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guys want some pics?
too bad youre getting them anyway.
So the girls have been cooped up and today i left the babies crate open a pinch so they could get in and out and start mingling with the bigs. Basically the sultans and one of the reds never came out at all. All of my older girls who have had secure positions in the flock were totally cool and welcoming. Nancy the buff polish was the biggest meanie but i guess thats to be expected since her and gilbert are the newest ones. anywhooo, just thought id post some pics. Its nice that i can do this in the coop now!
This is my lurkin' turken, Gherken. Her feathers came in really beautifully after her moult. Im really beginning to love this breed, shes just so cool.
Heres Gilbert following around our baby splash, Dotty. I thin he is gonna like her
Sunny! Heres one of mama and Baby! Baby's feathers are stunning but she sure is wild.
I dont care what anyone says, prescilla is adorable and cant wait until I get more showgirls. Absolutely my favorite.
some of the babies really liked being out of the crate and made themselves right at home
This is Jemima and Red
Nanners being a sour puss about the whole thing.
although a cuter moment was when dotty got seperated from the other babies. She started screaming her head off and guess who came running to her aid? Thats right, Mama. I feel like this level of dedication is unheard of with chickens.
Gilbert checking out his future flockmates.
And fatty fat fathead Chuck trying to break into the crate to get to the chicks feed.
Genny here is the cochin you gave me! At first glance she seems sweet. but this girl is EVIL.
extreme CHUCK! love her!
Gilbert is getting so handsome too! hes only four months old and i cant wait to see what he is gonna look like in another six months!
and last but not least this is the hen i had genny save me. I think has the most gorgeous feathering. Ill have to get one of her in the sun, its amazing!
aww i feel bad that my original girls lucy and darla didnt get any sweet shots. Theyre gonna be 2 soon, i cant even believe it!
too bad youre getting them anyway.
So the girls have been cooped up and today i left the babies crate open a pinch so they could get in and out and start mingling with the bigs. Basically the sultans and one of the reds never came out at all. All of my older girls who have had secure positions in the flock were totally cool and welcoming. Nancy the buff polish was the biggest meanie but i guess thats to be expected since her and gilbert are the newest ones. anywhooo, just thought id post some pics. Its nice that i can do this in the coop now!
This is my lurkin' turken, Gherken. Her feathers came in really beautifully after her moult. Im really beginning to love this breed, shes just so cool.
Heres Gilbert following around our baby splash, Dotty. I thin he is gonna like her
Sunny! Heres one of mama and Baby! Baby's feathers are stunning but she sure is wild.
I dont care what anyone says, prescilla is adorable and cant wait until I get more showgirls. Absolutely my favorite.
some of the babies really liked being out of the crate and made themselves right at home
This is Jemima and Red
Nanners being a sour puss about the whole thing.
although a cuter moment was when dotty got seperated from the other babies. She started screaming her head off and guess who came running to her aid? Thats right, Mama. I feel like this level of dedication is unheard of with chickens.
Gilbert checking out his future flockmates.
And fatty fat fathead Chuck trying to break into the crate to get to the chicks feed.
Genny here is the cochin you gave me! At first glance she seems sweet. but this girl is EVIL.
extreme CHUCK! love her!
Gilbert is getting so handsome too! hes only four months old and i cant wait to see what he is gonna look like in another six months!
and last but not least this is the hen i had genny save me. I think has the most gorgeous feathering. Ill have to get one of her in the sun, its amazing!
aww i feel bad that my original girls lucy and darla didnt get any sweet shots. Theyre gonna be 2 soon, i cant even believe it!
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I'd like to see your planterbox and bucket crops please.
I'm with you on Burpee being expensive. I'll check out Park Seed though. I never heard of Territorial - where are they?
Territorial is out of Washington. They specialize in organic and hard-to-find seeds. That's where I'm getting my short-season winter squash, indigo tomatoes, and a short-season Indian corn that can also be eaten fresh.
