeps]

My birds chill in the blackberry patch all the time
It's only a problem when the fruit's ripe

I wonder what's the problem with my chickens. They free range around raspberry plants and will patiently wait for me to pick the berries to feed them. No one bothered to get raspberries from the bush themselves! I couldn't figure out why? Of course, I don't have the thornless type...

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I am surprised, usually the feathers are good insulators my chickens harvest the flowers before they even turn into cherries but they harvest the gooseberries and red currants before I get a taste ( not a fan of red currants anyway, too sour) interesting fact, they don’t harvest white mulberries, maybe cos they are white they don’t “see” them? I am happy, cos I love white mulberries, not to crazy about the dark ones, they are kind of bland

These are older pictures, since I have rehomed my chickens until I can take care of them again

Orpington Chicken, trying to jump

Here is an elegant jump from a chicken which lays green eggs, she is a cross between many breeds and sterile, every year I have tried to hatch her eggs, never got one baby chicken from her, all the other hatching eggs from my other hens mostly became chickens

 

[WthrLady]

Never had ants attack plants. I see many on my Peonies, but I've heard that's a good thing. Some sure like attacking me though! European Fire Ants...those little Ba$!@rd$!

Peonies NEED ants. They won't open without them. The ants chew the honeydew on the plant and crack open the flower pods.

 

[MotherofOrpies]

I always thought they stopped the buds from opening, cos I had so many ants on my peony buds, and they never opened

 

[WthrLady]

I finished putting massive deer rings around everything in the orchard - a pricey pain in the butt.
The cincy chili came out of the freeze dryer and it is amazing. It rehydrates beautifully too!
Next is sweet potato chips.
Chicks are doing fine. They even found a barn mouse to share their cage with.

 

[TillyPeeps]

I never saw my chickens eating flowers. They are really weird chickens who don't like store bought strawberries and will not eat treats from my hand if I was wearing a rubber glove. And there's a supper fat mouse that is their friend. When I gave out treats (grains and lettuce), they make noise and the mouse always comes to eat treats with them. Yes, the mouse even eats lettuce with them. However, they did attack and killed a frog, before I could save it.

 

[chicken opey]

My birds chill in the blackberry patch all the time
It's only a problem when the fruit's ripe

I don’t know if it’s bc he’s young or what but he wouldn’t leave the baby/unripe berries alone! Kept trying to pick them off - a few he did!
Tomorrow I think I’ll put them under the mulberry tree and give it a hard shake!

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Peonies NEED ants. They won't open without them. The ants chew the honeydew on the plant and crack open the flower pods.

Yes, I heard it's a synergy type relationship. The native ants tend to my Peonies, average size ants & teeny tiny ants. Not those large worthless Fire Ants.