The weather here has been extremely dry and hotter than usual which makes for very dry soil.
The fronts come through but seem to split over our area and go north and south and leaves us with a few drops.
I have been watering the new hostas and also the three new shrubs I finally picked for the front foundation berm. I saw these at the oral surgeons' offices and did a little detective work. I took pictures on the phone and sent them to the greenhouse that did the landscaping. They were immediately recognized as Canyon Creek Abelia. I had an abelia so I was sure it was a variety. This one is much prettier than mine and a better fit for the location. I haven't mulched them yet but will soon.
Max is doing well. Finally catching up (a long way to go) on clipping pastures. Our only dependable worker (former neighbor) is helping a couple of times a week.
I decided I needed chickens. My girls, Domineckers, will be three next spring. They are in their first molt and are not laying well. We get 1 to 2 eggs daily and that is not enough. I found a couple of small flocks through Craig's list. One was at Bolivar, Mo. Funny thing is the closer we got to their place, I began recognizing it as where we bought chickens a few years ago. She had
two laying girls and one of them had a 3-month old pullet baby. She said they were Wyandottes (can't remember what variety she said they were) and one was a Splash Wyandotte (forget the color). We bought them and I have been trying to identify the coloration.
Then a lady at Strafford, Mo., had 5 young laying hens. She needed the pen space for her huge flock of guineas. She called the white ones Light Brahmas, I think the speckled ones are Silver Laced Wyandottes. I will post better pictures of them later. This one is blurry.
The fronts come through but seem to split over our area and go north and south and leaves us with a few drops.
I have been watering the new hostas and also the three new shrubs I finally picked for the front foundation berm. I saw these at the oral surgeons' offices and did a little detective work. I took pictures on the phone and sent them to the greenhouse that did the landscaping. They were immediately recognized as Canyon Creek Abelia. I had an abelia so I was sure it was a variety. This one is much prettier than mine and a better fit for the location. I haven't mulched them yet but will soon.
Max is doing well. Finally catching up (a long way to go) on clipping pastures. Our only dependable worker (former neighbor) is helping a couple of times a week.
I decided I needed chickens. My girls, Domineckers, will be three next spring. They are in their first molt and are not laying well. We get 1 to 2 eggs daily and that is not enough. I found a couple of small flocks through Craig's list. One was at Bolivar, Mo. Funny thing is the closer we got to their place, I began recognizing it as where we bought chickens a few years ago. She had
two laying girls and one of them had a 3-month old pullet baby. She said they were Wyandottes (can't remember what variety she said they were) and one was a Splash Wyandotte (forget the color). We bought them and I have been trying to identify the coloration.
Then a lady at Strafford, Mo., had 5 young laying hens. She needed the pen space for her huge flock of guineas. She called the white ones Light Brahmas, I think the speckled ones are Silver Laced Wyandottes. I will post better pictures of them later. This one is blurry.
Your Wyandottes are pretty. Hope you will have some good egg layers with these new additions to your chicken family.
ReplyDeleteGlad Max is doing better.
Enjoy your week ~ FlowerLady
Great pics. I have abelia & love them. They bloom late in summer which provides food for hummingbirds & butterflies.
ReplyDeleteHow did I miss this post? Anywho, love the coloration of the pretty hen on the left of your first two pictures. What variety do you think she is? So pretty with her "vest" of red/brown feathers. (Ha! Like we need anymore chickens. After butchering 19 a couple/few weeks ago, we've now decided a few more need to go or our little chicken house will be too crowded over winter. AND we'll be swimming in eggs!)
ReplyDeleteGoodness but that red wyandotte is a pretty gal!
ReplyDeleteYour weather is so much more mild than where we live in MB, Canada - this morning we woke up to -3* (26*F) with a cold wind from the East pushing little hard crystals of snow that you feel like tiny needle pricks. There is already a couple of inches on the ground and calling for as much as 6" before it quits. *sigh* I miss Fall...
Hope all is well with Max & you.
ReplyDeleteDear Glenda ~ I pray you and Max are doing well. Hope to see a post from you soon.
ReplyDeleteLove, hugs and have a good 2018 ~ FlowerLady
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