Popping in from Southwest Florida

[Carol Dee]

Hello friendly neighbors... from far and near.
Its not too common I find fellow members on forums from my deep south rooted territory, but none the less, I keep trying.
I'm an empty-nested mom of three, replacing my time now with my garden,9 chickens, and 2 rouen ducks. It keeps me busy enough, but im looking to expand my creativities now to "what to do" with my stocks of vegis and eggs.
I may have jumped in full steam ahead of myself, so im here to learn how to enhance my canning capabilities, find new and hard to find varieties of plants to dabble in, and possibly make a few friends.
The humid and nasty summer heat mixed with the afternoon rains make for troublesome gardening, so I hope to find ways to defeat! Speaking of defeat, I would love to find which plants ( of any sorts) my chickens will walk AWAY from and not peck to death or trample on.. those lil buggers cant stand to be left alone. I may as well be mothering a flock of toddlers! Who knew i went from one grandchild to 10 almost overnight?! Yeowzers...

Anyway...happy gardening my fellow EGC friends. My force is now with me.

Well now I think you may have landed just where you need to be! I have found everyone here very generous and helpful. Welcome.

 

[baymule]

Welcome from northeast Texas! We love new members. A lot of us have chickens too, along with our gardens.