Minnesota!

[JanieMarie]

4 mi N of Georgetown and 3 mi S of Perley! Janie Marie's Greenhouse

 

[scandiafowl]

Love the conversation these last days on the grass clippings experiment.  While I won't be doing it this year I am fully engaged and listening to you guys and what is going on.  I am intrigued.

We are in the works on trying to get some hay put up from our land for the cattle this winter.  SO much to do before the snow flies it isn't even funny.  We also were planning on putting up new pasture fence this fall so that we can just move the cattle next spring.  I know for a fact there will be no fencing going in the ground next year before July.  I live in a swamp.  Spring thaw lasts until mid June at the earliest.  So fencing needs to happen now.

Umm... Thanks for reminding me about winter
But yeah, there is work to be done!

 

[scandiafowl]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/will-2015-be-the-year-of-the-chicken-1419632701

I think the chickens you all wrote about are in this article.

 

[The BlanchRanch]

4 mi N of Georgetown and 3 mi S of Perley! Janie Marie's Greenhouse

700 posts? Been gone for a while?

 

[lalaland]

I am curious what you thought went into silos? Corn silage, haylage and high moisture corn in the Harvestores. As for the grain bins, it goes in the top and comes out the bottom. If you have a small one, then you can manually open and close the hatch, but most have an auger system coming out the bottom to empty/offload.

I don't know! I knew there was something about gases - that it could kill you, and I think I also thought you could be in a silo trying to undo a jam of corn and it would get loose and suffocate you. So...maybe corn? Never ever thought about silage. didn't know what it was.....I think that is why I really like the pederson boys from north dakota, who make a ton of you tube videos about farming - featuring them singing and grooving while they do various chores. Kind of a tutorial!

 

[lalaland]

from this morning's stroll, hanging out with a cup of coffee while supervising the flock in case that fox comes around....

 

[KlopKlop]

So I was talking to some people about my chickens (funny how that always happens) and the were saying they have wished they could have chickens but never have because they don't have the technical knowledge to build a coop. It got me thinking of course... How cool would it be if there was a company that 'city folk' could go to and get a turn key backyard chicken system. I'm thinking on the scale of 2-3 hens only. They would basically be buying a backyard coop/tractor and the necessary equipment like feeders and waterers and it could even come with hens or started pullets. There could be some sort of training/schooling about chicken care included as well as follow up support as needed while they learn about their new flock.

I've added this idea to my list of 'income opportunities' for when I decide I'm tired of riding a desk on weekdays

 

[lalaland]

Here's the chicken of the woods. He gave us a 1/3 of it! That's a quart jar of Russian dills in the back to give an idea of how much it is.

I've never been an herbalist. I think the whole movement is wreaking havoc on our society to be perfectly honest. It's so prolific and everybody talks about it like it's ok. Maybe it is. But I thinks there's probably a high quota of Xbox gamers in their 20s letting their work years go up in smoke. The more your chooks eat that crap the better in my humble opinion. Well just in case it's the "other than rope material" kind.
I'll stick to my mushrooms. Ha!

Yum!!! I love chicken of the woods, but I'm totally unfamiliar with the lobster mushroom....have to look that one up. A couple years back, there were two humungous chicken of the woods fungi growing out of an oak that had been hit by lightening. I asked the cranky rude guy who was out using a riding mower if he would care if I took one. He acted like I asked for his firstborn. DIdn't know what it was, didn't care, just thought I was rude to ask for it. I drove by that mushroom for almost two years before it withered and faded away. What a waste!

 

[scandiafowl]

from this morning's stroll, hanging out with a cup of coffee while supervising the flock in case that fox comes around....

Gorgeous photos! Thank you for sharing!

 

[Bogtown Chick]

Yay. LaLa I can't wait to try it. Good to hear and sorry about cranky neighbor. It's sort of amazing the beautiful food we have in our woods. This Mike the Minnesota mushroom guy picks in the superior national forest and sells to twin city chefs for pretty good coin.

So here's my lawn clippings. And after doing some reading on the gases and things that can go wrong with it I'm doing just a hay mound in the run for pick through this winter. I'll sit back and watch this year on the haylage experiment. Besides I don't want to trip on haylage bergs.

Have a Good Friday morning all!