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  1. WilderSkye

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Wow, I have been to Blythe. Is it ever under 100 there? You would understand what my husband is doing then, they are nearing the end of an HDVC converter station. He is at the western end this week near Casa Grande. The eastern end is close to Clines Corner, NM. His company's construction...
  2. WilderSkye

    Rocco El Gallo and his ladies.

    Thank you to you both! I haven't had chickens in 14 years of so and this has been a long time dream. We are loving them. Great retirement project.
  3. WilderSkye

    Rocco El Gallo and his ladies.

    Our flock is now 12 weeks old and we couldn't be happier with our rooster choice of the four options, and the lovely hens. Rocco is a French Blue Copper Marans, Alchemist line. Three Fr BCM hens and three Alchemist Blue hens. They are all lovely individuals with sweet laid back temperments...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    @Minanora I am soooo sorry. The fires in CA and all of the southwest are sickening. Many days our skies have been hazy and pink and we can smell grass fires from hundreds of miles away. Know I am praying for you guys. I have always lived in and loved the southwest (CA, AZ, and now NM) but this...
  5. WilderSkye

    What did you do in the garden today?

    SOS need idea on effective foliar spray for elm beetles. We have put down a systemic twice this year but elms across our alley are infested and one of ours is being eaten up. 😩 Lowe’s is out of the foliar spray but has the soil drench of the stuff we use (we always use the drench). Is it...
  6. WilderSkye

    What did you do in the garden today?

    We can get down to -10 here yet I can always scavenge something out of the garden. I saw a YT once with this lady from Halifax that keeps a garden going in winter by using snow as insulation. Pretty inspiring. Per saving seed: the first time I ordered from Baker Creek I was overly ambitious and...
  7. WilderSkye

    What did you do in the garden today?

    It has and I did. As soon as it cools off a bit I will plant a box full. Behind it is spinach beet greens and it made it through winter, too, so I got plenty of seeds from it.
  8. WilderSkye

    What did you do in the garden today?

    This is chard is at least three seasons old. It started out in the garden first yeat, got moved to landscaping next, than back to the garden last summer. Even down to 0 deg F, covered with loose leaf litter, I can harvest off of it in winter. Storms brewing, we wont get much but at least the...
  9. WilderSkye

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Crazy busy so miss a lot of this boards post. The three extra roosters left Friday. Could not be more relieved that off loading surplus cockerels was that easy. Didnt hurt that they were Alchemist Farms roos. I had takers back in March and they didn't ship til June 3. Immediate peace in the...
  10. WilderSkye

    What did you do in the garden today?

    @chicken opey Didnt realize until went out to take photo thwt my bee balm has powdery mildew :hit
  11. WilderSkye

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Could be a variety of bee balm. Lemon balm is absolutely unmistakable in smell. Here is mine: it is more lime color than bee balm and closer tighter foliage
  12. WilderSkye

    What did you do in the garden today?

    “Computer says noooooo.” If you don’t know the reference look up Little Britain Carol Beers on YouTube . Screaming funny. If I am feeling stressed or down I just watch Little Britain on YT.
  13. WilderSkye

    What did you do in the garden today?

    @Minanora I am so sorry. It has turned hot here, like everyone else but you lucky folk in winter down southern hemisphere. I so miss Minnesota. I am more of a winter person. 101 deg is just simply barbaric. And I grew up in hot dusty dry Texas, on a cotton farm, if that gives you an idea of...
  14. WilderSkye

    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...
  15. WilderSkye

    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...
  16. WilderSkye

    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...
  17. WilderSkye

    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...
  18. WilderSkye

    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.
  19. WilderSkye

    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...
  20. WilderSkye

    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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