Free food for fish and chickens

[Shoe-Chucker 2]

I search the garden for bugs. Dust buster them up and let the chickens
and fish look thru them. Free food. protein.
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Karma ; what a concept!

[Vandy Terre]

On Tue, 12 May 2015 15:39:26 -0700, Shoe-Chucker 2
<georg...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I search the garden for bugs. Dust buster them up and let the chickens
>and fish look thru them. Free food. protein.

Why not just hang a solar powered bug light over
the fish or chicken? Less work for you once set
up and very entertaining to watch it work.

[hchi...@hotmail.com]

On Wed, 13 May 2015 23:50:04 -0400, Derald <der...@invalid.net> wrote:

>Shoe-Chucker 2 <georg...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I search the garden for bugs. Dust buster them up and let the chickens
>>and fish look thru them. Free food. protein.

> How do they get the machine open?


I'm trying to envision a fish "looking through" a selection of bugs.

"Oh, that one is a juicy one!"

"Nah, I'll pass on that one, the creme center is always off."

"Joe, you like the hard ones. Her is one for you."


Even more so, I have visions of Elmer Fudd going through a garden at night going
"Shhh, I'm hunting fiwerfwies!"

[Michael Black]

But seriously, back when aquaculture was seen as a big thing, they were
trying to integrate it. So the bugs would get to the chickens (or the
chickens to the bugs) then the chicken waste would roll into the pond,
where the fish would process the waste and turn into protein. Or
something like that.

Michael

[The Real Bev]

And the dirty fishwater would nourish the food plants plants that the
bugs grew on. It's the cycle of life!

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Cheers,
Bev
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--Anonymous Unsuccessful Bank Robber

[hchi...@hotmail.com]

On Thu, 14 May 2015 20:40:46 -0700, The Real Bev <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 05/14/2015 07:50 PM, Michael Black wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 May 2015, hchi...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 13 May 2015 23:50:04 -0400, Derald <der...@invalid.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Shoe-Chucker 2 <georg...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I search the garden for bugs. Dust buster them up and let the chickens
>>>>> and fish look thru them. Free food. protein.
>>>> How do they get the machine open?
>>>
>>> I'm trying to envision a fish "looking through" a selection of bugs.
>>>
>>> "Oh, that one is a juicy one!"
>>>
>>> "Nah, I'll pass on that one, the creme center is always off."
>>>
>>> "Joe, you like the hard ones. Her is one for you."
>>>
>>> Even more so, I have visions of Elmer Fudd going through a garden at night going
>>> "Shhh, I'm hunting fiwerfwies!"
>>>
>> But seriously, back when aquaculture was seen as a big thing, they were
>> trying to integrate it. So the bugs would get to the chickens (or the
>> chickens to the bugs) then the chicken waste would roll into the pond,
>> where the fish would process the waste and turn into protein. Or
>> something like that.
>
>And the dirty fishwater would nourish the food plants plants that the
>bugs grew on. It's the cycle of life!

Now I feel all Kumbiaya...

Look little lion king. Someday you will be poop and then the next generation
you will be looking out over fields of poop. Doesn't it make you feel majestic?

[The Real Bev]

Gee, makes me sorry I haven't seen it. I love the 'Lion Sleeps Tonight'
song, but that's from the 1950s.

You seem to have mistaken me for a mortal, though.

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Cheers, Bev
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I didn't break it! It was doing that before I broke it... er...

[Dennis]

On Tue, 12 May 2015 15:39:26 -0700, Shoe-Chucker 2
<georg...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>I search the garden for bugs. Dust buster them up and let the chickens
>and fish look thru them. Free food. protein.

We just skip the middle man and let our chickens wander around and
find their own bugs. Haven't seen a grasshopper around the yard for
years. Wish they ate slugs, though.

Dennis (evil)
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"There is a fine line between participation and mockery" - Wally

[The Real Bev]

On 05/18/2015 05:16 PM, Dennis wrote:
> On Tue, 12 May 2015 15:39:26 -0700, Shoe-Chucker 2
> <georg...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I search the garden for bugs. Dust buster them up and let the chickens
>>and fish look thru them. Free food. protein.
>
> We just skip the middle man and let our chickens wander around and
> find their own bugs. Haven't seen a grasshopper around the yard for
> years. Wish they ate slugs, though.

