Carmen Rose

Thought I'd give an update on my place and the ticks on it. I haven't seen a tick in nearly a year. I had 6 guineas that ran free, brought 4 young possums from a friend's who had them born under their porch. I still have 2 dogs and a cat that run around so I think they would be showing me more of them if they were still around. to be fair, I've still been treating the dogs and cat with topical stuff just in case they get bit, so they won't spread them again. Any time I go out in the brush I take a B complex vitamin and that seems to make me pretty odious to ticks as well. So there's my update.

Maybe I just haven't found it yet, but is there a printed instruction sheet for willow feeders? I am building a house and would very much like to include a willow feeder.

To get into this program I'm going to need to retire. Well, that and finish building my house. It's a great program and I hope to some day get into it but not today. There just aren't enough hours (and too many responsibilities) right now.

Jeremy VanGelder wrote:Hey Carmen, I went to add you to the list, but someone had already added you! Anyone can edit the list. But you have to open up the ellipsis at the top right of the post to find the edit button.

Thanks so much. 😊

I don't know how to edit that list but I live in Pierce County, WA state and would welcome like minded people to come play on my place. Contact me if you're interested.

Jay Angler wrote:Unfortunately, a number of the grains I recognize, I know won't grow in my ecosystem.

Wheat used to be grown on my Island, but I've had no luck the last 3 years and I'm still not even sure why. However, our weather's been less stable recently, and I know that the area I've been growing it in has a lot of pressure from both birds and rodents, so if I had to guess, it's multiple factors.

I think it would be great if more people tried some of these crops in more ecosystems in an effort to improve our resilience. Possibly, the crops would get hardier as people gradually moved them to colder climates.

I'm down in Pierce County. Have you found any native plants that can be efficiently grown to feed livestock, chickens specifically?

Could use some help and would like to make like-minded friends in south Pierce County, Washington State.