I have a hard time keeping up with questions asked in both the comment section of the blog and via e-mail. I thought I would try to answer them here all in one post.
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I'm gonna start with a question from Warren...the bee guy living in the hills. He wanted to know about the weird pupils that my goat has.
Well after some research it seem that the horizontal rectangular pupils are for both night and peripheral vision. There are other animals with them including sheep and horses. I'm gonna go take a closer look at the camel and llamas to see if they have them too. Their's are much harder to see with their very dark eyes.
Here is a picture of Fluffy the goat...
I also learned that some animals have vertical slits...like the fox.
I have many of you ask about my chickens...
I have 13 hens, 4 of which are the little bantams.
It is the Araucona hens that lay the blue and green eggs. They are sometimes called Easter Egg Chickens. They also have a beard!!! Not really very attractive on a bunch of hens if you ask me...not that they care what I think.
Now that I'm pondering that...I don't think any of my animals care what I think...if I delve even deeper I would have to admit that some of my own children don't either...what's with that?
I have a dozen more chicks on order...all araucanas!
Daphne ,although they aren't the prettiest of hens they lay eggs in shades of pink, blue, and green...so thus the big Araucana order...I'm a sucker for color!
On my cucumber patch post I was asked what you could use if you didn't have access to manure like I do.
Well the best would be compost. If you don't have compost you can use shredded leaves, grass clippings, kitchen scraps, and just plain straw. All except the compost would need time to decompose some before you plant.
There is an excellent book called 'Gardening Without Work' by Ruth Stout that describes her use of straw and hay as a mulch for her garden. I highly recommend it
The peas I posted about yesterday are the short variety and I will just put a short border around the whole patch and they will hold themselves up...if they come up that is!!!
My kids are 23, 21,19...5 and...1! You don't hear much about the big boys because they're away at college and just don't need their mama anymore...sob!
I'm a slightly over 40 stay at home mom/farmer/homeschooler/gardener who's been married a very long time to a very patient man!
I garden in zone 8...in rainy Western Washington State
My garden boxes are made of fir...big mistake on my part. Go with cedar is my new mantra!
Jeff, cedar is much more rot resistant than fir. Even though the fir is sealed it is still rotting out at the bottom. I know cedar will also but it will at least last a bit longer than the fir. What I really would like is raised beds made of brick...I love brick and it just looks so classy. That's me, classy!!!
Well I think that about covers it....if you have any more question I will do my best to answer them in my usual concise and timely manner.
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