tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post5179269378613650471..comments2024-03-28T11:30:52.313-07:00Comments on Henny Penny Lane: Preparing for winter, in March!Henny Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05958386938311591314noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-8116936913133225742017-03-04T23:14:49.657-08:002017-03-04T23:14:49.657-08:00You live in a beautiful place - I hope you managed...You live in a beautiful place - I hope you managed to save your plants and that pretty little tree. I love early mornings although perhaps not quite as early as yours must have been. Our trees and plants are all saying that Spring is on the way, I hope they are right, we've had a wet and muddy winter - not fun in our area of heavy clay soil as I am aware that at any moment I could turn base over apex! Hello to handsome Mr Wooster.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10461759848289268517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-64380835549183522012017-03-04T15:22:17.330-08:002017-03-04T15:22:17.330-08:00I didn't know if I should reply to your commen...I didn't know if I should reply to your comment on my blog but I'm never sure if anyone goes back to check. So I'll reply here. I am so sorry your sweet little Penny had a baby and it died. Do you know why it didn't live? Poor you and poor Penny. I wonder if animals grieve and if they do, for how long. Unanswered questions that I can't help thinking about.Granny Marigoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15858237999602347848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-30049202455275766922017-03-04T13:38:12.567-08:002017-03-04T13:38:12.567-08:00I don't know what to tell you about the window...I don't know what to tell you about the windows..I am not creative that way. <br /><br />We used to stop at a Hardee's in a nearby town and there was a guinea that greeted us several times. One single guinea...I have no idea where it came from. People gave it handouts...and I saved part of a biscuit for it.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015780995837712115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-45862509309965174062017-03-04T11:37:56.472-08:002017-03-04T11:37:56.472-08:00I'm so sorry to hear about your cold spell . ....I'm so sorry to hear about your cold spell . . . it's never good news after fruit trees start to bloom. When I see your rooster and your guineas I have to say that I get a little bit jealous. Our daughter lives in an urban neighborhood and has four laying hens . . . I've yet to talk Steve into letting me build a coop and getting a few chickens. I just think having fresh eggs would be wonderful. I've never raised chickens and he has (his father had an egg business for a few years with about 1,500 chickens, so it doesn't sound fun to him) I only want three or four :) Maybe after he retired, he'll get more into the small hobby farm state of mind. I hope so :)Conniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08187302890702147585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-31362562634902774592017-03-04T06:35:09.013-08:002017-03-04T06:35:09.013-08:00The weather here has been much the same, everythin...The weather here has been much the same, everything from strong sun shine to snow with the odd blast of Arctic wind. My fruit trees have wisely not opened any flower buds yet.Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406981075860636289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-21720811626697707262017-03-04T03:36:11.262-08:002017-03-04T03:36:11.262-08:00I love that you live in a cabin in the woods...tha...I love that you live in a cabin in the woods...that is a dream of mine :)Optimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-4164998304644371092017-03-03T20:47:43.972-08:002017-03-03T20:47:43.972-08:00Hello,
I do love guineas. I grew up with them.
Our...Hello,<br />I do love guineas. I grew up with them.<br />Our weather is silly around here too. We had 60 degrees two weeks ago. Never heard of in February in Northern Wisconsin. Today we are back to waking up to 4 degrees!!!<br />I hope all turns out for you and your plants. I know it is hard to see them freeze.<br />Carla<br />Carla from The Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107829617899979937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-52605598203471384152017-03-03T20:15:54.375-08:002017-03-03T20:15:54.375-08:00Those guineas must be very social birds.
I hope y...Those guineas must be very social birds. <br />I hope you escape frost damage.<br />Linda Reederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07665601809156707572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-47080367514283990162017-03-03T19:22:00.545-08:002017-03-03T19:22:00.545-08:00How funny the guineas came visiting. : )
We got a ...How funny the guineas came visiting. : )<br />We got a bunch of snow today, but we don't have any flowers coming up yet.<br />It sure has been a crazy winter.happyonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186179870233267082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-20730249190663824922017-03-03T18:41:54.788-08:002017-03-03T18:41:54.788-08:00Risk of frost always worries me when I have plants...Risk of frost always worries me when I have plants out. Right now, who cares. It's below freezing day and night.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-64546270429980936602017-03-03T18:11:04.892-08:002017-03-03T18:11:04.892-08:00Hope you are able to save the blooms on the peach ...Hope you are able to save the blooms on the peach tree....I just hate it when it warms up too quickly in February. I always think we are not safe until Easter. My apple trees have bloomed and I even have tomatoes and peppers set out in the garden. Hope we don't get a frost again. Meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512116319930586068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-26764797729877194492017-03-03T16:29:32.975-08:002017-03-03T16:29:32.975-08:00Mr. Wooster is handsome!
