Granny's gone and done it again

[BigBlueHen53]

Hi Blue, how are you today?

Better today, thanks! How's your day?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Earthquake 4.8 10 miles from stockton

How far was that from you? Any damage?

 

[jane s chickens]

Almanac said this was last & best day to plant root crops for awhile, so I rushed & prepared 4 buckets, 3 with potatoes & 1 with carrots. Gonna prepare 3 more in the am for onions & radishes

 

[CapricornFarm]

Better today, thanks! How's your day?

Still fighting this infection. Slept in until around 1 pm. And could fall back to sleep any time. But I have been working on a chicken tractor, so I cut some wood and painted it. Also tacked wire on the ends today.
Cleaned out a double brooder. And cut pieces for inside the playhouse. Painted them.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Almanac said this was last & best day to plant root crops for awhile, so I rushed & prepared 4 buckets, 3 with potatoes & 1 with carrots. Gonna prepare 3 more in the am for onions & radishes

What kinds of buckets do you use, Jane, where do you get them, and what do they cost? How do you put holes in them? I may have to fence off an area away from the chooks to do this, but it sure sounds easier than breaking out the roto tiller.

 

[jane s chickens]

I have several people who have given them to me ,some full of chicken manure, they are mostly hydraulic fluid buckets, I used a drill for 7 holes each, 5 gallon buckets, if they don't drain well I'm gonna add holes in the sides

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I have several people who have given them to me ,some full of chicken manure, they are mostly hydraulic fluid buckets, I used a drill for 7 holes each, 5 gallon buckets, if they don't drain well I'm gonna add holes in the sides

Very nice!

 

[jane s chickens]

I used garden soil so I have $0 invested except the carrot seeds, $1.89.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

I used garden soil so I have $0 invested except the carrot seeds, $1.89.

I never did plant my sunflower seeds.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I never did plant my sunflower seeds.

I haven't planted mine either. I can't find a sunny spot where the chickens won't eat them.