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   Message 39,089 of 40,484   
   Terry Coombs to Muggles   
   Re: And so it begins   
   08 Apr 20 18:42:46   
   
   From: snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 4/8/2020 5:44 PM, Muggles wrote:   
   > On 4/7/2020 8:57 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:   
   >> On 4/7/2020 8:44 PM, Pavel314 wrote:   
   >>> On Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 2:31:01 PM UTC-4, Muggles wrote:   
   >>>> On 4/7/2020 1:00 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:   
   >>>>> On 4/7/2020 10:25 AM, Muggles wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 4/6/2020 9:22 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:   
   >>>>>>>     Today was tilling day for a new patch to plant some blueberries   
   >>>>>>> and   
   >>>>>>> most of the rest of the garden . It was also bee hive splitting and   
   >>>>>>> onion planting day . Tomorrow I'll be picking up some seedlings at   
   >>>>>>> the   
   >>>>>>> co-op ... I probably won't plant them right away , we're forecast for   
   >>>>>>> one more frost and I don't want to buy 'em twice . I'll be waiting a   
   >>>>>>> couple of weeks minimum to plant the vine crops , got some cukes and   
   >>>>>>> zukes and squashes I want to grow this year . And the strawberry   
   >>>>>>> patch   
   >>>>>>> is blowin' up and the bees are working it steadily . I'm really   
   >>>>>>> optimistic about the garden this year , it's started out really   
   >>>>>>> well ...   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> My son has been raising his own veggies from seed for the last   
   >>>>>> month. So   
   >>>>>> far, so good!  Now all he has to do is clean out the old chicken   
   >>>>>> coup to   
   >>>>>> put his new hen chicks in it.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>     If he's planning on using that chicken litter as fertilizer make   
   >>>>> sure   
   >>>>> he knows that it must be composted before use . It's really high in   
   >>>>> nitrogen and will burn the tender young roots if he uses it straight   
   >>>>> from the coop .   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> The stuff that needs cleaning is old, so it'll go straight into the   
   >>>> beds, more than likely.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> --   
   >>>> Maggie   
   >>> That reminds me that I have to sweep out the sheep barn.   
   >>>   
   >>> Paul   
   >> I'll be visiting my neighbor's rabbit cages several times tomorrow with   
   >> my yard tractor and a small trailer ... some will be mixed into my   
   >> compost pile , some will be mixed with the soil when I plant my   
   >> seedlings in a few days . None will be wasted .   
   >>   
   >   
   > My son cleaned out the old chicken coup and set aside the stuff he   
   > shoveled up.  He finally put his egg layer chicks in the small part of   
   > the coup and they seem happy.   
   >   
   > I the process one chick got loose and he hasn't caught it yet.  It's   
   > taken refuge under the workshop.  Got any ideas how to lure the chick   
   > out and catch it?   
   >   
      
   Food and or water . Put it under a box propped up on a stick and just   
   wait ...   
      
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