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Progress on the beds this week has been slow and steady. As with any project it's been more difficult than expected and taking twice as long. The girls greatly appreciated the giant custom dirt bath, with the finest mix of compost and soil rototilled to perfection. Unfortunately the bath was...

Was ambitious and feeling great yesterday so I got the 4x4s for the garden beds cut. 36 lengths of 24". Felt pretty proud of myself. Below is one beautiful stack, 9 posts for each side. Until I found out today that the roofing panels that are 2ft x 8ft are actually 27" x8ft....so every board...

20 cubic yards of compost delivered today! Not the most thrilled it's municipal compost (already picked out some plastic and concrete), but it was 1/3 of the price soooo that's what we got. The plan is to fill two raised beds and 3" of compost tilled into the in-ground beds. Irrigation is 95%...

Well the weather decided that finishing irrigation last week wasn't the plan anymore. Had to send the workers home as snow started piling up. I got suckered by Fool's Spring and we went from 60 degrees to 5 degrees. The chickens are hating the white lava as usual. Herb garden beds had holes...

A bit bright and windy this morning. The green flags mark the edges of the beds seven 4x32 beds and one 8x32 bed. Main line is the visible trench with the spigots for each bed going in with a timer/control box. I think the project should be done in the next week. Then rototill the area, shape...

One thing I never thought I'd miss was rocks. At our old house they were a constant bane of my (gardening) existence. Now that we live on 20ft of pure soil without a stone to be found, I'm definitely missing the versatility of them. After pricing it out today and getting some quotes definitely...

Still no sprouts on the pasture area. I wasn't truly expecting any though I still hoped maybe with this warm spell we'd see something. We were supposed to be lounging on the beach in Hawaii currently but the universe has other plans. Instead we are lounging at home in quarantine as COVID goes...

Seeding mixture (pardon the caps, it's a copy & paste list): WINTER RED WHEAT MIGHTY MUSTARD® TRIFECTA POWER BLEND™ PACER FORAGE TURNIP ROXANNE (RADISH) FIXATION BALANSA CLOVER ANNUAL RYE GRASS GROUNDHOG DAIKON RADISH NEW ZEALAND WHITE CLOVER The goal is for quick growth for the girls to have...

Yesterday I setup the new solar panel and camera for keeping an eye on the field (coyote habit tracking). It was such a nice day with no wind so I decided to try out a time lapse video while hubby and I seeded the chicken pasture area. A learning curve video though still entertaining...

Been dinking around with the Farmer's Almanac Garden Planner while I have the day off. Making updates to our outlines based on recent changes in run size (was going to be 20x25 but I love my girls so bigger it went). Brown are planned pathways that the main irrigation lines will be underneath...

@NewBoots If you want to follow along I'll put updates here :)

Starting this thread to record the progress of turning a wheat field into a garden/chicken paradise. At least that is my goal... we shall see how it turns out. I grew up in the Seattle area but I've always dreamt about getting away from the people and living off the land. I've started and left...