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[pennyJo1960]

Ran a package of Costco bacon to my bud to try get a great price it's less than but one by one..

 

[aart]

My back is holding up surprisingly well.

Knock Wood, Sister!


It's HOT out there, near 87 in the coop.

Now the fancy ones are blooming.
I planted these bulbs ~20 years ago.

 

[Isadora]

Knock Wood, Sister!


It's HOT out there, near 87 in the coop.

Now the fancy ones are blooming.
I planted these bulbs ~20 years ago.
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I love the ones with the orange centers.

 

[aart]

Thought I heard a broody cluck this morning,
sure enough broody in a nest at lock up tonight.
SHM.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Good afternoon Cafe.
Just on decent with regard to the weather here.
I've picked up some bug or other and feel like shite. Walking at half speed and not straying far from a tiolet. Wonderful eh.
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Hope you feel better soon.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Knock Wood, Sister!


It's HOT out there, near 87 in the coop.

Now the fancy ones are blooming.
I planted these bulbs ~20 years ago.
View attachment 3075956

I just love these flowers!

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Coffee is ready.
We will be approaching 80 today. I'm heading out soon to haul in more supplies. I want to get those last two crappy sheets of plywood on the roof replaced, tack up some drip edge and get the I&W down and the underlayment up to the ridge on the left side of the roof away from where the room is going to go. It should be a hoot getting over all the vents.

 

[Sally PB]

I dug some holes in my heavy clay soil garden yesterday. I'm glad I stopped at 4 and moved on to other things. I'm surprisingly mobile this morning.

I'll see if I can get a few more dug today. They're for chunks of the really dry rotted apple tree DH cut up. Sort of hugelkultur, since it won't be a mound. After I get those in, I'll add gobs of wood chips from the trees we had taken down last November.

Is 5+ months long enough to age wood chips?

 

[aart]

Is 5+ months long enough to age wood chips?

For use in a chicken run?
You know the drill, use chips from outside of pile and add a 1-3" layer in run every week or two(or as needed).


Growing plants in 'woody' soil can greatly reduce nitrogen available to plants.

 

[DobieLover]

Is 5+ months long enough to age wood chips?

If they are in an area that gets sun and lots of wind to dry them, yes.