Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

I was driving home from dog training last night at about 6.30pm when 3 deer ran across the road in front of me. I slammed on the brakes and narrowly missed hitting the third deer. Thank goodness Amber was secured in the back with her harness tied to a restraint.

Ha ha Ontario Chick, but I'm guessing that you walk the dogs. That counts as exercise :).

Linda

He's LOVELY. Fantastic that they remembered each other. Sounds like it was MEANT to be :) Congratulations!

Linda

WLLady, I hope you get the pup. Too bad that they made you wait two months .

Linda

WLLady, I'm glad you say that the Liberty needs another week to be purr-fect for eating! Mine is dropping tons, (and I'm making crumbles, and really should hydrate some) but they are still a bit tart and I was wondering if it was me, as the apple orchard has been selling apples for weeks now.......

Same here. We have wild apple trees, as well as a Courtland and a Liberty. Have to pick up piles of apples every day because one of our dogs gorges on them. I currently have two composters full.

Got my garlic in too (sigh of relief!) Ontario Chick, I have learned that it's wise to pick all blushing tomatoes whenever rain is in the forecast. Just let them sit somewhere to finish ripening. I keep mine in the basement. Many of the varieties that I grow are prone to split in the rain, and you n...

WLLady, sounds like quite a garden! As for the beans, I figured out how many works for us and planted extra, but the rabbits (who never bothered the beans before) were horrendous this year, so I had to plant more in a safe place, and hide the ones that were chewed by letting the wild purslane grow u...

Killerbunny. Is the Royal Burgundy a variety of bush bean? I grow Provider which I think is really tasty :).

Me three on the garlic! I didn't know it was going to rain today! Oh well, maybe tomorrow...... Meanwhile, my tomatoes are ripening! My next-door neighbour gave me a jar of honey from his hive the other day. How local can you get? His bees enjoy visiting our flowers :). So I gave him a big jar of my...