Green thumb is itching, anyone else?

[rancher hicks]

I use toilet paper tubes cut in half for seed cups, and after the seed sprouts I transfer it to another cup made from newspaper about 3in tall,and 2-3in in dia. when they are ready for the garden I open the bottom up and put the whole thing in the ground.I have some that I sprouted in my incubator and just this morning put them outside in the sun, 84 degrees in michigan in march, who'd a thunk. I'm usually still ice fishing this time of year. Next week I will start my tomatoes and cukes in the incubator, it works great, always 90 degrees plenty of light.

What neat idea. I never thought of that.

 

[queenchick16]

I love that one raised bed at a time thing also. I just can't believe I went from keeping my girls in a run and tractor to letting them roam. Man are they destroying my gardens

One thing about raised beds is you can do one at a time. Not to much work except raking it up and planting the seeds. Then do another the next day.

Since I have the chickens in the back lot they've been working between the beds. I use those white plastic fencing things on some beds and they keep rabbits out and the chickens too if it's something they don't like like cabbage.

The inner garden I just use my weed whacker to go around and clean things up, but then I've probably mentioned that.

Well take care and have a nice day.

Rancher

 

[queenchick16]

I love it Can't get enough of that soylent green

I keep the bugs down with DDT keep with weeds down with straight diesel fuel ... Wait a second .... oh ya, I stopped doing that in 1950. Now I use geneically modified cyborg robots to keep the weeds and bugs down while processing my soylent green... Wait a second ... oh ya, that hasn't happened yet. What were we talking about ...

 

[queenchick16]

Don't you get all kind of straw seedlings popping up from the poop?

Are you planting in the ground or in pots? Makes a difference. Potting soil should be okay if a year old IF is still loose and friable, if lumped add to your garden get a fresh bag. If planting into th ground, buy a good top soil. I use tiny seed starting trays and when plants are about 1 in tall move up to 4 in pots. When first true leaves form I move to either ground or into a permanent pot. I live where ground is basically sand, so lots or organic matter is needed to grow a nce garden or bed. Friendly stables provide me with all the free horse poop I can haul off, works better than store bought fertilizers.

 

[rancher hicks]

I keep the bugs down with DDT keep with weeds down with straight diesel fuel ... Wait a second .... oh ya, I stopped doing that in 1950. Now I use geneically modified cyborg robots to keep the weeds and bugs down while processing my soylent green... Wait a second ... oh ya, that hasn't happened yet. What were we talking about ...

One thing I think I discovered is that if you sprinkle plenty of DE around and on your plants on a dry night it help kill the slugs and snails and Lord knows we have more than our fair share here.

Same with catipillars on my squash. Give them a good amount near the base and one the leaves.

 

[Carols Clucks]

Our chickens wiped out the snail population years ago. It is funny to watch them when i find one on a plant I am bringing in, they act like it is an alien-I have to crack the shells before they are willing to give them a taste test

 

[queenchick16]

Hay not straw (its a blonde thing)

Don't you get all kind of straw seedlings popping up from the poop?

 

[3forfree]

Here's some seed that are starting to sprout that were in my incubator, using toilet tubes for seed cups

tried to edit and add a pic and this didn't work either.

 

[Kassaundra]

Don't you get all kind of straw seedlings popping up from the poop?

Hay has seeds in it, straw usually not.

 

[rancher hicks]

Hay has seeds in it, straw usually not.

I don't worry so much cuz with raised beds you just pull them and toss it to the chickens. I have to say I like your feed thing but may use it to design a grit tube for both types of grit. I hate lugging cans of it to the coop and then they dump the dish.