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[Momof4]

The plantains in my area do well in full sun or only partial sun, but not in heavy shade.

I’ve tried growing plantain it it never takes off. I get seeds from parks.

Same with mallow. I transplant it from parks and buy seeds. This is the first year I have seen a little Mallow plants pop up in the pens and I think I figured out that rodents eat it down to the ground when it gets big enough.
It’s crazy how excited I get when I see weeds growing!

 

[Lyn W]

I really really hope she is able to help him this time. Why does she want to see him first though? Surely that just adds more delays? Or did she get some new info that she wants to check first?

Maybe I'm being cynical but I suppose she gets a consultation fee out of me as well as the referral............
or maybe it's just that she wants to see how he is after his antibiotics - nothing happens fast enough for me though.

 

[DE42]

Thanks.

Good luck.

 

[CarolM]

Maybe I'm being cynical but I suppose she gets a consultation fee out of me as well as the referral............
or maybe it's just that she wants to see how he is after his antibiotics - nothing happens fast enough for me though.

Me neither. I am actually a very impatient person. Lol

 

[Lyn W]

Jurassic Park. [emoji1] View attachment 240209View attachment 240210View attachment 240211View attachment 240212

I haven't seen any of the Jurassic Park films, or Star Wars and plenty of others.
I can't sit still long enough!

 

[CarolM]

I haven't seen any of the Jurassic Park films, or Star Wars and plenty of others.
I can't sit still long enough!

I enjoy movies like that. I was supposed to go to sleep already. Said goodnight and all but then got involved in the movie transformers. So as soon as it is finished then I will definitly go to sleep.

 

[Lyn W]

Me neither. I am actually a very impatient person. Lol

Hi Carol, I am a very patient person usually, and I know a lot of guesswork is involved with animals - especially torts but I had hoped things would happen quicker to rule out things at least.

 

[CarolM]

I’ve tried growing plantain it it never takes off. I get seeds from parks.

Same with mallow. I transplant it from parks and buy seeds. This is the first year I have seen a little Mallow plants pop up in the pens and I think I figured out that rodents eat it down to the ground when it gets big enough.
It’s crazy how excited I get when I see weeds growing!

The plantain i found in the field seem to be doing okay. But hopefully the seeds grow too.

 

[Lyn W]

Between thunderstorms and unblocking downpipes from the gutters, I investigated the nestbox this afternoon

Here’s what it looks like without the front on the box
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And here’s the damage Mrs Bluet-it did to the top of the box with her woodpecking!
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The nest extracted contained Baby B who was partly feathered and emaciated and 3 tiny eggs that didn’t hatch. There was no sign of his siblings; I can only assume that they were so small that Mrs B was able to remove their bodies
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We have a nature tv programme called Springwatch that started this week, they have a camera in a nestbox with chicks about the same age which are much better developed. I think Baby B had not been getting enough food for a while.

So the box is cleared out and available for roosting now. I doubt another bird will nest in it this summer.

What a shame and such a lot of work gone into that very cosy nest as well as trying to feed them. I hope she lives to raise a family in the future.

 

[Bambam1989]

I’ve tried growing plantain it it never takes off. I get seeds from parks.

Same with mallow. I transplant it from parks and buy seeds. This is the first year I have seen a little Mallow plants pop up in the pens and I think I figured out that rodents eat it down to the ground when it gets big enough.
It’s crazy how excited I get when I see weeds growing!

It's slugs and snails that get my seedlings. I have plenty of plantain that volunteers up, just never where I want it. I have one really nice mallow growing with my strawberries that gets pampered and found another that came up in my yard. I dug it up and put it in a small pot and it seems to be doing well so far

 

[CarolM]

Hi Carol, I am a very patient person usually, and I know a lot of guesswork is involved with animals - especially torts but I had hoped things would happen quicker to rule out things at least.

I don't blame you though as it has seemed like it is taking unusually long to me as well. And I am not even the mama. I hope that she can at least scan Lola as well. That is that it is her turn to have the scanner.

 

[CarolM]

It's slugs and snails that get my seedlings. I have plenty of plantain that volunteers up, just never where I want it. I have one really nice mallow growing with my strawberries that gets pampered and found another that came up in my yard. I dug it up and put it in a small pot and it seems to be doing well so far

I must see if I can get mallow on this side as well. Because the bigger the variety that I can plant the healthier my torts can be.

 

[Lyn W]

I enjoy movies like that. I was supposed to go to sleep already. Said goodnight and all but then got involved in the movie transformers. So as soon as it is finished then I will definitly go to sleep.

I was going to say Goodnight to you when I saw your post but then thought you must still be up to be chatting to me!

 

[CarolM]

I was going to say Goodnight to you when I saw your post but then thought you must still be up to be chatting to me!

Lol. I really should go to sleep. And aahhh there the movie ends. Maybe a few more minutes.

 

[Lyn W]

I don't blame you though as it has seemed like it is taking unusually long to me as well. And I am not even the mama. I hope that she can at least scan Lola as well. That is that it is her turn to have the scanner.

None of the practices she uses have mri or ct scanner so she will have to refer me somewhere that does - I don't know where that will be!

 

[CarolM]

Lol. I really should go to sleep. And aahhh there the movie ends. Maybe a few more minutes.

Damn. It is now 12. I better go to sleep. I am already going to be scre....d tomorrow. Sigh. It just always feels like you never have much time to just chill. It always feels like you are either working at work. Then working at home and then sleeping only to have to do it again the next day again. Okay. I am really going now. Not chat again tomorrow.

 

[Lyn W]

The plantain i found in the field seem to be doing okay. But hopefully the seeds grow too.

I find dandies and plantain do best in poor soil. The seeds I planted in good soil didn't do very well at all.

 

[CarolM]

I find dandies and plantain do best in poor soil. The seeds I planted in good soil didn't do very well at all.

Good tip and will keep that in mind when I plant them on saturday.

 

[JoesMum]

Trip to the neurologist tomorrow

Good luck with that!

 

[Lyn W]

Damn. It is now 12. I better go to sleep. I am already going to be scre....d tomorrow. Sigh. It just always feels like you never have much time to just chill. It always feels like you are either working at work. Then working at home and then sleeping only to have to do it again the next day again. Okay. I am really going now. Not chat again tomorrow.

Goodnight Carol sleep well, it's all downhill to the weekend again after tomorrow!!
Have a good Weds.