Here's this year's bucket garden in April. Our last frost wasn't until the beginning of June, so we just took these inside when it was too cold. Potatoes in the buckets, and all of my tomato and pepper seedlings in the baskets.
And in June... the potatoes are almost ready to harvest.
This is almost all of the potatoes that we grew on our driveway, minus 2 buckets of purple potatoes that we ate before I could take a picture. After we harvested these, I replanted the buckets and got another September crop.
This planter box is out front, in a section where the landlady could never get grass to grow. Last year we grew choy and peppers; this year it was tomatoes, onions, and a LOT of loose-leaf lettuce. This year, my husband built me 3 more this size, and they're currently filled with composting waste from the year.
And this is just a portion of the actual ground garden, with our small chicken coop. The space we have to grow is about 4 times what you see there.
Our new chicken coop is going to be outside the garden fence, and we're going to build some wire panels for the vegetables, and rotate the chickens roaming area depending on what plants are most susceptible at the time.
I'd like to see your planterbox and bucket crops please.
I'm with you on Burpee being expensive. I'll check out Park Seed though. I never heard of Territorial - where are they?
Territorial is out of Washington. They specialize in organic and hard-to-find seeds. That's where I'm getting my short-season winter squash, indigo tomatoes, and a short-season Indian corn that can also be eaten fresh.
Here's this year's bucket garden in April. Our last frost wasn't until the beginning of June, so we just took these inside when it was too cold. Potatoes in the buckets, and all of my tomato and pepper seedlings in the baskets.
And in June... the potatoes are almost ready to harvest.
This is almost all of the potatoes that we grew on our driveway, minus 2 buckets of purple potatoes that we ate before I could take a picture. After we harvested these, I replanted the buckets and got another September crop.
This planter box is out front, in a section where the landlady could never get grass to grow. Last year we grew choy and peppers; this year it was tomatoes, onions, and a LOT of loose-leaf lettuce. This year, my husband built me 3 more this size, and they're currently filled with composting waste from the year.
And this is just a portion of the actual ground garden, with our small chicken coop. The space we have to grow is about 4 times what you see there.
Our new chicken coop is going to be outside the garden fence, and we're going to build some wire panels for the vegetables, and rotate the chickens roaming area depending on what plants are most susceptible at the time.
Aubrey, the chickens are so pretty! I love the patterning on Mama's feathers.
Thanks! Mama is our thread mascot and also a CHAMP! she surprised all of us here last november at the show by getting best in class! (sorry but i cant remember if you were with us then or not
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your garden is AMAZING! what a great setup. I wish i could get into that conversation better but Mark is the gardener around here, not me. Back when I was working in the kitchen we were living in the house and i would bring home scraps to put in the compost. eventually the seeds from the many veggies and fruits would make volunteers until by mid summer we had HUNDREDs of things we hadnt planted popping up everywhere. We got a bazillion grape tomatoes, peppers, herbs, even cantaloup! thats all i can contribute though.
your garden is AMAZING! what a great setup. I wish i could get into that conversation better but Mark is the gardener around here, not me. Back when I was working in the kitchen we were living in the house and i would bring home scraps to put in the compost. eventually the seeds from the many veggies and fruits would make volunteers until by mid summer we had HUNDREDs of things we hadnt planted popping up everywhere. We got a bazillion grape tomatoes, peppers, herbs, even cantaloup! thats all i can contribute though.
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That's why I like the old fashioned compost heap! I love all the volunteers you get.
LOOOOVE all the pics Aubrey!
Mama is such an awesome Mom!!! That pic shows her lacing really well but I'd love to get a great shot of her in daylight. She is just so pretty! I can't believe when I offered her to you that I was apologizing for the fact that she was forever broody! I wasn't into hatching eggs in those days and didn't appreciate her.
I'm glad she is with someone that values her maternal instincts so much!
Ok I filled out part of my seed order. I don't want to get too ambitious since we don't know how long we will stay here. Anyone know of a good early corn that's firm but sweet? I usually stay away from the early varieties so I'm kinda lost.
