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  1. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I put together a wicking bucket setup last year and tried it with some daikon radishes. I have a tomato plant in it this year. I cut a circle out of the OSB that would support the bucket's rim, and cut a hole in the bucket bottom that supports a yogurt container. I lined the yogurt container...
  2. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I just ordered a packet of Brunswick cabbage seeds from Baker Creek. It's supposed to be a good fall cabbage that keeps well and survives freezing weather. It'd be nice to have a winter's supply of fresh cabbages in the garden.
  3. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I didn't find gypsum locally, but TSC has pelletized dolomitic limestone, 40 pounds for $7. I was planning to get the Pennington lime, 30 pounds for $25 but I'll go pick up the limestone instead.
  4. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    That's correct, but I was assuming that when the pH initially reached 7 it would gradually drop some as the lime worked down through the soil. But I'll go ahead and shoot for 6.5 instead. Thanks for the tip!
  5. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    That's what I was thinking, but I need the space for tomatoes and peppers and beans. I have no woodash available. Would've used it if I had it. If I decide to plant blueberries I can make a new garden plot nearby knowing the acidity will be ideal for them.
  6. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Sorry you lost Pipsqueak @ValerieJ . He was a nice looking cat.
  7. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Well, my suspicion that the soil in my new garden bed was acidic was correct. I tested it with my Rapitest 4 in 1 soil tester and it showed that the pH was right around 5, very acidic. It's a clay soil and compacted pretty bad also. No wonder my tomato and pepper plants look strange and aren't...
  8. Smokerbill

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    We drank out of glasses like that too, and jelly jars that had pop off lids, not screw lids. I remember some clear glass cowboy boot glasses too. Butter bowls were for food storage. All the dishware I have in boxes is perfectly useable, but definitely not in style. LOL But the sentimentality of...
  9. Smokerbill

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I'm dealing with the same problem. My mom had collections of clear glassware and some kind of Autumn themed stoneware. Plus some Frankoma stoneware. And some Fenton blue opalescent hobnail stuff. Somehow I ended up with boxes of the stuff. And I don't know what to do with it. I wouldn't have a...
  10. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I believe scarlet runner beans are perennial in warmer climates. The root can be dug up, stored correctly and planted the next spring in colder climates. That is, if my memory is correct.
  11. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    You can tie lengths into bundles and make nesting places for mason and carpenter bees. https://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/pub/em-9507-leave-behind-some-stems-bee-habitat
  12. Smokerbill

    Isn’t fermented feed alcoholic??

    Maybe tenderize the meat???
  13. Smokerbill

    Isn’t fermented feed alcoholic??

    SpaceDust???
  14. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Yep. I think I'm genetically predisposed to have a need to grow stuff. Small scale commercial farming and gardening were a part of my life from the beginning. My mom's father let me start working in the fields when I was 4, 5, 6 years old. Hoeing, pulling weeds, picking radishes and tying them...
  15. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    When the time came and my siblings and I were splitting up our parents' possessions I ended up with this. It's a watermelon plugging knife that I'm pretty sure is hand forged. My dad's father was a farmer (as was Mom's) and he developed a variety of watermelon that the restaurants in Kansas...
  16. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Sounds like you have pampered chickens, having the fans for them. I make mine just tough it out when it's hot. They dig down into the dirt floor and dustbathe in cool dirt if they feel the need. I like the PUD too. Cheap electricity, just over 7 cents a kilowatt hour now. I get a couple power...
  17. Smokerbill

    Isn’t fermented feed alcoholic??

    https://www.the-sun.com/health/8083109/everyday-foods-drinks-contain-alcohol-banana-bread-yoghurt/
  18. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I did some work to one of the bean trellises so the bean vines have more room to travel. If they grow high enough they can start traveling along the ropes at the top of the deer fence. While I was out messing around I decided to give the chickens another roost bar. It's temporary, and might...
  19. Smokerbill

    Isn’t fermented feed alcoholic??

    If I'm drinking a beer why in the heck can't my chickens enjoy some 80 proof chicken feed???? :lau
  20. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I added some height to the Blue Lake pole bean trellis. I strung nylon cord from the top of the steel fence trellis up to the ropes that run around the top of my raised bed deer fence. The vines will be able to grow along the horizontal ropes if they get that long. I took my camera out there to...
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