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  1. Nelson-Collier

    Grow an Infinite Amount of Tomato Plants from One Plant!!!

    How to Clone and Propagate Tomato Plants! Simple. Using this method you could grow an infinite (literally) amount of Tomato plants, from one! "Cloning" is loved by many gardeners because if you find a particular breed of Tomatoes that you love, you take a cutting and propagate it, and it is a...
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    • chickens garden gardening gardens growing tomato plants how to grow tomato plants plants tomato tomato plants tomatoes
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Gardening
  2. Claires Poultry

    Rolling Hills Farm!

    Hello Everyone! Welcome to Rolling Hills Farm! Here you will find out all about what I (and the rest of my family) do here on the farm. You will also see A LOT of pictures! :) We do a little bit of everything - gardening, growing exotic plants in the house, raising animals (cows, sheep, goats...
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    • cheesemaking farm fresh veggies garden gardening gardening tips grow your own food living on a farm raising animals rolling hills farm
    • Replies: 60
    • Forum: Gardening
  3. Mourgana

    Hi! So happy to have joined this community

    Hi! My name is Morgana. I grew up on a farm in Washington state, and have had 3 previous flocks in my life. (A mixed flock of 12 made up of RIR, BO, and BR.) Then 2 chicks that were BR and RR, (given away, and killed by dogs) 2 years ago I had 4 Buff hens who laid great for years before I...
  4. Rhiannon_In_Nature

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  5. SGTdebo305

    Overwhelmed compost pile by

    Hello guys, so I am doing a compost pile for the first time and I’ve noticed it has been overwhelmed by ants I’m not sure what I am doing wrong I don’t want to let my chickens at it to till it and get eaten up by the ants. What can I do? Or is this normal? I do put scraps like bell pepers...
  6. 5.3acredream

    Looking to buy raspberry canes

    I'm looking to get some new varieties of raspberries. I planted some last year but they bombed due to exceptionally low soil pH (now corrected). So in an effort not to spend an arm and a leg two years in a row... anyone able to spare a few for the spring?
  7. Button Quail 123

    Any Advice On Aquaponics (Flood and Drain) With Tilapia?

    Well, the title pretty much sums it up: Does anyone have any advice? Thanks, and Happy Holidays, Button Quail 123 :)
  8. Heididi

    Hi! I'm Heidi!

    Hi, BYC! Let me introduce myself. Among other things, I'm a master gardener and composter, teaching in public schools and community gardens, and as such I'm a total nerd, researching everything to do with growing food sustainably. So of course, when I decided it was time to keep chickens, I...
  9. Hutchins Hens

    Hutchins House Hens Intro

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are retired grandparents from a large city living our dream in the country. We have been raising chickens and ducks for about 8 years. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? At present we only have about 20 chickens and...
  10. lazy gardener

    When your doctor tells you that you must exercise

    How many of you have heard this from your doctor? I had one doc who always gave me black marks on my chart b/c I did not engage in a formal exercise program. I explained to her that when I was at work, my job was physically demanding. And at home, I was engaged in all manner of what I called...
  11. TheMonroeChicks

    They ate ALL of my lavender!!!

    Hello all, I read that chickens don't eat lavender, so i planted 2 big pots of it outside of my coop to repel flies and look/smell lovely. Well, they ate it ALL!!! Then proceeded to yank the plans out of the pot and throw all around!! :he Thoughts?? Anything they REALLY won't eat, that I can...
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    • advice chickens food forage gardening help lavender plants
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Gardening
  12. PirateGirl

    Daffodils and ducks and chickens.

    Each summer is an experiment in gardening and learning what grows well here and what doesn't, what produces and what doesn't, what prairie dogs and bunnies eat and what they don't. Doing some online reading/research I found that many critters won't eat daffodils because they are toxic on some...
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    • bulbs catmint chickens daffodils ducks flowers gardening landscaping planting toxic plants
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Gardening
  13. Golden Brahma 64

    Garden 2018

    So I’ve been working on my garden for the past 2 years and I thought I’d share a few pics Here’s my patio This is a project I’m working on, this is where I keep my chickens. I call it the ‘cottage garden’ I plant various cottage style plants in this garden. I also plant me vegetables...
  14. PirateGirl

    Tips on growing sunflowers...

    I want to garden, but the weather's been bipolar and seems to snow whenever I have a day off work. At least this year it's kept me from planting anything prematurely. I have many challenges here beside the weather and I am trying to learn what actually grows and take tips from those who have...
  15. Marmalade25

    When there isn't money for nursery plants, where do you get your plants from instead?

    I am on year 2 of working on gardens in new (well, new to us) house. But...there isn't a plant budget. So it has been time to get creative with resources available to me. Instead of a dream plan, I have been planning with what's at my finger tips. Step 1, moving things around the yard that I...
  16. LoveDatChickenLife

    Potatoes

    I want to grow potatoes but I don’t know anything but they grow in the ground. Anyone for help???
  17. C

    Any Of these Plants Toxic/Harmful to Chickens?

    Hello. I'm Currently living in an Apartment. The only Space available for Gardening is the Balcony. But Unfortunately, i cant garden there! because the balcony is Very very shady & terribly Windy. Plus, its RAIN season. so the Clouds covers most of the sunlight. I'm Desperately Wanting to...
    • CuriousChickens
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    • chicken safety cosmos flowers gardening marigolds nasturtium plants poisonous flowers sunflower zinnias
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Gardening
  18. ChickChickHorray

    Planting for chickens

    Hi everyone! Newbie chicken keeper here and pretty new to the page, so I hope I’m posting in the right spot! We’re starting our first flock this year and want to plant a variety of herbs, flowers, bushes, etc. for our flock to enjoy. We really want to grow a type of ivy or flower up the side and...
  19. lazy gardener

    Can pre-treatment improve germination and early plant growth?

    In the wee hours this morning when I should have been sleeping, I decided to do an experiment with my next seeding: I will plant several different types of seeds, using 4 different methods. Control group: planted in the typical fashion. Pre moistened Pro-mix, seeds planted dry, and tended...
    • lazy gardener
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    • epsom salt gardening germination hydrogen peroxide pre-soak scarify seeds
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Gardening
  20. ldamp

    New momma

    Hi everyone! I received my girls in Sept 2017. They become your family. Yes people without chickens, they are just like your other pets! I have four. I’m so sorry I can guess what they are but not 100% sure. Americana, Wyandotte, Rhode Island Red?, I have no idea of the last one. But if...
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