"Pick my plums! Public access, 4 trees-600 block Hillgirt Circle. Ladder or a picker needed!"
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Francesca Austin
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Kim Di Giacomo left a comment for Francesca Austin"Hi Francesca, Let me know if you don't get any takers on the plums."
Francesca Austin posted a status"anybody out there interested in picking plums from my 4 trees, let me know by return email - hausrat911 at gmail.com"
Francesca Austin replied to Michele Senitzer's discussion Where do your chickens sleep? in the group Backyard Chickens"Looks really good - love the door. I had to pay to get mine constructed due to lack of time, etc. I was waiting 2 years for myself to build and it is just was not happening!
I am looking into a solar light which would work…"
Francesca Austin left a comment for Kim Di Giacomo"If anyone wants to forage plums I have 4 plum trees which last year bore fruit for several weeks - they are on public access in front of my home."
Kim Di Giacomo left a comment for Francesca Austin"Hi Francesca, thanks for joining Found Fruit. The content here is created by members. Besides joining groups, you may also post events, share blogs and discussions or barter fruit and veggies or other goods through the site. Let me know…"
Francesca Austin replied to Michele Senitzer's discussion Help! Every bird in town is moving in... in the group Backyard Chickens"Cover the coop - have it completely enclosed. Or just be friendly and buy more feed. I had an open chicken yard in Massachusetts but so many birds that wild birds did not really bother the feed. They ate it too fast and the chicken…"
Francesca Austin replied to Michele Senitzer's discussion Where do your chickens sleep? in the group Backyard Chickens"If your coop is completely enclosed in wire top bottom sides, they can sleep wherever they want - some chickens roost in trees at night if there is a tree available. If the coop is not enclosed, beware of predators. Just throw them in,…"
Francesca Austin replied to Michele Senitzer's discussion wanted: maran pullet in the group Backyard Chickens"Just remember Marans are slow to mature and do not start laying for at least 7 or 8 months and after they mature, their eggs become lighter in color - only the young ones lay the chocolate brown eggs."
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- I work for the government as an emergency manager and my current project is slowly renovating my home which we bought here two years ago - a foreclosure.
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- I should be retired but I'm still working - interested in hiking, gardening, tilework, stone work, getting to know the Bay Area better and am starting up my chicken coop soon. I had a fresh organic egg business in Massachusetts for over twenty years before moving here in 2008.
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 9:35am on July 10, 2011, Kim Di Giacomo said…
- Hi Francesca, Let me know if you don't get any takers on the plums.
- At 9:29am on April 9, 2011, Kim Di Giacomo said…
- Hi Francesca, thanks for joining Found Fruit. The content here is created by members. Besides joining groups, you may also post events, share blogs and discussions or barter fruit and veggies or other goods through the site. Let me know if you need anything and please help spread the word about Found Fruit.
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