EDUCATIONAL INCUBATION & HATCHING CHAT THREAD, w/ Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs

[Chicken Egg 17]

so our pool liner is shot and pool emptied itself, good thing too.....

Are you replacing the liner? I see a roof over that pool and a few chicken pens in there.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: Thanks!!!! I'm a bit frustrated with myself - it was all finished and clean, then I let it go for a year and a half while getting started in chickens (they sort of took up all my attention), and it's a lot more work to clear them. I could have at least planted proper cover crops...

Wow what a change in the garden!!

Thanks!!! Hard work, it is, but it's my own fault.

So, do you think I have enough lemongrass?





And I still have at least that much still left in the garden, needing to be cleared out of the end of one of the beds. It's in there like concrete. I actually BROKE one of my shovel on this stuff. NEVER in the ground again - only in pots from now on (I have several bits ready to go into gallon pots for propagation from this plant).

Chicken People is interesting so far... I'll be interested in what other people think.

- Ant Farm

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: I already have too many outbuildings on this property its gonna start looking like hicksville!!!

I have no clue what will be done with this pool, it would make a great roof for a turkey pen wouldnt it ?

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: I already have too many outbuildings on this property its gonna start looking like hicksville!!!

I have no clue what will be done with this pool, it would make a great roof for a turkey pen wouldnt it ?

Sally, there are some really awesome aquaponics plans and ideas, worm farms, etc. based on emptied swimming pools... Check it out!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

And I still have at least that much still left in the garden, needing to be cleared out of the end of one of the beds. It's in there like concrete. I actually BROKE one of my shovel on this stuff. NEVER in the ground again - only in pots from now on (I have several bits ready to go into gallon pots for propagation from this plant).

Chicken People is interesting so far... I'll be interested in what other people think.

- Ant Farm

what will you use that for?

 

[Chaos18]

I already have too many outbuildings on this property its gonna start looking like hicksville!!!   

I have no clue what will be done with this pool, it would make a great roof for a turkey pen wouldnt it ? 

Ya mean it doesn't already?

 

[mlm Mike]

Quote: Thanks!!!! I'm a bit frustrated with myself - it was all finished and clean, then I let it go for a year and a half while getting started in chickens (they sort of took up all my attention), and it's a lot more work to clear them. I could have at least planted proper cover crops...

Wow what a change in the garden!!

Thanks!!! Hard work, it is, but it's my own fault.

So, do you think I have enough lemongrass?





And I still have at least that much still left in the garden, needing to be cleared out of the end of one of the beds. It's in there like concrete. I actually BROKE one of my shovel on this stuff. NEVER in the ground again - only in pots from now on (I have several bits ready to go into gallon pots for propagation from this plant).

Chicken People is interesting so far... I'll be interested in what other people think.

- Ant Farm
Amazing how quick weeds can pop up and establish themselves.

Quote: I already have too many outbuildings on this property its gonna start looking like hicksville!!!

I have no clue what will be done with this pool, it would make a great roof for a turkey pen wouldnt it ?
That would be a great reuse of the pool!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

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I really like lemongrass in soups and with chicken. I am freezing this batch (it's a LOT more than one would need for a long time).

Did you know... that lemongrass is the origin of citronella oil and is a natural pest repellant? I will be looking up ways to use it like that. I've decided to take the extra leaves, etc. and mulch them around some of my plants (but not others) to see if the dried leaves work well as a mulch to repel bugs.

Oh, and the dried green leaves make a yummy tea!

- Ant Farm

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Sally:

Swimming pool farms/greenhouses:

http://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/ground-gardening-going-deep-end-arizona/

http://grist.org/food/these-folks-f...arden-in-their-swimming-pool-and-you-can-too/

Aquaponics:

https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/aquaponics-swimming-pool

- Ant Farm