Isn't it confusing ha...Mr. Wooster is handsome!<br />Isn't it confusing having winter weather mixed with spring weather? It upsets my hibernation plans! LOL! Pom Pomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524994024698986829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-12546144539072986422017-03-03T14:10:05.786-08:002017-03-03T14:10:05.786-08:00Guineas are entertaining. When we lived on the mou...Guineas are entertaining. When we lived on the mountain in NC our neighbor's below us had guineas. We always knew when someone would soon be coming up our road as Diane's guineas would sound the warning. Once in awhile they would decide to come all the way up and see us and our goats would go nuts over the intruders, and then the guineas would go nuts Over the goats and run as fast as they could back down the road. It was a circus. Hope your trees and my lemon and lime trees make it through the next two nights. Fingers crossed!Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035113274497372396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-49959754788001270972017-03-03T13:29:07.990-08:002017-03-03T13:29:07.990-08:00I've hung some old windows outside using hooks...I've hung some old windows outside using hooks and eye bolts. We did have to stabilize the ones in the wind by running a wire to a nearby post. <br /> Have you heard of smudge pots to prevent plants from late frosts? <br />Guinea hens are hilarious. They take a notion and away they scramble as fast as they can as if the devil himself is after them. Have a great weekend.Granny Marigoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15858237999602347848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-76376102179051317382017-03-03T12:55:22.602-08:002017-03-03T12:55:22.602-08:00Here in MN we are having rather spring-like weathe...Here in MN we are having rather spring-like weather, too. I love your flowering trees and they look so good to us here in the North. I don't know anything about guineas but they sure are cute.<br /><br />Shirley H.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-38835299395699693922017-03-03T12:46:11.582-08:002017-03-03T12:46:11.582-08:00Your old wooden swing brought back many memories, ...Your old wooden swing brought back many memories, Henny. Isn't it so nice to swing on one. My grandmother had one here for her grandkids in around the sumacs. I will eventually find a place for one here for mine. (and me)Love the little guinea. Aren't they funny. Hope your tree survives. It's such a beauty. Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06817710263282488135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-5348946173048473012017-03-03T12:34:25.054-08:002017-03-03T12:34:25.054-08:00What a great post...loved visiting around your nec...What a great post...loved visiting around your neck of the woods! There's something about that long-legged tower that appeals to me...maybe I need one, too!Hill Top Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417478558713036325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-19049209329316531922017-03-03T11:14:04.804-08:002017-03-03T11:14:04.804-08:00Wow, you get up early!! I don't like to get u...Wow, you get up early!! I don't like to get up before daylight really, don't think I'll tell you what time I get up ;-) But then I stay up late..... Hope you are successful at saving all the blossoming plants and trees, what a chore that is, trying to cover them up. Talk of more snow here this weekend, I so hope they are wrong! Spring is late here, but then all of a sudden everything will go crazy and it will be impossible to keep up. You could put a window up on each side of the tower...maybe?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08938874724231860923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-72187835487539925722017-03-03T09:21:02.425-08:002017-03-03T09:21:02.425-08:00Mercy, my friend! You did a days worth of work be...Mercy, my friend! You did a days worth of work before 6:00! We don't get up until 5:30 so I guess you will always be ahead of me. :) <br /><br />That peach tree is beautiful. I think this has been a bad winter for everyone as far as having spring start in February instead of staying cold like February is supposed to be. We had a bad storm on Wednesday night and so much wind. It cooled things down to below freezing again and we are hoping that we don't lose any of our fruit.<br /><br />Have a wonderful weekend, Henny.<br /><br />xxDiannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15916346102440260126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-58374862163127114962017-03-03T08:27:13.121-08:002017-03-03T08:27:13.121-08:00I was wondering if your prediction of colder weath...I was wondering if your prediction of colder weather in March would come true Henry. You were right! I hope everything survives.<br />Your little guineas are adorable! <br />Have a good weekend.Cat Loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504271572051737490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-75725389314849390292017-03-03T07:53:57.576-08:002017-03-03T07:53:57.576-08:00"Ohhhh bother" as Winnie-the-Pooh says. ..."Ohhhh bother" as Winnie-the-Pooh says. Blooms, and cold temps returning. -sigh- I know you will do your best.<br /><br />Mmmmm, I don't remember what "The Long Legged Tower"... Was built for... <br /><br />But best of luck, with fixing it, as you want it. :-)<br /><br />Beside a babbling brook...https://www.blogger.com/profile/14230422491225783790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-62897463241539122252017-03-03T07:47:54.247-08:002017-03-03T07:47:54.247-08:00Am amazed at your visiting neighbors. Why do you t...Am amazed at your visiting neighbors. Why do you think they ran home all of a sudden? Hope you will tell us a little more about your ideas for the tower and the windows, I'm intrigued. Don't feel NC is the only place with crazy weather. It is normal for us to have Spring sprung on us in Feb and then it usually snows on Easter. Go figure.At Rivercrest Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068816102263605128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-31986076820127876932017-03-03T07:44:41.407-08:002017-03-03T07:44:41.407-08:00I can sure understand your frustration with plants...I can sure understand your frustration with plants blooming too early. It has been a very strange winter. The guineas look so cute. I'll bet they are fun to watch. I hope your plants and blooms fare okay in the cold weather. Have a great day.Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483833008527417306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-37573493899384749272017-03-03T07:42:12.413-08:002017-03-03T07:42:12.413-08:00Funny how they know their own kind Funny how they know their own kind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051255914419363819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541568171657986.post-10884131876079748042017-03-03T07:19:03.798-08:002017-03-03T07:19:03.798-08:00Good Morning! Oh, how I love seeing the photos of...Good Morning! Oh, how I love seeing the photos of your piece of Heaven here on earth. Our yard is in its "infancy" stage, so there is not much to worry about with colder temps returning, but I hate it for each of you with trees, shrubs etc. and trying to protect them. At our last home, which was one dead end street of homes in a row...one morning I heard an unusual noise to look out and see Guineas (from where I do not know)! They were so precious. Your description of the guineas come-a-calling tickled me and the way they scurried home single file! lol Beautiful photo of Mr. Wooster. God bless your day and weekend. xoxo MildredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com