Cheap is definitely the way to go! I need to find somewhere that I can get potting soil for a decent price before any of my carrot dreams can come true... Have you ever tried Burpee's Kaleidoscope mixed carrots?
What a beautiful garden! What is a water wall? Sounds interesting. we don't have raised beds yet, so I guess I'm stuck with tilling for a while... Wonderful gardens, guys!
I read somewhere that you can use ashes left over from a bonfire instead of sand. A regular sized storage bin would probably be ideal for carrots and such.
I would love to see pics of and hear about your gardens! What are you growing this year? What do you do to keep the weeds down? How do YOU trellis your tomatoes? do you prefer raised beds over in-ground beds (if so, why)? Post pictures! We are planning on expanding our garden and having some...
He seemed to be doing better for a bit but then his face got all purple and he started flopping around again. I think he just stopped breathing. :( Poor guy.
We have him in the house and it looks like the bleeding is mostly coming from the top of his head, behind his comb. I'm not really sure what to do for him.
I know they were locked up tight last night. So either they got into a fight early this morning or he fell if the roost and the others started pecking at him.
We got up this morning to find one of our roosters laying in the middle of the coop not moving. When we tried to pick him up to put him into a box he started flopping around like crazy. His face is all bloody and he's having a lot of trouble holding his head up. He's acting like his wing is...
Crest Hill does allow them. The funny thing is that the zoning laws have the exact same wording but here, chickens are defined as "farm animals" and there they define them as "pets".
My name is Jef and my wife and I are looking to Rehome 2 Roosters immediately to a good home somewhere near but outside of the City of Joliet in Illinois. We received an Animal Control complaint about our having Roosters and Hens on our property. They have given us 2 weeks to have them relocated...