Naked Neck/Turken Thread

[flower]

I am finding that many plants prefer dry over wet and rosemary is on the top of the list for sure.

and in agreement that shade cloth is necessary here in the SW desert for most summer crops. Just dug up potatoes that have wintered over. The bird's water freezes but not more than the surface of the topsoil. They are tasty also !

 

[DesertChic]

I LIKE it nice setup. Are you able to keep tilapia year round. What temps do they like?
On rosemary plant it and forget it. It doesn't like attention and it definitely likes dry. I've got three plants by the side of the road and they've never been watered. They have taken over the spot. Whenever I've watered others near the house they die. Yours may need some water but dry is good

Tilapia like it warm. My poor fish suffered through our recent cold spell when I struggled to keep the water near 70 degrees. As soon as it hit 75 they became more active, and now that the water is 80 they actually jump out of the water in excitement during feeding times.

So....the best way to not kill rosemary is to NOT love it so much? LOL! I can definitely do that!

 

[Kassaundra]

Awesome aquaponics set up, I am soooooo envious!

New Zealand or Egyptian spinach isn't "normal spinach" like your thinking of. Regular "American" spinach prefers cool temps and will bolt and turn bitter in the heat, NZ or EG spinach is not true spinach, but has a similar taste and texture and loves heat.

 

[Pensmaster]

Tilapia like it warm. My poor fish suffered through our recent cold spell when I struggled to keep the water near 70 degrees. As soon as it hit 75 they became more active, and now that the water is 80 they actually jump out of the water in excitement during feeding times. 

So....the best way to not kill rosemary is to NOT love it so much? LOL! I can definitely do that!

Here's the less loved Rosemary. We used to have plants up closer but they have all died. They received water everyday. Those in the picture only get what rains on them and maybe once a week in the summer if I remember. So I would say less water whenever their roots have set in.

Do you raise your tilapia from babies? They are not allowed in California either. There is a guy selling 2" fingerlings at least he used to. Our water temps would be too cold in the winter to even try them unles I were to bring them in. I have 5 large Koi with two ponds one hold fish the other I could make into a vegtable pond. Fresh water flows through them to a larger pond below (look for the well house below in picture that's where the pond is) where wildlife hang out to survive the summer here. It can get to 110 in summer but that's rare.

 

[Kev]

Here is a pic of my yard where my chickens free range after rain and before another one

Wow thats so green and a huge lot also.

 

[Phill98]

Wow thats so green and a huge lot also.

Grass is here all year round. It never goes away, but it stops to grow somewhere in October so we don't have to cut it.

Chickens love it, and actually go to our neighbours lots, and the neighbours don't mind, so they have more then enough space.

I don't know what am I going to do when we start a garden. It wasn't problem until this year, sinve we had just a few chickens and they could be closed in run the whole time. Actually, the run was covered in grass just like
part of the yard you can see in a photo. Now, it's just mud. We tried to keep them in last week for a few hours when we were busy in the morning. Can you guess what they did? Jumped out. Of course.

 

[Kev]

Tilapia like it warm. My poor fish suffered through our recent cold spell when I struggled to keep the water near 70 degrees. As soon as it hit 75 they became more active, and now that the water is 80 they actually jump out of the water in excitement during feeding times.

So....the best way to not kill rosemary is to NOT love it so much? LOL! I can definitely do that!

Yeah rosemary need to be slightly on the dry side but for me and you, they DO need semi regular watering. It would not hurt to plant them in light shade, like under a palo verde.

I'm not sure, maybe don;t try to fertilize them either..? Out here in California the soil is relatively rich, so we really just plant and water maybe once a week or two and that;s it.

 

[Kev]

Here's the less loved Rosemary. We used to have plants up closer but they have all died. They received water everyday. Those in the picture only get what rains on them and maybe once a week in the summer if I remember. So I would say less water whenever their roots have set in.





Do you raise your tilapia from babies? They are not allowed in California either. There is a guy selling 2" fingerlings at least he used to. Our water temps would be too cold in the winter to even try them unles I were to bring them in. I have 5 large Koi with two ponds one hold fish the other I could make into a vegtable pond. Fresh water flows through them to a larger pond below (look for the well house below in picture that's where the pond is) where wildlife hang out to survive the summer here. It can get to 110 in summer but that's rare.

Last I heard, Nile is not allowed but Mozambique and blue were still allowed.. I see a lot of ads for the last two species.

 

[Kev]

Grass is here all year round. It never goes away, but it stops to grow somewhere in October so we don't have to cut it.

Chickens love it, and actually go to our neighbours lots, and the neighbours don't mind, so they have more then enough space.

I don't know what am I going to do when we start a garden. It wasn't problem until this year, sinve we had just a few chickens and they could be closed in run the whole time. Actually, the run was covered in grass just like
part of the yard you can see in a photo. Now, it's just mud. We tried to keep them in last week for a few hours when we were busy in the morning. Can you guess what they did? Jumped out. Of course.

November til April is basically the spring season out here.. with it being extremely dry and hot rest of the year. Very brown. by the way it was 89F here today.

by the way, there are no cactus where I am, not even the little ones, even thought the ones I plant here do great. I'm not sure why. In a wet winter, the landscape looks much like a prairie/savannah, knee high grass for miles and miles with big patches of just wildflowers here and there.

The hills are full of granite boulders. I'll try to take a picture of the hills I can see from my house.

 

[Phill98]

November til April is basically the spring season out here.. with it being extremely dry and hot rest of the year. Very brown.   by the way it was 89F here today.

by the way, there are no cactus where I am, not even the little ones, even thought the ones I plant here do great.  I'm not sure why. In a wet winter,  the landscape looks much like a prairie/savannah, knee high grass for miles and miles with big patches of just wildflowers here and there.

The hills are full of granite boulders. I'll try to take a picture of the hills I can see from my house.

What would I do for place where winter doesn't exist. There is nothing like summer and heat, I don't like snow and rain one tiny bit.