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Boots, first the plants have to grow. To answer your question: I don't know. I do know that I have not had a rhubarb pie for two years..
These plants will not be ready to pick until 2022.
I might sell every other plant. I might make another batch of wine..
yesterday I drilled two new holes in the mounting bracket. It was a tussle getting the pump separated from it. I did have to drain the hydraulic fluid. I put the bracket back onto the tractor. didn't have time to mount the pump before dark.
for the slugs: sprinkle finely ground up egg shells around your plants. Or sprinkle ashes around your plants.
bury a shallow pan, like a pie pan. make the top edge flush with the ground around it. put some beer into the pan.. .
...jiminwausau......
 
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I run the chickens in the garden, very few slugs. I have tomato cages made of old field fence. The bottoms are smaller space the adult chickens can't get in. I have landscape fabric down so they can't dig the roots Chipmunks and squirrels are still a problem. Out of 24 plants I get 2 to 6 a day that aren't chewed. Chickens get those and steal a few lower ones.
 
I haven't let the girls out of the run yet though that is the plan once the garden starts shutting down for the winter. I want them to have egg laying, where and when, settled before giving them a chance to hide their eggs in the yard. Pie and wine are both awesome options Jim, I so love rhubarb pie. Once I can start cutting my rhubarb I am for sure making pie. The snails and slugs are legion here, every morning I see them running as fast as they can from snacking all night on the potted plants before the sun hits them. It's a little better now, I put out some iron based slug and snail killer and it seems to have made a difference, but I lost so many tomatoes (and a few peppers) to them I don't take chances anymore.

We got 7 eggs this morning, 4 had thin shells but 2 of those were still whole if a bit dirty (still dropped on the poop boards) so the girls got those cooked up for a treat. For birds that were only "meh" about cooked eggs when they were little, they sure are crazed for them now. But 7 eggs in one day (and one more possibly, Glyness hasn't laid hers yet today), we will soon be foisting eggs on everyone we know. Sort of like zucchini.
 
NewBoots said:
I haven't let the girls out of the run yet though that is the plan once the garden starts shutting down for the winter. I want them to have egg laying, where and when, settled before giving them a chance to hide their eggs in the yard. Pie and wine are both awesome options Jim, I so love rhubarb pie. Once I can start cutting my rhubarb I am for sure making pie. The snails and slugs are legion here, every morning I see them running as fast as they can from snacking all night on the potted plants before the sun hits them. It's a little better now, I put out some iron based slug and snail killer and it seems to have made a difference, but I lost so many tomatoes (and a few peppers) to them I don't take chances anymore.

We got 7 eggs this morning, 4 had thin shells but 2 of those were still whole if a bit dirty (still dropped on the poop boards) so the girls got those cooked up for a treat. For birds that were only "meh" about cooked eggs when they were little, they sure are crazed for them now. But 7 eggs in one day (and one more possibly, Glyness hasn't laid hers yet today), we will soon be foisting eggs on everyone we know. Sort of like zucchini.
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You could cook some and freeze them for later.
 
I finally got around to attaching another length of wire to the first one for the Serama run. Then darkness fell. I have been cleaning one of the coops and scrubbing the walls. Plan to spray all of them for insects and treat the birds. It's bad this time of year.
 

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