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[sherylreno]

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Oh wow! That's really amazing! Good luck with it and please let us know how it turns out. Also, what type of online gardening group are you setting up? My DH & I are heavy gardeners and we would be very interested in something like this.

 

[SunnyDawn]

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How cool is that?! Let us know how well it works. I'd love something like that for my future patio.

I'd also like to get a link to the gardening group if it's open to others? That right up my alley. So you're finally gonna do the bees huh? That's awesome!

Ron what did you decide about letting that guy put his hives on your property? I'm not far from alfalfa fields here. I wonder how my neighbors would feel about bees here?

 

[gaited horse]

It seems so slow here latley.
Where is Aubrey? I want to see her polish babies. Did she go to the goat days in Fallon?

 

[SunnyDawn]

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I know it has been slow. Cold weather comes and everybody slows way down I guess.

 

[Penturner]

Sheryl and Sunny, I am not setting the group up. I just found it. They have a lot of stuff on this one but I am interested in the Permiculture. Also click on the Rocket Mass Heater link on this page (scroll down a bit). http://www.permies.com/
I am also a member of two different tobacco growing groups. It is one of those I am doing the blossom bags for.

I also suggest you both look into hugelkultur on this group. may be a very good idea for our area if you can find the wood. Keep in mind the hugelkultur bed would go hand in hand with square foot gardening. http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/index.php This is the main sight with lots of info on anything homesteading. This is a link to horticulture itself. http://www.richsoil.com/hugelkultur/

Now keep in mind all of this is pretty well off the beaten path ideas. I have not had time to investigate any of it yet. So if you do decide to try any of it take it slow and learn if it really works first.

Sunny, on the bees follow this link http://www.beesource.com/forums/index.php This is the single best site I have found on bees in general. A whole lot to learn about them but you can start there and branch out as needed. I am making Top Bar hives. If you keep your bees 100 yards or so from anyone there will not be a problem. I know of people keeping bees right in the middle of sun valley. watch some of the videos of people handling the bees. Most Honey Bees are not aggressive at all but they can all have their moments if you do not know what you are doing.

 

[Penturner]

By the way I would be very interested in starting a Reno Gardening group. NO need to be an expert to help out either. As for the internet stuff I don't have the first clue what to do but I do have resources that would set me in the right direction for things like free sites for setting up groups etc. If any of you have interest in a place that you can share what you do, what works what does not new and old ideas links to resources and basically just having like minded friends, let me know.
I am pretty good at getting things to grow here but be warned my methods generally require tons of up front work as well as expense. One of the biggest issues I find in the Reno area is the soil. I usually replace it outright. But developing a data bank of solutions would be a treasure chest. A second big issue int his area is water. getting it to the plant and keeping it there. My favorite is Drip Irrigation and I have a link to a low priced source for the parts. http://www.irrigationdirect.com/

Anyway let me know if anyone is interested in the gardening group idea I will see what I can do about getting something set up.

 

[Penturner]

I sort of ran with the gardening group comment. I created this group this morning. No idea if it is a good much less best location for a group. nothing is there right now except a thread to help encourage folks to just say hello. I also want to just encourage discussion about anything right now and see what topics begin to form. Not so much a treasure trove of gardening information for right now. But be exactly what it is for the moment. place for people to gather because they are interested in forming a gardening group. We will then take it day by day and see what it becomes as we go. Whatever begins to crop up as the common issues we can make separate threads or whatever.
For those of you with gardening stories please share them. they can be a source to initiate further discussion or questions about ???
If it takes off we can look for a better place to set it up down the road.
http://groups.google.com/group/renogardening

 

[sherylreno]

Wow Penturner, you are very good. I'll look at all the links later when I'm not at work. I did go to the EasyGarden area at the bottom of the screens on BYC and I found the Where am I? Where are you! Nevada area and posted a

there but this site is so boring. There isn't anyone on it very much but if we start to go on there and posts there as well perhaps this one will take off. Perhaps we can have both Penturner, the google site and the EasyGarden site?

 

[sherylreno]

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I know Tyler, I was thinking the same thing the other day. I do see Aubrey is on facebook lately but I haven't spoken to her.

 

[chicharomirinda]

I had a sick day yesterday. Got some sort of stomach bug but I am better now. We still haven't finished the ridge shingles on the coop. looking at the forecast, we better try to get it done before saturday. I need to get going on the doors and windows, too but life is so busy and it gets dark so early now. anyway, we'll get there soon. my chicks will be 4 weeks old tomorrow. they are getting so big. my little australorp is still having some problems falling over but seems to be walking better than last week. i've been giving her vitamins.

I cleaned out the bedding in the big brooder this morning and had just put in fresh water on the one side. Then I opened up the lid on the other side and they all freaked out and ran back to the other side and tipped the whole waterer over and all the water dumped onto the fresh bedding. made me so mad. what a mess they make! have to get that coop ready to go soon! I saw a squirrel coming out of the coop this morning. wonder if he was thinking it'd be a great home for the winter!

thanks for posting those gardening sites, Penturner. I am very interested in gardening. I do garden but I would like to have better results.

Elizabeth