Comments on: Mud, Mud, Mud http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/ Our adventure into Homesteading and getting back to basic living. Life is tough, but living doesn't have to be. Sat, 19 May 2012 15:58:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: basicliving http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/comment-page-1/#comment-11657 basicliving Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:10:14 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=421#comment-11657 Cotton Lady - Awwww. Thank you! I really am happy with it. Nicole - Silly chickens. They do NOT like change! Tereza - Thank you. It took about 5 hours from start to finish. I guess I'm lucky it was really wet, as digging it all out was A LOT easier. But it was messy.... and the ground was frozen about 2 inches beneath all the muck.... Farmgirl - Thank you, Danni! And I always get tickled at those chickens being so chicken when it comes to something new! I bet the wooden pallet works just fine. The truth is that even my sparkling new sidewalk is a mess tongiht with all the ice and goop we're getting..... And Duke is my special boy for sure. He's been such a good roo. I can't help but spoil him now that he's stepped back..... such a good boy. Cotton Lady – Awwww. Thank you! I really am happy with it.

Nicole – Silly chickens. They do NOT like change!

Tereza – Thank you. It took about 5 hours from start to finish. I guess I’m lucky it was really wet, as digging it all out was A LOT easier. But it was messy…. and the ground was frozen about 2 inches beneath all the muck….

Farmgirl – Thank you, Danni! And I always get tickled at those chickens being so chicken when it comes to something new! I bet the wooden pallet works just fine. The truth is that even my sparkling new sidewalk is a mess tongiht with all the ice and goop we’re getting….. And Duke is my special boy for sure. He’s been such a good roo. I can’t help but spoil him now that he’s stepped back….. such a good boy.

]]> By: Farmgirl_dk http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/comment-page-1/#comment-11651 Farmgirl_dk Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:04:53 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=421#comment-11651 Isn't it funny what chickens the chickens are at every little new thing? Mine always look like the new thing (snow, fresh hay, apple branches, whatever) is going to JUMP up and eat them. Your path is beautiful! Nice work, you! I'm not nearly so talented - I went to my local feed store and had them give me a wooden pallet that I put in front of the coop door like a front porch. The stairs down to the coop are a muddy, drippy mess! And look at handsome Duke standing there in the sun admiring your work. He's so my favorite. :-) Isn’t it funny what chickens the chickens are at every little new thing? Mine always look like the new thing (snow, fresh hay, apple branches, whatever) is going to JUMP up and eat them.
Your path is beautiful! Nice work, you! I’m not nearly so talented – I went to my local feed store and had them give me a wooden pallet that I put in front of the coop door like a front porch. The stairs down to the coop are a muddy, drippy mess!
And look at handsome Duke standing there in the sun admiring your work. He’s so my favorite. :-)

]]> By: tereza crump AKA MyTreasuredCreations http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/comment-page-1/#comment-11648 tereza crump AKA MyTreasuredCreations Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:45:20 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=421#comment-11648 wow!! you did a great job! love to see you tackle a job and finish it completely off... sometimes that is very hard to do. How long did it take to complete it?? wow!! you did a great job! love to see you tackle a job and finish it completely off… sometimes that is very hard to do. How long did it take to complete it??

]]> By: Nicole http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/comment-page-1/#comment-11623 Nicole Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:25:08 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=421#comment-11623 Wow I'm impressed! And I'm laughing that the chickens are a little freaked out by it. Wow I’m impressed! And I’m laughing that the chickens are a little freaked out by it.

]]> By: Cotton Lady http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/comment-page-1/#comment-11597 Cotton Lady Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:27:07 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=421#comment-11597 Handsomest 'chicken walk' I've ever seen! Good job, Penny. Handsomest ‘chicken walk’ I’ve ever seen! Good job, Penny.

]]> By: basicliving http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/comment-page-1/#comment-11590 basicliving Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:24:56 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=421#comment-11590 Jocelyn - Amazingly, the pavers are fairly stable! I did dig out the area I sat them in, so maybe that helped? Most likely it's because the danged ground is actually still frozen! I'll have to be extra careful when the weather warms and the ground thaws..... Lilla - ROOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR!!!! I do feel pretty danged powerful right now ;-) SVB - So far so good! I've just been tickled to death to not get muddy every time I've entered the coop today! Julie - Hey, will you send me an email and tell me what was happening when you tried to post a comment and it wouldn't let you? Love ya! Lisa - Awww, thank you. My chicken yard is still a mess - I've just got a less messy area to walk now ;-) And Duke is hanging in there - he's actually sweeter than he's ever been! Staci - Chickens really do NOT like change! It's actually funny to watch them when I do something different in the coop or their run. Yesterday they would barely touch the edge of the walk as they ran to/from the run, and today they are all over it. Silly things! Marcee - Awwww, that book sounds so cute. And muddy. Does the Little Guy like it? Bernie *snorted* at your comment and then he said "She always asks those kinds of questions"...... This describes a sea container pretty well http://www.kellysuts.com/?title=Removals+by+Sea&category_id=569 The section titled "FCL (means full container load)" describes what we have. Ours is the 40 footer. I'm sure you've seen them on the highway - 18 wheelers pick them up at the dock and then move them to where they need to go. They are weather proof and perfect for storage - which is what we use ours for. Kitaye - thank you! And thank you for the motivational post that got me moving with it! Charlotte - I forgot about all those pavers you laid!!! Dang! But I didn't have nearly as many to put down as you did. Whew! Jocelyn – Amazingly, the pavers are fairly stable! I did dig out the area I sat them in, so maybe that helped? Most likely it’s because the danged ground is actually still frozen! I’ll have to be extra careful when the weather warms and the ground thaws…..

