Question #1:

eating the sparrows - arent they edible?

I have 5 chickens and 1 cockerel, i free range them in my yard, there is always food around for my chickens.

Sparrows are a problem, they are attracted by the chick food, they come by groups of 10-30 birds and make gang attacks in anything they can eat, i have a fenced (for the chickens) vegetable garden, the sparrows ate my peas before i do. They are really invading my territory.

I will build a sparrow trap, its my turn on their game.

I want to eat them all. I will BBQ them all and swallow them and burp while drinking beer before i fart and laugh at them like a barbarian uncivilized crazy man that i am. I would feed them to my dog, if i had one.

Now, give me a reason, why shouldnt i eat sparrows, do you think they carry diseases or anything like that?

What do you think of eating sparrows?

Question #2:

How to make a garden for your rabbit?

I'm a rabbit owner who loves rabbits. I was considering making a fenced in area in my back yard and treating the soil, growing some vegetables for my rabbit as a little play area. I wanted to have most of the ground in the garden to be clover, a decent height fence and a wire fence just beneath it, so he can't dig out. I was just wondering...What should I have in my garden, ex.What kind of soil should I use? Can I grow some vegetables in it? Should I have a little water area? Just please give me some ideas on what I should do.
Just wanted to add...I'm not going to keep him out there unsupervised. He lives indoors. I just need a little outside play area for him.

Question #3:

Do I eat alot and unhealthy?

Im 17 years old, 6 feet, 155-160 pounds. I do about 50 minutes of cardio or so everyday except for weekends, I do muscle group workouts to, arms, abs,legs..I went on a dit not long ago and im kind of trying to recover, well not "recover" but i wana keep eating healthy as before just more, this is alot mostly alot what i eat. what do you think?

Breakfast:1 1/4Bowl of vector cereal with half a cup of milk=300 calories

Dinner:Pita bread or ciabatta bread, with provolone or low fast swiss cheese, usualy with some deli meat=400 or so calories

supper:Whole wheat spaghettini with healthy cattelli garden select pasta sauce=400 calories, or sometimes chicken breast with vegetables=400 calories

Snacks through the day: 2-3 granny smith apples=80 calories ea., yogourt low fast no added sugar=35 calories, vegetables(carrots,celerie,cucomber) around 2 cups=35 calories. the things i feel the worst about tho is sometimes during the day ill just go take a handful of vector cereal to snack on. i feel like im pigging.. anyhow tell me what you think

i usualy eat 1300-1600 calories a day which is not alot for my height/weight, but it seems like a load

Question #4:

Is this a good price for a dinner and which of the options should i choose?

Choose one of each of the following:
Fresh Baked Rolls, Breadsticks, Artisan Breads or Croissants

Choice of Potato, Choice of Rice, Choice of Salad, Choice of Steamed Vegetable

Choice of Two Entrées (One per guest)
Stuffed Chicken Breast, Stuffed Pork Chop, Lemon, Ranch, Teriyaki or Baked Chicken, Turkey with Stuffing, Baked Ham, Chicken Cordon Bleu, Roast Beef Marinated Pork Roast
*Substitute Salmon, Halibut or Prime Rib for $2.00 pp

Choice of Assorted Desserts

$22.95 pp
(choose Rice or Potatoes & 1 Entrée Selection for $19.95 pp)

OR

Fresh Baked Rolls or Breadsticks

Choice of Two Pastas (One per guest)
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce or Marinara, Chicken Fettuccini Alfredo, Chicken Parmesan, Stuffed Manicotti, Lasagna, Stuffed Shells

Choice of Salad
Garden Salad, Caesar Salad, Strawberry Spinach Salad, Pear Spinach Salad

Choice of Assorted Desserts

$17.29 pp
(1 Entrée Selection for $15.95 pp)
what should I pick from each part??
Also would it be a bad thing to have "happy hour" sort of thing at our wedding where we only have an openbar for a certain amount of time? We dont want to spend a ton of money on alcohol or have guests that drink too much.

Question #5:

Will I be allowed & be given the opportunity to build my own house in heaven?

I always wanted to build a circular home, where the the kitchen and dining rooms are in the center of the house. There are 12 doorways, 12 rooms at the ground floors and 12 rooms on the upper floor. There will be room for study, music & video room, Carpenter and metal workshop, agricultural botanical lab, a trophy and collection rooms, a room for for arts and craft, a room for medhanical vehicle transport workshop, etc..etch. Where the houses could rotate 360 degree every 15 minutes. All the fruits, vegetables, grains and nuts I could plucked fresh from the garden I planted around my home. Where I could eat with my pets and my family with joy. Where I could pipe in beautful music all days and enjoy the beauty of my garden, and plantation. I wonder?