Don't ducks eat slugs?

I went out last night with a flashlight in search of the worms that eat
my petunias. I pulled the whole flower off and stepped on the little
buggers, but tonight I took a hemostat :-) I wonder how long it takes
for the systemic fertilizer/bugkiller pellets to dissolve and enter the
plant...

The gardeners plant hundreds of petunia plants across the street. Why
don't the little bastards attack THEM?

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Cheers, Bev
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Todd Flanders' hobbies include being quiet on long rides,
clapping to songs and diabetes.

[Bob F]

The Real Bev wrote:
> I went out last night with a flashlight in search of the worms that
> eat my petunias. I pulled the whole flower off and stepped on the
> little buggers, but tonight I took a hemostat :-) I wonder how long
> it takes for the systemic fertilizer/bugkiller pellets to dissolve
> and enter the plant...

Such treatments of flowering plants will not be good for the bees in your area.

[Michael Black]

On Mon, 18 May 2015, The Real Bev wrote:

> On 05/18/2015 05:16 PM, Dennis wrote:
>> On Tue, 12 May 2015 15:39:26 -0700, Shoe-Chucker 2
>> <georg...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I search the garden for bugs. Dust buster them up and let the chickens
>>> and fish look thru them. Free food. protein.
>>
>> We just skip the middle man and let our chickens wander around and
>> find their own bugs. Haven't seen a grasshopper around the yard for
>> years. Wish they ate slugs, though.
>
> Don't ducks eat slugs?
>
> I went out last night with a flashlight in search of the worms that eat my
> petunias. I pulled the whole flower off and stepped on the little buggers,
> but tonight I took a hemostat :-) I wonder how long it takes for the
> systemic fertilizer/bugkiller pellets to dissolve and enter the plant...
>
> The gardeners plant hundreds of petunia plants across the street. Why don't
> the little bastards attack THEM?
>

Because they are all over at your place, eating your tastier flowers?

Michael

[The Real Bev]

I have two petunias and 5 chrysanthemums, all in pots. I'm pretty sure
my impact will be minimal.


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Cheers, Bev
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"Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
It's cheaper." -- Quentin Crisp 1908 - 1999

[The Real Bev]

The ones across the street (mall parking lot) are bigger, nicer, and
lots more than I have. I talked to the gardener this morning, who was
putting out snail pellets for the slugs that were eating THEIR petunias.
Slugs are easy, it's the little caterpillars that I need to eliminate.

Much easier to grab the little nasties with a hemostat. I have several
sizes, including the biggest one I could find on line (cheaply made, but
good enough) to pull the weeds out of my cactus plants. I don't see how
people can survive without hemostats!

[Bob F]

The Real Bev wrote:
>
> Much easier to grab the little nasties with a hemostat. I have
> several sizes, including the biggest one I could find on line
> (cheaply made, but good enough) to pull the weeds out of my cactus
> plants. I don't see how people can survive without hemostats!

It never entered my mind to use a hemostat for that. I guess it does keep your
fingers clean. I guess it would be more valuable around cactus. I've been
thinking about some kind of extension tool to pull little weeds and grass in my
veggie gardens so I dont have to kneel so much.

[Vandy Terre]

On Tue, 19 May 2015 00:16:10 +0000 (UTC), Dennis
<dg...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 12 May 2015 15:39:26 -0700, Shoe-Chucker 2
><georg...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>I search the garden for bugs. Dust buster them up and let the chickens
>>and fish look thru them. Free food. protein.
>
>We just skip the middle man and let our chickens wander around and
>find their own bugs. Haven't seen a grasshopper around the yard for
>years. Wish they ate slugs, though.
>
>Dennis (evil)

You need some hungry ducks.

[The Real Bev]

If the dirt is soft enough, try a length of 2" steel pipe and a mallet
or hammer. Put the pipe over the weed, hammer it in, pull it up and go
on to the next one. When the pipe is full push all the weeds out with a
broom handle.


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Cheers, Bev
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A: One, if you feed him in real slow.