I would like to do the raised beds like my sister and her husband built. They built the frames, put a pond liner then a couple of sections of the pvc pipes with holes connected to one up pipe that extends out of the dirt you fill in with a cover. You only have to put water in every week or so. They are really neat, easy to work in, and produce great veggies for them.
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I wish... I'd be arrested (and probably burn down a few neighbors' houses - this is in the back of my property, right up against their much smaller lots.)
I'm not going to dig. I'm going to anchor them in raised beds, instead. The upper part of the property has limestone just a few inches below the surface - I'd like to put some of them up there, as I can't ever grow anything deep rooted.
WHO EVER HAS EGGS SET IN JAN can join these two in their HAL, they are going to have a couple contests as well!! I think I may be able to donate some eggs or something for them.
2017 Groundhog Day Hatch-a-long!
Quote:I'm saving eggs again, so I'll probably join in right when this batch is done. I have the calibrated thermometer/hygrometer in the R-Com (the Brinsea is so rock solid). The temperature is bouncing around more than I'd like (though not in the danger zone). It's making me nuts. It also doesn't do great at keeping humidity down below ambient, so it's 50-55% whether I want or not. I am hopeful that they will catch up and they do ok. Hatching is one thing, but I kinda hate incubating in this thing...@CuzChickens and @RodNTN !
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Quote: I love splash!!! Did you say she was a splash marans? Here's my splash copper marans boy Monkey (if you haven't already seen him - if so, forgive the repeat):
Quote: I've read that potatoes are a really good "first" crop with a new mound. (I hate growing potatoes, I'll consider something else...)
I am BEAT. I went at that giant pile for quite some time. (This pile was created by a backhoe, and included pushing over whole trees, hence the craziness of it.) Made some head way (esp. in the area where Goodwin was taken under), and to some of the barbed wire out, but as it got dark, it was very Grimm brothers scary fairy tale-like back there, and there's plenty of dark creepy spaces underneath where you expect to see a pair of menacing eyes look back. Very creepy.
Added bonus of doing this (which needed to happen anyway), I am considering and scoping out the new areas (coop plus paddocks) for the new chickens - I was stressing a little bit about where to put them because of shade issues, but was pleased to see that due to growth in some of my younger huisache and mountain laurel trees there was a well shaded area with good forage ground around it for a couple new tractors. By clearing these piles, I'll have even more space for them.
SOOOOOOO TIRED.....
This is Goodwin's last stand, exposed after several hours of clearing and cutting.
I'm not sure it's clear how friggin' tall this thing is from this photo of this part of the pile. Those are tops of trees behind...
See the trail leading to the pile (now much diminished in this area).
Creepy scary story fodder:
- Ant Farm