Question #6:

Plowing a vegetable garden question?

I want a horse or a mule to work a large garden with... Would a gaited mule do ok to plow behind? say one from a tennessee walking horse and gaited jack cross? or would it walk to fast? i want something even tempered and slower moving.. thanks

Question #7:

whats a good size garden to start out with?

I live in oklahoma and there are many good vegetable plants that grow well here, I have wanted a garden for a long time but was always working full time, now I'm a stay at home mom. Anyway, i want to plant, corn, bell peppers , zucchini, cauliflower, cucumbers (one row each), jalapeno, tomatoes and spinach (two rows each) strawberries (3 or 4 shorter rows), a few herbs and a row of blackberry's (to grow on trellis). I have had potted plants and helped out many family members with they're gardens so I have knowledge but never actually had one myself, about what size plot do i need for all of those plants?

Question #8:

Crop rotations - Can i move the soil instead of the crop?

I have 5 raised bed vegetable gardens. I want to rotate crops, but I don't want to move them from their usual location. (eg I want my broccoli to always be in bed#2)

Is there a reason (other than many wheel-barrel loads of work) I cannot move the soil instead?

I would explain why i want to do this but it is rather lengthy.

Question #9:

What plants (bulbs, vegetables, fruit, etc.) can you plant now for harvest in the fall?

I just moved to a property with beautiful gardens but I need to know when I should plant bulbs for spring and if there is anything I should know about gardening at this time of year. I live in Ontario, Canada.

Please help!

Question #10:

Are there any fruit or vegetable plants that I can grow indoors?

We do have a garden but we're plagued by squirrels so they would dig up the seeds. We also have a conservatory, but that alternates between being freezing cold and boiling hot so I don't think a plant could grow there.
Are there any fruit, vegetable or bean plants that I can grow indoors?

Question #11:

how far away from where one captures a snake do you have to go to release it, so that it does not return?

We often have to capture and release puffadders ( Bitis areitans arietans) and boomslangs (Dispholidus typus)from our vegetable garden and take them up the mountain behind us. How far do we need to to take them so that they do not return here?
for eg bees need to go 6ks or more mice and rats about 4

Question #12:

Can I eat these mushrooms?

I found a mushroom growing in my yard. It's a very well maintained yard, actually, the grass never has to be cut because the grass turns yellow and dies anyways, and dead birds and squirrels are fertilizing the new grass! Poor things... they die because of the horrid smell that my rafflesias have. BACK ON TOPIC: I found these mushrooms, but I don't know what they're called. I have no more vegetables left in my house, so I use crops from my "mystery garden". Here's the mushroom, but I don't know what it's called, also is it OK to eat? Click Here

I already made and ate a salad containing the mushroom, could I die?

Question #13:

How do I check irregular items at the museum?

I was helping a volunteer organization downtown planting a vegetable garden. I was able to take a shower at my friend's house nearby. I had brought my own equipment and couldn't keep it at my friends house. Anyhow, I decided to visit the history museum before going home. I was able to check my bag and my jacket, but not my gardening tools. So, I guess my question is: How do I get these hoes in check?

Question #14:

can Miracle Gro Rose Plant Food be used on Vegetables?

I have a vegetable garden and found a box of Rose Plant food. I was just curious if I could use it on vegetables because I do not have any roses where I live now.

Question #15:

How long does Round Up stay active in the soil?

I moved into a house on an acreage a few months ago that is over run with weeds. A lot of kochia, foxtail, russian and canadian thistle among others.

Along both sides of large overgrown caragana (sp) bushes were once vegetable gardens. One on the southside of the house (north of the bushes with about another 25ft of mixed grasses) is completely covered in canada thistle. Its about 15ft wide X 30ft long.

The second on the northside of the house, and south of the bushes is about 5ft wide and 20 ft long. It has a whole multitude of broadleaf weeds in it. Too many to mention, and way too many to pull.

Obviously I don't want to take out the bushes, but I do want to clear out the weeds and replant with lawn seed. So I had planned on leaving a 24-36" buffer to the bushes, pulling what I can. I have a 5 gallon pump/wand sprayer and a 1/2 gallon pump sprayer so I can get fairly close and direct. Is that enough or too much of a buffer?

