[Ag-eq] Bonnie

Thu Jul 7 17:41:10 UTC 2016

Tracy:

I mix my flowers, vegetable and herbs together.  I really don't care what my
neighbors say.  I also think eggplants are beautiful.

Jerseys are brown, but the calf is half Jersey and half North Devon.  The
North Devon's are red.

Bonnie is what I call Jersey brown color.  I've been told that the Jersey
cattle can be from light brown to almost black.  Bonnie is a medium brown.
The baby is a dark red all over.

I got to meet one of Bonnie's heifers when I bought her.  She was the same
dark red and quite a bit larger than Bonnie.  This little girl will probably
look the same; the older heifer was her full sister.

I'm curious to see if the calf is going to have horns.  Bonnie has long
horns.

Nella
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I just wait for my fruit to not feel hard, then I figure it's ripe.  That
doesn't seem to work so well with the blueberries, but it does for my
tomatoes.  Some of my tomatoes split before I pick them, but they're just as
tasty, if I come along soon enough.

I don't know what ails my marigolds.  The ones right next to the sick ones
look fine.  Beats me.

I started petunias from seed this year, which I've done before without
success, but this year they're great!  Tidal Wave, the variety is called,
and they're spreading out and covered with big, red flowers.  And I bought
some tuberous begonias from Amazon, Salsa Red.  They're doing well, too,
especially the one in a hanging pot on the front porch.  Tubrous begonias
are much bigger than the usual kind of begonia, and they have big, 3-inch,
rose-shaped flowers.  No smell, but they look great.

I'm trying an experiment with putting pole beans in one of my planters in
front.  They have scarlet flowers, and the bean pods are small, fat and
flat, so I'm figuring they're decorative enough to be out front.  We'll see
if my neighbors make disparaging comments.  Some day, I might try eggplant
in front.  The plants and fruit are beautiful, IMO.

Do you think you'll keep Bonnie's calf?  And are Jerseys red?  Somehow, I
thought they were brown, but what do I know.
Tracy

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I have trouble telling when some of my tomatoes are ripe.

Your flowers sound wonderful.  Do you think the marigolds got to much water?

Nella

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Hooray!  I bet you're both so relieved!

We are very hot and humid, too, though it's really the first time this
summer, so I can't complain.  Guess we'll actually have to set up the
air-conditioner now.

My Oriental lilies are blooming.  The scent wafts over the whole, small,
front yard at night.  Makes taking the dogs out for their final pee an
occasion.
I have a bumper crop of coneflowers this year, too.  I think they're neat,
and the butterflies and finches love them, too.
Something is killing my marigolds, which I can't figure out.  They're
usually tough as nails, but some of them are wilting.

I have tiny tomatoes, but they won't be ready for a while.  The pole beans
are leaping up their strings.  I have lots of blueberries, but I have
trouble figuring out when they're ripe.
I have 2 quite different plants I think could be the kohlrabi I planted.
I'm waiting to see what they do.  And I have lots of basil.  I want to make
pesto.  I love pesto, but my husband doesn't.  Oh well, more for me.
Tracy

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I'm so happy to announce that Bonnie finally did it!!!

Late on July 5 she gave birth to a beautiful heifer calf.  The calf is solid
red and weighs about 65 pounds.  She is very cute and healthy.

Bonnie managed to have the calf between my trips to the pasture.  When I
went to check on her before I went to bed she was licking clean the new
baby.  I wanted to be present for the birth, but Bonnie had other plans.  It
does seem like Cruiser the horse was there and now he acts like the baby is
his.

Bonnie had some complications afterwards, but is ok now.  She got milk
fever, which means her calcium levels drop very low.  I'm sure Zac could
explain it much better.  I gave her calcium jell as soon as I saw she had
the baby and then gave her more yesterday.  She lay down and was to weak to
get up.  I called out the vet and he gave her calcium through an iv and she
was up moving around in no time.  The vet told me to only milk out about
half the milk for a couple days.

So that is what's been going on around here.  It has been very hot and
humid.  I've been getting lots of cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers from the
garden.  My aunt gave me a bunch of black berries and I canned some jam and
pie filling.  I hope to can some pickles next.

What is everyone else up to?

Nella

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Hi Nella.

I hear a guy on the radio talk about diatomaceous earth to control insects.
He spreads it on the grass with a fertilizer spreader, or something like
that.  Diatomaceous earth is made of tiny shells, so it's sharp for
soft-bodied creatures like insect larvae.  I wonder if it would also work
for worms and worm eggs.  It's pretty cheap; it might be worth a try.

Aphids are attacking my lilies.  I'm going to spread some diatomaceous earth
around under them, and see if that helps keep the beasties from getting at
them.

Tracy

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