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    What did you do in the garden today?

    There are so many nuances to bread making. Humidity can be a big factor. Don't worry and keep at it. Youtube has a gazillion people you can watch. I assume you were doing yeast bread? It sounds like it baked too high and dried out leaving center raw. Or you thought it was done and pulled...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Watering in my happy place. Mowing is on the docket for the day. We gotta relocate the garden next year. The trees have taken off last two years and shading it now. This was a barren wasteland of goatheads and weeds 9 yrs ago. We have since planted over 75 trees and erradicted 98% of the...
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    How to choose a roo

    Absolutely great points. Thank you. The Alchemist seem a lot smaller. My idea if we hatched chicks was from a Marans bred Alchemist Blue for olive egger. But drama? After getting shipped chicks I don't think I want to do chicks again. Probably famous last words, but hoping these girls last...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    The first time I ordered from Baker Creek it was upwards of $200. I am still planting those seeds four years later. @OnlySympathy go to rareseeds.com. They are amazing. My dream trip is to Missouri to visit their place. Every year we try and plant something strange and weird. White bitter...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    My medical crop. An 'artful' arrangement of mostly CBD and a few cannabis. This is my first year to grow CBD. CBD has done wonders for my old beat up athletes body.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I hate those things. I have started waiting until late June or first of July to plant squashes due to that. I have been spraying Bt and insecticidal soap for aphids and hope that helps. Also, I get lacewing eggs on a monthly subscription. I am no longer having to spray the soap as they seem to...
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    How to choose a roo

    I agree 100% on going for Joe. One is a real jerk. He will run across the coop and peck a hen or other roo hard on the head for no apparent reason. If I am feeding them greens by hand he will peck them hard. So Elvis out. Then there is Liberace. He looks very similar to Joe. I had to...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    This one right here is my go to. I mill my own grains. This one is quick and doesn't require kneading. I generally cook it in my solar oven. As a matter of fact, today is bread day. https://www.ancientgrains.com/recipes/whole-grain-einkorn-sandwich-bread
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    How to choose a roo

    I ended up with four roosters. I only have seven hens, so three have to go. The problem is, one rooster who was supposed to be a hen, has become my favorite. My choice: keep the little Alchemist Blue rooster or keep the French Copper Marans. The entire reason for the Fr Copper Marans was...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Wowzer, this board moves fast. So many wonderful comments and busy people. @akroberts1085 it has been 40 plus years of building projects together, with me coming up with ideas and convincing him to help me, which is really me trying to be helpful. We still have our battles. I thought our rock...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Laughing about plan comments. This is the first time we have done plans. I literally fought for him to write them down so I could do a budget. We remodled an old greenhouse for chicken run this spring and designed the henhouse on the fly. It greatly stressed our marriage. I kept saying how...
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    Electric fencing questions

    We are in an HOA and have the stereotypical HOA president “Bob” who would most certainly visit us over a pig. I can have one horse and 25 chickens. I would push my limits and get a goat if I could. I have always wanted a kuni kuni pig though. The bamboo is more for their entertainment and to...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    And for fun does anyone else skritch out plans like we do? :eek:
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Good morning. Big day here. We augered 12 holes for 6x6 posts for the three sided garden shed. It has grown to 16x24 as boards sizes made it easier to deal with 16 width rather than 12 and increased the cost around $500. I had to convince my husband that we will never regret more space. So...
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    Electric fencing questions

    Sorry it took me a bit to get back to this. A couple of old farts had to auger 12 holes for 6x6 posts yesterday in New Mexico high plains dirt for the next project, a three sided 16 x 24 garden shed. Okay, we have a 12x21 chicken run and henhouse and the electric fence will lead from a hatch...
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