I've ordered from Park a lot and usually have pretty good luck with their seeds just not as thrilled with some of their bulbs. At least with some of the less ordinary plants. Had great luck with Territorial Seed Co, also with Seed Savers Exchange (I love them for heirlooms). Never tried Burpee except for a couple of tomato plants I bought one year at the drugstore that were on sale. Those did well though. Don't bother with Wayside Gardens, they are way over priced!
My all-time favorite catalogs are Raintree Gardens (all things fruit and then some) and High Country Gardens for native and xeric ornamentals. All though it does seem that High Country Gardens is not quite as concientious as they used to be. Plants used to be top grade but the last year or so some of the plants were not as well developed as they used to be.
Missy all those buckets look just like my side yard the last few years. I love how well potatoes grow in just about anything. I've even just cut open a bag of cheap potting soil and plunked them in there. They loved it. They don't mind getting their "feet" wet at all.
The year before last I had fabric pots all over the front yard with tomatoes in them. The super short summer cut my harvesting time way down though.
We never did get all those pots out of the front yard. Many had rooted in place and Steve just never got around to digging them out.
That's why I like the old fashioned compost heap! I love all the volunteers you get.
Ok I filled out part of my seed order. I don't want to get too ambitious since we don't know how long we will stay here. Anyone know of a good early corn that's firm but sweet? I usually stay away from the early varieties so I'm kinda lost.
My all-time favorite catalogs are Raintree Gardens (all things fruit and then some) and High Country Gardens for native and xeric ornamentals. All though it does seem that High Country Gardens is not quite as concientious as they used to be. Plants used to be top grade but the last year or so some of the plants were not as well developed as they used to be.
Missy all those buckets look just like my side yard the last few years. I love how well potatoes grow in just about anything. I've even just cut open a bag of cheap potting soil and plunked them in there. They loved it. They don't mind getting their "feet" wet at all.
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Sunny im glad youre on!
I cant stop thinking about your roos! I really feel like I should get one but i just dont know. Do you think its too late? Gilbert is 4 months old now and is reaching that hormoney teenager phase and i cant help but think that a bigger roo may cause fighting but SHEESH, i just love those roosters. I know eventually i want a big breed roo for protection, but have been holding out for the right one. I like the look of the red sex links but after meeting clark loved the colors of the marans too. What do you think? what time do yours start crowing? Petey never started till around 9 but gilbert starts up about 7. theyre closer to the house now though.
By the BY, just as a suggestion, mark likes to plant his potatoes in a "pallet box". he just sets up four pallets leaning against eachother, fills em with hay/dirt and has at it. I dont know if thats helpful.
I cant stop thinking about your roos! I really feel like I should get one but i just dont know. Do you think its too late? Gilbert is 4 months old now and is reaching that hormoney teenager phase and i cant help but think that a bigger roo may cause fighting but SHEESH, i just love those roosters. I know eventually i want a big breed roo for protection, but have been holding out for the right one. I like the look of the red sex links but after meeting clark loved the colors of the marans too. What do you think? what time do yours start crowing? Petey never started till around 9 but gilbert starts up about 7. theyre closer to the house now though.
By the BY, just as a suggestion, mark likes to plant his potatoes in a "pallet box". he just sets up four pallets leaning against eachother, fills em with hay/dirt and has at it. I dont know if thats helpful.
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That's why I like the old fashioned compost heap! I love all the volunteers you get.
LOOOOVE all the pics Aubrey!
Mama is such an awesome Mom!!! That pic shows her lacing really well but I'd love to get a great shot of her in daylight. She is just so pretty! I can't believe when I offered her to you that I was apologizing for the fact that she was forever broody! I wasn't into hatching eggs in those days and didn't appreciate her.
I'm glad she is with someone that values her maternal instincts so much!
Ok I filled out part of my seed order. I don't want to get too ambitious since we don't know how long we will stay here. Anyone know of a good early corn that's firm but sweet? I usually stay away from the early varieties so I'm kinda lost.
