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    Tell your 'what the heck was that thing?' scary story

    Interesting thread! I'll have to come back and recount some of my experiences when I have some time to type it out.
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    First Egg Countdown!!

    Cool. Maybe we'll get our first eggs about the same te!
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    First Egg Countdown!!

    Good deal. I feed them some table scraps as well as any veggies we have to cull from the garden along with the feed. I'll have to look for the oyster shells at the co-op.
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    First Egg Countdown!!

    Just noticed a few of our Austra White hens have bright red combs! I'm hoping we'll get some eggs soon. Should I start giving them layer feed now or wait until they lay? They're right around 13/14 weeks.
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    Heirloom Yields?

    Carbaryl ("Sevin") is the only pesticide I know of for squash bug, if you are ok with using pesticides. Problem is, it doesn't work very well on adults so it has to be applied several times or when the nymphs are present. I would suggest hand pulling them and looking for eggs, as somebody else...
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    M I Crooked Letter Crooked Letter...ahh, nevermind....Mississippi

    I know a guy here at State who's a poultry judge. I'll ask him if he knows anything more. The vet school here is having an open house tomorrow, so maybe I'll see some extension agents or poultry science people there that I can ask.
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    Farm Related Photography. Pictures are the best Advertisement!

    Awesome! Sounds like a good kind of busy!
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    Farm Related Photography. Pictures are the best Advertisement!

    What do you do as a non-profit farm?
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    Farm Related Photography. Pictures are the best Advertisement!

    Wow, lots of great pictures/photographers!
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    BYC gardening thread!!

    I built our raised beds a couple of weeks ago, but we haven't planted anything outside yet. We've had to downsize a bit this year since we moved, but we're going to plant a couple of tomatoes, bush variety green beans, squash and zucchini, some greens, and an okra or two. It's been such a cool...
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    Anybody else started on their gardens this year.

    As Tammy N mentioned above, potatoes sold for eating are typically treated in order to prevent sprouting so they are not good for planting. If I remember correctly, potatoes also like a relatively acidic soil. If you're in a drier part of Oklahoma, you probably have alkaline soils.
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    Illinois...

    Yes, I'm in Starkville now.
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    M I Crooked Letter Crooked Letter...ahh, nevermind....Mississippi

    I'm in Starkville.
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    Illinois...

    I'm living in MS now, but I was born in Olney and will be taking over the family farm in Noble in a few years! Maybe I'll see some of you in the future!
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    Anybody else started on their gardens this year.

    Just built some raised beds for this year. I've never used them before, but we're renting this year and can't till up the yard. We'll see how it goes, I guess!
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