Dixie Chicks

[Amberjem]

still at -25C plus windchill... had to go outside a few times and the face freezes/hurts nearly instantly in the wind.

@Amberjem what's that green stuff you got in your front yard?

lol the grass?? or the brussel sprouts in the raised bed??

 

[Beer can]

quote name="vehve" url="/t/944447/dixie-chicks/720#post_14566822"]Let's just say that if Obama suggested something similar south of your border, even the most socialist democrats would be chasing him out of the country.
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The USA is $17Trillion in debt, it can't even pay its bills. There are less people working now, workplace participation rate, than thirty five years ago. We pretty much don't manufacture anything here, and what we do a lot of those companies are owned by countries other than our own. People on taxpayer paid for welfare has doubled in the last five years. There is a lot wrong with this country right now. We just can't seem to get a true honest patriot, with the best interests of the country in mind, too many career polititions and no 'real people'.

 

[BriardChickens]

Why not try and grow your own bamboo? My parents have a variety that grows beside their driveway in Victoria (Vancouver Island). I'd say with the green leaves at the top you would get ~10ft. Regrows so fast you'll never run out of sticks to tie your plants to. Deer don't eat it and makes a nice thick wall/fence if you don't want to see neighbours.

 

[NotAFarm]

I have Jerusalem artichokes (link to wiki on them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke )
I leave some in the ground each year to be the next seasons crop, they have long strong stems that I let dry in place over the winter. In the spring, I cut them off and save the nicest ones for just what I described to you. They are strong enough to push into soft, worked soil. Any long, slender item will work...use what you have on hand.

 

[hennible]

Go figure I can grow almost anything but I killed my Jerusalem artichokes

 

[BriardChickens]

lol the grass?? or the brussel sprouts in the raised bed??

Grass!! That's what that looks like?!

 

[Amberjem]

here's a pic of part of the brush compost pile from the clean up of the property when we moved in..wish I had had a chipper to help break it down more...

I'm not convinced with the bamboo it is so invasive..(I might have a spot for it once we get the workshop built along the neighbors slope..... I was thinking of doing Jerusalem artichoke but hadnt thought about where I might want to put it yet so it doesnt take over as it's pretty invasive...

I would like to get some spinach sweet potato plants can eat the leaves and of course the tubers..an it should be perennial here..


on the picture of the flower bed by the coop you see the tree in the background thats coming out in the spring ..why didnt extend the fence yet...anyways along the slope will be more free range area...worse invasive plant on the property right now is the ivy and blackberry and it's that northern invasive variety of blackberry that smothers out the native blackberry......I wanted to rehome a few of the huckleberry tree's out behind that tree thats markd for removal to plant in the slope figured can chicken wire around it to protect it from the chickens until it gets firmly established...

 

[hennible]

Lol
Yep can't remember the grass looks like either

 

[1kluckychik]

I guess the last of the winter warm spree is over! It's starting to cool off now. Guess we are going to chop some wood in a little bit.

We'll see how long it lasts! lol

 

[Amberjem]

heya @Beer can

and heya @idiotswife and anyone I missed...........