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Raised bed as a permanent residence!
Hello everybody, I just had a crazy idea, and I wanted to run it through you guys:- Introduction: I have a large farm of mostly olive trees, fig trees, pomegranate trees, and guava trees. The trees are planted in rows, and there is a 6 m (20 ft) between each tree. I currently plant vegetables...- Palestinian Farmer
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- compost coop garden permaculture raised bed raised beds run vegetables
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Ventilation Advice: Windows near roosts on a Houston coop? (See pics)
The 8x10 coop is under construction. We are using Garden Shed plans that my husband modified to add extra windows along the back for ventilation. I just realized that along the solid roosting wall (right hand side when facing porch/entrance), there are windows on each side, north and south, that...- TexasTay
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- coop garden hardware cloth houston magnolia screen shed texas ventilation window
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Help me identify this plant please!
I found this plant behind my house and am not sure what kind it is, if it is edible, or practically anything about it. Can someone give me some information? I thought it was a green zebra tomato at first but it has a lot of seeds inside like a pepper plant. When I took one off and brought it...- SplashyDashyChicksHatchi
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- chicken safe? fruit fruit id garden unidentified fruit unidentified vegetable vegetable veggie id wild fruit
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How do you get your garden to grow?
I was wondering if there are any tips and tricks to help your garden, because mine is all done properely with carrots, capsicum, tomato and lettuce, but I got 2 buckwheat plants (?), an unidentifiable but very pretty plant, and carrots (or weeds, but pretty sure carrots). So what am I doing wrong?- Nats Chickens
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- garden vedgies
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FAVORITES AND TRIALS
This thread is for folks to share information about some of the vegetable plants that are on their forever favorite list, and the vegetables that are being trialed. Please, include: Your growing climate, your soil type, and any other info about growing conditions particular to your gardening...- lazy gardener
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- favorite garden trials vegetable
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Garden UPDATE August 2018
Patio In the patio we have exotic jungle type plants such as ‘tetrapanax Rex, gunnera manicata, giant empress tree, musa basjoo banana, musella lasiocarpa banana, trachycarpus fortuenie (windmill palm) Japanese maple, black bamboo, dwarf bamboo, yucca, calla lily,hostas, black fern, colocasia...- Golden Brahma 64
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Chicken Garden 23
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Just Bought My First Home as a Single Lady - Time to start my flock!
Greetings everyone! I'm hailing from the Dallas Fort Worth area of Texas but I'm originally from Anchorage, Alaska. I just bought my first home. The cities around smaller one I'm in allow chickens, but this city has no regulations for or against them. A quick summary of who I am. I'm 33, own...- Syntria
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- garden homestead texas urban farm
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Clover types?
White clover, crimson clover, or red clover? Was thinking of ordering some seed to plant but wasn't sure what kind was best. We already have a lot of wild clover but would like a designated patch for the animals and for jellies possibly. Just don't know which is best or if it matters? Or if they... -
Coop-top Garden? Pallet Garden?
I have been toying with the idea of making a coop-top garden. Has anyone done this? Pros? Cons? Successes? Failures? Advice? Also toying with the idea of a pallet garden or using a pallet I have to make a coop-top/run-top garden. This would also shelter the chickens from the elements...- PirateGirl
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- coop garden pallet run vegetables
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GARDENING/GREEN THUMB Mini-Contest #4
Contest has ended. @henless This Thread is in conjunction with: SPRING CHICKEN Contest Series Extravaganza! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/spring-chicken-contest-series-extravaganza.1233238/- Lazy Farmer
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Hens in the Garden Compost/ Black Soldier Flies
Does anyone else let their girls play in the garden compost? My girls absolutely love it although I do lose a lot of material! I was wondering if anyone has ever tried raising black soldier flies on the garden compost for their chooks? It sounds like an amazing idea, but I have know idea where...- Phoenixheart14
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- black soldier flies compost garden
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock