Do you think you could still get down there in that dirt? I know I have a hard time. I do have a kneeler thing that has handles I can push myself back up. I have a hard enough time just keeping up with the weeds. Bought some flowers yesterday to try and brighten things up around here. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emma Roses" <roses4831@msn.com> To: "memory-lane" <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Chickens > > After seeing my parents raise chickens, I never wanted to raise any of my > own. Too many problems. We did raise our own beef once. But, I did > like having my own garden. One place we lived in Portland, we had a large > garden. I canned a lot from that garden. On that place we had some apple > and cherry trees, My kids were a lot younger and I tried to can as much > food as I could. I wish I could still have a big garden. I miss not > getting my hands in the dirt.Emma > >> From: sullysoil66@msn.com >> To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com; roses4831@msn.com; ddcrim@gmail.com >> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 11:58:00 -0700 >> Subject: [ML] Chickens > >> I have always wanted to raise chickens, but we're not allowed to raise >> poultry on our property, city law. We live below some foothills, I hear >> rosters crowing if I get up early, some where up in those foothills, they >> also have a lot of horses up there. I saw a Lama in a yard, when I was >> driving over the hill, so the people must be able to raise what ever >> animals they want. The only thing is if a wild fire comes through there >> as it has in the past, I would live in fear of fire all the time, and how >> to get all the animals out if a fire was coming. >> >> I was watching Martha Stewart one day, and she raises chickens, for the >> eggs mostly. She has planted climbing roses on the chicken wire all >> around her chicken cage. It looked real pretty, and the chickens didn't >> seem to care one way or another. I must be just a old farmer at heart, >> because I love the country, plants, especially trees, I love to grow >> food, tomatoes, corn, green beans, squash, peas, chilies, almost any >> vegetable that will grow for me, we have at least twelve fruit trees, and >> I want more. Nothing like reaching up and picking a apple out of a tree, >> and taking a bit out of it. We are still eating avocados, and most of our >> fruit trees are in bloom, I saw tiny little apples on the Gala apple tree >> yesterday. We have had so much rain this year, that all of out fruit >> trees are going crazy with leaves and blooms, hope that means we will >> have a great harvest this year. >> We have planted our tomatoes, just three varieties this year, Big Boy, >> Roma, and one cherry tomato. Those are the only one that seem to give us >> a lot of fruit, I canned tomatoes one year we had so many tomatoes. I >> love to go out and water the tomatoes, and if there are some cherry >> tomatoes that are ripe, I pop one or two in my mouth while I am out >> there, taste so good right off the vine. >> >> >> Hope all of your are healty, and looking forward to a nice summer, Sully >> >> >> >> >> >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Oh no, I couldn't possibly have my own garden now. For one thing, I can hardly bend over to pick something up off the floor; I'm afraid of losing my balance. Then, I can't get on my knees either. They don't support me anymore. If I fall, they call the fire dept to help me up. I guess they don't help you up here because of insurance problems. But, I keep dreaming about gardening.Emma > From: antique1931@saber.net > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 08:49:34 -0700 > Subject: Re: [ML] Chickens > > Do you think you could still get down there in that dirt? I know I have a > hard time. I do have a kneeler thing that has handles I can push myself > back up. I have a hard enough time just keeping up with the weeds. Bought > some flowers yesterday to try and brighten things up around here. > Louise > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Emma Roses" <roses4831@msn.com> > To: "memory-lane" <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:49 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] Chickens > > > > > > After seeing my parents raise chickens, I never wanted to raise any of my > > own. Too many problems. We did raise our own beef once. But, I did > > like having my own garden. One place we lived in Portland, we had a large > > garden. I canned a lot from that garden. On that place we had some apple > > and cherry trees, My kids were a lot younger and I tried to can as much > > food as I could. I wish I could still have a big garden. I miss not > > getting my hands in the dirt.Emma > > > >> From: sullysoil66@msn.com > >> To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com; roses4831@msn.com; ddcrim@gmail.com > >> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 11:58:00 -0700 > >> Subject: [ML] Chickens > > > >> I have always wanted to raise chickens, but we're not allowed to raise > >> poultry on our property, city law. We live below some foothills, I hear > >> rosters crowing if I get up early, some where up in those foothills, they > >> also have a lot of horses up there. I saw a Lama in a yard, when I was > >> driving over the hill, so the people must be able to raise what ever > >> animals they want. The only thing is if a wild fire comes through there > >> as it has in the past, I would live in fear of fire all the time, and how > >> to get all the animals out if a fire was coming. > >> > >> I was watching Martha Stewart one day, and she raises chickens, for the > >> eggs mostly. She has planted climbing roses on the chicken wire all > >> around her chicken cage. It looked real pretty, and the chickens didn't > >> seem to care one way or another. I must be just a old farmer at heart, > >> because I love the country, plants, especially trees, I love to grow > >> food, tomatoes, corn, green beans, squash, peas, chilies, almost any > >> vegetable that will grow for me, we have at least twelve fruit trees, and > >> I want more. Nothing like reaching up and picking a apple out of a tree, > >> and taking a bit out of it. We are still eating avocados, and most of our > >> fruit trees are in bloom, I saw tiny little apples on the Gala apple tree > >> yesterday. We have had so much rain this year, that all of out fruit > >> trees are going crazy with leaves and blooms, hope that means we will > >> have a great harvest this year. > >> We have planted our tomatoes, just three varieties this year, Big Boy, > >> Roma, and one cherry tomato. Those are the only one that seem to give us > >> a lot of fruit, I canned tomatoes one year we had so many tomatoes. I > >> love to go out and water the tomatoes, and if there are some cherry > >> tomatoes that are ripe, I pop one or two in my mouth while I am out > >> there, taste so good right off the vine. > >> > >> > >> Hope all of your are healty, and looking forward to a nice summer, Sully > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message