Also how long does Round Up Spray stay within the soil once the plants treated have died and been removed?

I have the the Round Up Poison Ivy Concentrate - which I think is double the strength of regular Round Up - should I mix the same strength or go half?

Thanks all!

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Question #16:

How do you cope when you are nothing like your family?

I'm sure every teenager feels this way...

I'm a vegetarian, I just have this thing against eating meat...I'm not a full vegan though because do eat some dairy products. But my family (or more specifically, my mom) likes having steak or pork-chops every night...stuff that I would never eat. I love gardening, it is my favorite thing to do...and my family wants to get rid of all the flowers because they're annoyed with all the bees. I love the winter, rain, and snow...my parents moved us out to Arizona in a city that it gets maybe 3 inches a year and it never goes below 50 degrees (usually, there are those rare occasions). I feel like I am the exact opposite of my family. I love my family, but I just wish they would take ME and MY LIFESTYLE/PERSONALITY in consideration. I can cope with Arizona, my mom had promised to send me up to Utah during winter to visit family up there (and Utah is amazing in the winter in my opinion), but some things...just the little things, I would appreciate if they considered them more, like maybe letting me continue to grow my garden and having vegetables and fruits along with their usual meat dinners. I hate sounding like a brat or someone who doesn't appreciate their family, but I really would like to be taken in consideration more, I'm the "minority" in the family so most of the time I guess I feel ignored or that my opinions and likes don't matter?

Question #17:

which is the best choice?

my family's going out to eat..its the only dinner ill get, so i have to go =/
what sounds the healthiest/lowest calorie? what can i do to stay on my diet and save calories?Thanks!

Pechuga
Grilled, marinated chicken breast topped with grilled onions and peppers. Served with flour tortillas, rice, beans, and guacamole.

Pan Seared Tilapia
Lightly seasoned and pan seared with a chipotle cream sauce. Served with pecan rice pilaf and a garden salad.

Tacos al Carbon
Two flour tortillas wrapped around your choice of grilled chicken or beef fajita. Served with rice, beans, and guacamole.

Shrimp Fajitas
Grilled shrimp served on a bed of sizzling vegetables with bean soup or refried beans.

Question #18:

i dont know which is healthiest?!?

my family's going out to eat..its the only dinner ill get, so i have to go =/
what sounds the healthiest/lowest calorie? what can i do to stay on my diet and save calories?Thanks!

Pechuga
Grilled, marinated chicken breast topped with grilled onions and peppers. Served with flour tortillas, rice, beans, and guacamole.

Pan Seared Tilapia
Lightly seasoned and pan seared with a chipotle cream sauce. Served with pecan rice pilaf and a garden salad.

Tacos al Carbon
Two flour tortillas wrapped around your choice of grilled chicken or beef fajita. Served with rice, beans, and guacamole.

Shrimp Fajitas
Grilled shrimp served on a bed of sizzling vegetables with bean soup or refried beans.

Question #19:

help me pick the healthiest!?

my family's going out to eat..its the only dinner ill get, so i have to go =/
what sounds the healthiest/lowest calorie? what can i do to stay on my diet and save calories?Thanks!

Pechuga
Grilled, marinated chicken breast topped with grilled onions and peppers. Served with flour tortillas, rice, beans, and guacamole.

Pan Seared Tilapia
Lightly seasoned and pan seared with a chipotle cream sauce. Served with pecan rice pilaf and a garden salad.

Tacos al Carbon
Two flour tortillas wrapped around your choice of grilled chicken or beef fajita. Served with rice, beans, and guacamole.

Shrimp Fajitas
Grilled shrimp served on a bed of sizzling vegetables with bean soup or refried beans.

Question #20:

GOING OUT TO EAT! please HELP!?

my family's going out to eat..its the only dinner ill get, so i have to go =/
what sounds the healthiest/lowest calorie? what can i do to stay on my diet and save calories?Thanks!

Pechuga
Grilled, marinated chicken breast topped with grilled onions and peppers. Served with flour tortillas, rice, beans, and guacamole.

Pan Seared Tilapia
Lightly seasoned and pan seared with a chipotle cream sauce. Served with pecan rice pilaf and a garden salad.

Tacos al Carbon
Two flour tortillas wrapped around your choice of grilled chicken or beef fajita. Served with rice, beans, and guacamole.

Shrimp Fajitas
Grilled shrimp served on a bed of sizzling vegetables with bean soup or refried beans.





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