Roll away the shell!
We had to move the incubator out of the bedroom and into the kitchen Saturday night, as the eggs were hatching, and the chicks' intermittant peeping was like a malfunctioning smoke detector. It wasn't the sound that made it hard to sleep, but waiting for the sound. I hadn't planned the hatch for Easter; it was just the soonest I could get one going after the dog incident, and since I don't have a church gig, I tend to get fuzzy about the liturgical calendar. But there was something symbolic and fitting about awakening on Easter morning to three new chicks. When we returned from Michigan yesterday, 7 were hatched. The eighth had made an attempt but wasn't moving and may have been stillborn; we'll look closer tonight.
Friday I got my One Green World order. I like OGW because they take care with their roots and have come very interesting plants. But alas, they had screwed up my order. The shipper was correct: one compact Stella cherry, one Jubilee fruiting rose. But instead of the rose, they shipped a Jubileum [Morello] cherry. It was mildly understandable that somebody had pulled that. But the same person shouldn't have been pulling and packing, and the difference between a rose and a cherry tree is pretty dramatic. I called Fri. night, but everyone responsible had left for the day, and the lady said that I would be called in the morning. I wasn't, so I called again ca. 2PM Pacific on Sat. and still didn't get anyone authoritative. But I was told I could keep the Jubileum, that they'd put in a reorder and that she'd let me know when it shipped. I didn't plant them Sat. because snow was covering the place where they were to go, but I got them heeled in last night.
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