Comments on: Surfing the cusp of pop-culture http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Fri, 25 May 2012 00:38:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: DesertRat http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-42552 DesertRat Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:36:28 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-42552 I love growing tomatoes and hate wasting perfectly good tomato hornworms, but the spouse doesn't like chickens. This is how we ended up with ducks. His only requirement was that I find a "Ferdinand" for him, aka the type of duck that was in the movie Babe. I swear that's the only reason we ended up with as many ducks as we did (36 at last count and yes, I do have a big back yard). It seems I couldn't stop with just one breed. Besides having tasty fresh eggs, the occasional duck dinner, and endless hours of entertainment, the quackers have inadvertantly solved an agricultural problem. I have swathes of wild Bermuda and some former landscaper thought it would be nice to put in Chinese Elm, a weed tree that grows like a house a-fire and is highly invasive. It's a tree that takes some killing, and I did NOT want to put poision down. It turns out that the ducks find these pesky plants absolutely delicious. I just love it when a plan comes together. The only drawback was that I got so busy with ducks, I didn't plant that many tomatoes this year. My dh has yet to quit teasing me about that! I tell him that it just means I have a jump-start on planning for next season. I love growing tomatoes and hate wasting perfectly good tomato hornworms, but the spouse doesn’t like chickens. This is how we ended up with ducks. His only requirement was that I find a “Ferdinand” for him, aka the type of duck that was in the movie Babe. I swear that’s the only reason we ended up with as many ducks as we did (36 at last count and yes, I do have a big back yard). It seems I couldn’t stop with just one breed.

Besides having tasty fresh eggs, the occasional duck dinner, and endless hours of entertainment, the quackers have inadvertantly solved an agricultural problem. I have swathes of wild Bermuda and some former landscaper thought it would be nice to put in Chinese Elm, a weed tree that grows like a house a-fire and is highly invasive. It’s a tree that takes some killing, and I did NOT want to put poision down. It turns out that the ducks find these pesky plants absolutely delicious. I just love it when a plan comes together.

The only drawback was that I got so busy with ducks, I didn’t plant that many tomatoes this year. My dh has yet to quit teasing me about that! I tell him that it just means I have a jump-start on planning for next season.

]]> By: Katy Skinner http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-41966 Katy Skinner Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:58:54 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-41966 Thanks for mentioning my site, TheCityChicken.com! :P Thanks for mentioning my site, TheCityChicken.com! :P

]]> By: Dina http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-41853 Dina Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:04:26 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-41853 Hi Kate, I LOVE chickens. We raised them when I was a kid. Now I have been trying to talk Paul into getting a few birds for three years now and he will not go for it. My sister has a few hens now, though. Have you seen The City Chicken website? http://home.centurytel.net/thecitychicken/index.html Hi Kate,

I LOVE chickens. We raised them when I was a kid. Now I have been trying to talk Paul into getting a few birds for three years now and he will not go for it. My sister has a few hens now, though. Have you seen The City Chicken website? http://home.centurytel.net/thecitychicken/index.html

]]> By: Kim http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-41498 Kim Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:00:10 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-41498 Chic or not chic, I'd like to get a chick. Just have to wait until I have my own place...I know a few people who raise chickens in Prescott and Tempe, Arizona. Great post. I do hope it catches on. Chic or not chic, I’d like to get a chick.

Just have to wait until I have my own place…I know a few people who raise chickens in Prescott and Tempe, Arizona.

Great post. I do hope it catches on.

]]> By: Kate http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-41391 Kate Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:41:28 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-41391 We're starting our coop this spring! Can't wait. We’re starting our coop this spring! Can’t wait.

]]> By: GrannyJ http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-41378 GrannyJ Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:24:50 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2008/11/24/surfing-the-cusp-of-pop-culture/#comment-41378 Next thing you know, it will become chic to hang out washing to dry in the sunshine the old-fashioned (and, of course, green) way. Next thing you know, it will become chic to hang out washing to dry in the sunshine the old-fashioned (and, of course, green) way.

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