Loved my goats.... Ihave to have special electric fence but it can be done.
Goats are jail breakers and reprobates as well. But so much fun to take walks with.
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I have lost chickens to bobcat and mountain lion... My new poultry house will be mountain lion proof. the goats will have their own room in the poultry house... I had four before... Kept my horse company and me full of goat stories. LOL
Along with the aquaponics I hope to start a fodder...
San Diego County used to have grizzlies as did most of california... Black bears are in much of Calfornia but not San Diego County
The grizzlies are extinct.... for at least 100 years.
https://www.kqed.org/science/654146/grizzly-bears-are-everywhere-in-california-but-the-woods
deb
LOL... you sound like me... Pick the most miserable day to get some inspiration... And of course you have to act while the muse is working.... when I head home I will have a Garden Tractor in tow.... Cant wait.
deb
My Grandma Was born in 1916, Grew up on a quarter section of land devoted to pinto beans. Grandpa Farmed it with Mules.... of course Beans was on the menu... alot.
Her recipe was pretty simple.... Pick and rinse the beans Throw them in the pot cover with water along with the ham hock or...
I hear people say its too hot to grow tomatoes....
Mom grew Tomatoes in Vegas.... Got six feet high without support and took over a fence line .... She planted them in the shade of the fence.
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and they are geared for spillage... When I designed my Summer Kitchen i made a place for processing and canning.... heavy duty screens .... and on the cool side of the house... Pleanty of water access too and a happy tree which will love it. after a bit of a filter... that is.
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I am hoping to get one of those cookers designed for cooking a turkey ... for canning...
You know single burner off propaine... Down low so you can see what you are doing loading and unloading .... I can adjust the height with concrete blocks...
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I had Gastric surgery to help out. I still have about 150 to loose... Thats why I am cautious about doing heavy work liike turning a compost pile.... Plus I am 64... We live a long time in our family... I just spent the last twelve years away from my home to take care of my Grandma...
I cant have candy any more.... But mom used to do candied orange peels... Candied Grapefruit rind would be awesome... I could taste it any way... I have type Two Diabetes I am in remission now because i lost eighty pounds but I still test and watch my Carbs and sugars.
Pickled Water...
they get big... Really big... need to be planted on slopes with lots of big rocks to convey warmth to their roots...
Old growth Avocado makes great fire wood as well.
Sadly the drought has hit the groves hard. Water table is down a hundred feet in some places and its hard to irrigate...
love grapefruit my self... peel them and eat them like an orange... Back at my mobile home I had Grapefruit, Tangerine, Valencia orange, Navel Orange, And Lemon trees. They were in a sorry state un tended and overgrown with Iceplant.
I stripped the Tangerine of its fruit some over a...
I also have horse manure that is very welll decomposed.... plus I will have fresh horse manure as well as goat....
Can I take that decomposed stuff and use it as a starter for my compost.... Like I said I have lots of room... almost twenty acres....
Sweet little girl poops in one...
Where i live now is Grey Clay... If you dig a hole for a tree you are essentailly planting it in a Clay pot. YOu have to digg the hole twice as big and add soil in for the tree.... Horrible stuff.
I would love a link to composting basics.... thank you
deb
I want to compost its Not anything I have ever done. I know the concept some.... Takes moisture and the occasional turn over right?
Can poo go in to the garden waste pile?
Believe me I am in a similar zone as you.... Just up high in the mountains and it gets cold Windy and and instead...