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Isabella Woodhouse wrote:
giggles I'm not a bad shot, but no Annie Oakley. ;-)
OK, Calamity Jane then. 
Probably more accurate. ;-)
And here I thought Bushmaster was either a cucumber or a snake.
lol No, it's a very good brand of firearm. A lot of PD's use that
brand in carbines. [...]
I'm getting a real education here. My dad would be very impressed.
I'm still learning too. I figure if I'm going to have them, I may as
well teach myself about them...
Lack of education can be dangerous when it comes to firearms. They may
be toys to me, but deadly toys. g Kinda like fast cars...
I've eaten lots of game since my dad and uncles were all hunting
devotees, but I've never liked squirrel.
Flavor or texture? Just curious. I do respect individual tastes.
But of course, my squirrels are grain fed. g They eat the hen scratch
I put out for my pigeons.
Must be all those bitter acorns and black walnuts (which I've always
detested).
Ah. I've always preferred Pecans to Walnuts! Pecans are common around
here. I've been finding green ones in my driveway lately, dropped by
Squirrels. Harvest is around the end of September to the end of October.
They tend to sprout too when the buggers bury them! I pull up any trees
that are too close to my house foundation.
The cukes are still doing well.... I just can't believe it.
Glad your garden is doing well. :-) I'm getting a bumper crop of
Petins, most of which will be fed to the Cockatoo. She needs the vitamin
C.
You know... our parrot (blue-fronted Amazon), Wilbur, also loved chile
peppers. I gave him to a girl at the pet store, who was dying to have a
parrot of her own, when my work schedule was too intense to give him
adequate attention. I miss him a lot. She just loved him so much.
Unfortunately, Wilbur hated men--- bit the hell out of poor Mr. Bill.
I'd be hard put to give Freya away. She's such a love! Noisy pain in the
ass too, but I love her anyway. g We built her an aviary on the sun
porch to eliminate the destructive issues. Her "cage" is 3' x 8' x 6'.
She's a Goffin's cockatoo. Got her for free in 1998 when she appeared in
our back yard eating grain with the chickens. :-)
I have a scar from capturing her, but it was worth it.
We drove to Louisiana (MO) yesterday and came back with three more
standard plum trees--- a Shiro, Starking Delicious, and a Damson. Mr.
Bill got two planted today; he had to remove two very old redbuds which
was a huge chore. Can't believe we actually got them into the car! We
still have not found a potted standard Montmorency. I guess he'll have
to order a whip from Miller. Hardly anyone carries the standard anymore.
Isabella
I should take down those two hackberry's out back and plant fruit trees.
I need to find out from the Ag extension office what fruit trees will
winter over here. I'd probably have to use netting over them tho' to
protect the fruit.
On the other hand, it'd be squirrel bait and I might end up with enough
squirrel to put in the freezer. eg
If I chop the hackberry's and leave tall stumps in the ground, I could
seed them with mushroom spawn:
http://www.fungi.com/
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