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  1. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    I grow some "weeds" on purpose as cover crop and dig them under in early spring. But what we got here over the last couple of years is just bad, its a grass like plant with small purple flowers that outgrows everything. The grass is dying due to drought that stuff takes over and covers...
  2. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Colleagues recommend goats 🐐 for the same reason. Goats also would take care of the autumn olive shrubs...
  3. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    :lau "smother" something into that soil would require explosives 💣. I have started to cover that area with woodchips, but its a slow process and the weeds enjoy the new soil too much.
  4. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Thank you very much for the rapid response! I have not (yet) tested my soil, outside of the cultivated beds its ≫West Virginia Concrete≪ - a mix of red/yellow loam with plenty of rocks. I assume the droughts we had during the past years were the reasons why my legumes failed so miserably. I need...
  5. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Wish I had access to a combine with all wheel drive or a piece of flat land...
  6. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    So, fodder peas? I have tried to grow peas and beans here, the peas (sweet peas) sprouted, grew two or three leaves then died. Same with the beans, except a handful of green beans which I used for a pot of green bean soup. No idea if I do something wrong or the soil isn't good for legumes or the...
  7. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Earlier they enjoyed one of the last warm fall days here:
  8. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Friday late afternoon and it was already cold here in West Virginia and Erbse Duck executes the perfect Momma Duck Hover:
  9. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Poor Chubbs! - I hope she got some treats after that scary experience! 😉
  10. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    How did your Frog Friend got in there?
  11. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Me too!
  12. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Another duckling picture from my wife, looks like she can take blurry duckling pictures too: They survived the first cold night just fine - we were down to 2℃ (35F) but Momma, Snotty and the heat-pad did a good job. One good thing for those late-season ducklings is that fact that a lot of...
  13. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    You have weird looking ducks down-under...
  14. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Talking about the Momma Duck Shack: Erbse Duck has hatched out five beautiful ducklings. The two above hatched today (Wednesday) morning. Their siblings hatched yesterday. @Magnolia Ducks the blurry image of their Momma is due to her rapid acceleration with the intention to behead me… Here is...
  15. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    I am still not convinced that Mr. Snotty has a gene-defect: Last weekend he "walked" out of the Momma-Duck Shack in the morning, got around on the grass and went back inside in the afternoon. Also, feathers are growing on his Body now. He still need extra peas...
  16. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Nope, can't do that. He is such cuddler. I have to install a heat pad anyways in the shack for the ducklings that may hatch from Erbse.
  17. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    I totally forgot to show you the recently completed Momma-Duck shack: Currently living here are Fluffy and Erbse Duck and Snotty Drake. Erbse is sitting on eggs, no clue how many and if they're developing, lost several limbs when i tried to candle them…
  18. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Now yall made me concerned about Mr. Snotty: He hatched sometime early August and spent the first weeks of his life with Momma Tweedledee. One afternoon in mid September i found him abandoned in the duck-run, unable to walk, so i adopted him. He spent some weeks with Sunny Sunshine and Fluffy...
  19. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    Turns out uploading videos is only ½ of the job, they need to be tagged, a description added, dated, … Takes time, so here is a video about the new Momma-Duck Shack:
  20. WannaBeHillBilly

    The Quack Shack

    I hope you can find a new place where you can have some more bird flocks!
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