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  Judy Tobar May 29, 2009 at 4:11pm

  Hi Rachel,
  We are delighted to have her too. :-)
  Have a great weekend!
  Judy
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  Veronika C May 21, 2009 at 3:49pm

  My neighbors say Ms Turkey is much quieter than their chickens. She hasn't had any outbursts approaching the chicken's noises.
  They also say she laid an egg this morning and someone ate it thinking it was just one of the bigger chicken's eggs. (it was good)
  Let me know if you want her. I live in NE Mesa near Usery Park.
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  Ben Ruesga May 20, 2009 at 8:41pm

  Hy Rachel, just reporting in about the heirloom tomatoes I planted this year. so far the status "wah wah wahhhhhhh' I had much better luck last year with the evil, yet delicious hybrids. The only that have set fruit so far were the "Early Annies", "Black Ethiopian" and the "Power" tomatoes. the other varieties are super healthy flowering like crazy and taller than me, but they can't seem to set fruit in this heat. On the positive side, the early annies are real good producers of meaty, delicious yet small tomatoes. They are a bush variety and seem to hold up well in the cold and heat. I have two that made through the winter) Sigh...I was really hoping for 50lbs+ of tomatoes like last year, but no can do. How are yours doing??
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  Michele May 13, 2009 at 11:10am

  Thanks Rachel - that's a great idea - I will get some picture of my Barred Rocks today and post them so some of you experienced chicken folks can weigh in on the potential rooster. Really enjoyed your chicken class when I took it in the fall - your handout and the notes I took helped convince my husband chickens would be a worthy addition to our menagerie.
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  Susan May 10, 2009 at 1:28am

  My neighbor read the article and wants to raise chickens too! He came over and checked my new chicken coop and is planning his for this winter. I was so excited to read about you and the Permiculture Guild in the paper. You are a celeberty!
  
  On another note, you mentioned Muscovy ducks.....can they live with chickens in the same coop?
  
  Thanks Rachel,
  Susan
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  Beth Kramer May 9, 2009 at 11:48pm

  Hey Rachel ...cool article in the AZ Republic. I hope this generates lots positive attitudes & good press for urban gardeners & chicken lovers.
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  Laura Soran May 5, 2009 at 7:18pm

  Hi Rachel,
  
  Yes, I am interested in some ducks! Are there 4 available? Thanks, Laura
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  dj griffith April 21, 2009 at 2:08pm

  Thanks Rachel! You're my (green/farmer) hero! Seriously though, your farm sounds great!
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  dj griffith April 21, 2009 at 1:50pm

  Dear Rachel, I just read your most recent blog & thoroughly enjoyed it. I am truly sorry to hear of the problem with the muscovy ducklings developing. Do you think you might have some available for adoption in the future? Gosh, I wish I had neighbor's like yours. I would give my eye teeth for sugar cane & mulberry trees that actually produce berries. Haven't had those since I was 7 yrs old in California. I did not even know you could grow sugar cane here.
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  David Mericle, Karl Barton April 21, 2009 at 9:51am

  sorry for taking to so long getting back to you.
  One of our ducks is sitting right now and has been for about 2 weeks. One of the others has just started laying again so we don't have a lot of eggs but I can bring down two to the market saturday....We do have a question....we were given a turkey egg and were wondering if you could incubate it for us? we will be glad to give you more duck eggs as soon as we can for doing this.
  Thanks
  
  David and Karl
  
  If you have any questions or want the eggs sooner give Karl a call at 602-448-1502
  we could get anything to send to you any other way