Lilla – ROOOOOAAAAAARRRRRR!!!! I do feel pretty danged powerful right now ;-)

SVB – So far so good! I’ve just been tickled to death to not get muddy every time I’ve entered the coop today!

Julie – Hey, will you send me an email and tell me what was happening when you tried to post a comment and it wouldn’t let you? Love ya!

Lisa – Awww, thank you. My chicken yard is still a mess – I’ve just got a less messy area to walk now ;-) And Duke is hanging in there – he’s actually sweeter than he’s ever been!

Staci – Chickens really do NOT like change! It’s actually funny to watch them when I do something different in the coop or their run. Yesterday they would barely touch the edge of the walk as they ran to/from the run, and today they are all over it. Silly things!

Marcee – Awwww, that book sounds so cute. And muddy. Does the Little Guy like it? Bernie *snorted* at your comment and then he said “She always asks those kinds of questions”…… This describes a sea container pretty well http://www.kellysuts.com/?title=Removals+by+Sea&category_id=569 The section titled “FCL (means full container load)” describes what we have. Ours is the 40 footer. I’m sure you’ve seen them on the highway – 18 wheelers pick them up at the dock and then move them to where they need to go. They are weather proof and perfect for storage – which is what we use ours for.

Kitaye – thank you! And thank you for the motivational post that got me moving with it!

Charlotte – I forgot about all those pavers you laid!!! Dang! But I didn’t have nearly as many to put down as you did. Whew!

]]> By: charlotte http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/comment-page-1/#comment-11584 charlotte Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:25:55 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=421#comment-11584 Great job, Looks great. Should have called me I could have helped, I know how to lay pavers big time now, LOL Great job, Looks great.
Should have called me I could have helped,
I know how to lay pavers big time now, LOL

]]> By: Kitaye http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/comment-page-1/#comment-11581 Kitaye Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:00:06 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=421#comment-11581 Awesome job, Penny. The sidewalk looks great. Awesome job, Penny. The sidewalk looks great.

]]> By: frugalmom http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/comment-page-1/#comment-11570 frugalmom Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:39:34 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=421#comment-11570 Mud,mud, mud....I have a baby duck book that I read to the little guy that says that. Mud, mud, mud..... That looks like the yellow brick road....only in red. You did an amazing job! It looks so good. And I bet it is so much better than being sucked in by all the mud, mud, mud. And that Bernie. Such a helpful guy. :-) But what I really wanna know is...whats a sea container? Did you get it from the sea? And what does it contain? Mud,mud, mud….I have a baby duck book that I read to the little guy that says that. Mud, mud, mud…..

That looks like the yellow brick road….only in red. You did an amazing job! It looks so good. And I bet it is so much better than being sucked in by all the mud, mud, mud. And that Bernie. Such a helpful guy. :-)

But what I really wanna know is…whats a sea container? Did you get it from the sea? And what does it contain?

]]> By: lisa http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/mud-mud-mud/comment-page-1/#comment-11562 lisa Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:36:35 +0000 http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/?p=421#comment-11562 Wow that sidewalk looks pretty awesome. I have the same problem in my runs also. I feel so bad for my chickens to walk around sometimes ankle deep in the mud. Even though they don't seem to bothered by it. I am afraid that PETA will come and I will be in trouble for letting them live in such a horrible condition. We have tried and it stays like it. So this spring/summer we are gonna bring in lots and lots of topsoil to help it from being so low. Again Fantastic job on the sidewalk. You sure have lots and lots of talent. Love Duke, he looks marvelous. xoxoxoxo Wow that sidewalk looks pretty awesome. I have the same problem in my runs also. I feel so bad for my chickens to walk around sometimes ankle deep in the mud. Even though they don’t seem to bothered by it. I am afraid that PETA will come and I will be in trouble for letting them live in such a horrible condition. We have tried and it stays like it. So this spring/summer we are gonna bring in lots and lots of topsoil to help it from being so low.

Again Fantastic job on the sidewalk. You sure have lots and lots of talent.

Love Duke, he looks marvelous.

xoxoxoxo

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