I've ordered from Park a lot and usually have pretty good luck with their seeds just not as thrilled with some of their bulbs. At least with some of the less ordinary plants. Had great luck with Territorial Seed Co, also with Seed Savers Exchange (I love them for heirlooms). Never tried Burpee except for a couple of tomato plants I bought one year at the drugstore that were n sale. Those did well though. Don't bother with Wayside Gardens, they are way over priced!
Missy all those buckets look just like my side yard the last few years. I love how well potatoes grow in just about anything. I've even just cut open a bag of cheap potting soil and plunked them in there. They loved it. They don't mind getting their "feet" wet at all.
The year before last I had fabric pots all over the front yard with tomatoes in them. The super short summer cut my harvesting time way down though.
We never did get all those pots out of the front yard. Many had rooted in place and Steve just never got around to digging them out.
I'd say the biggest triumph for the buckets was working with the short seasons. The year before, we had expected May 15th as the last frost, and half the town lost their tomatoes. Good thing I was lazy that year! This year it was late as well, but half of my frost-sensitive stuff was portable. I also have Weatherbug going nonstop on my desktop, and this gardening season I LIVED by it!
This is actually my first year growing corn on a large scale... since we're borrowing someone else's garden, I'll have the space for it. But my mom grew tons of it each year. She's passed on, though, so I can't ask her what varieties. Just looking through the Park catalog, though, they have some early varieties... Revelation (triplesweet,) legend (sugar enhanced,) and early sunglow (regular sweet.) They all say about 62-65 days.
The Painted Mountain variety from Territorial looks exciting. It's not sweet when eaten fresh, but it's not bad. It's short-season, bread in Montana. And, if the harvest gets away from us, I can let the ears dry on the plants and grind them for flour or chicken food.
About the only thing we plan to use Burpee for this year are the last-minute seed runs. (We actually have those. Quick, buy some chard seeds!)
That's why I like the old fashioned compost heap! I love all the volunteers you get.
Ok I filled out part of my seed order. I don't want to get too ambitious since we don't know how long we will stay here. Anyone know of a good early corn that's firm but sweet? I usually stay away from the early varieties so I'm kinda lost.
Missy all those buckets look just like my side yard the last few years. I love how well potatoes grow in just about anything. I've even just cut open a bag of cheap potting soil and plunked them in there. They loved it. They don't mind getting their "feet" wet at all.
I'd say the biggest triumph for the buckets was working with the short seasons. The year before, we had expected May 15th as the last frost, and half the town lost their tomatoes. Good thing I was lazy that year! This year it was late as well, but half of my frost-sensitive stuff was portable. I also have Weatherbug going nonstop on my desktop, and this gardening season I LIVED by it!
This is actually my first year growing corn on a large scale... since we're borrowing someone else's garden, I'll have the space for it. But my mom grew tons of it each year. She's passed on, though, so I can't ask her what varieties. Just looking through the Park catalog, though, they have some early varieties... Revelation (triplesweet,) legend (sugar enhanced,) and early sunglow (regular sweet.) They all say about 62-65 days.
The Painted Mountain variety from Territorial looks exciting. It's not sweet when eaten fresh, but it's not bad. It's short-season, bread in Montana. And, if the harvest gets away from us, I can let the ears dry on the plants and grind them for flour or chicken food.
About the only thing we plan to use Burpee for this year are the last-minute seed runs. (We actually have those. Quick, buy some chard seeds!)
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Not sure when they start. I don't really hear it anymore except as a musical background noise. Funny when you are no longer stressing about the neighbors how soft a rooster's crow becomes.
You can always decide later. I will be getting a lot more chicks in spring so more roos will available then. Sending you a pm.
Not sure when they start. I don't really hear it anymore except as a musical background noise. Funny when you are no longer stressing about the neighbors how soft a rooster's crow becomes.
You can always decide later. I will be getting a lot more chicks in spring so more roos will available then. Sending you a pm.
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That's why I like the old fashioned compost heap! I love all the volunteers you get.
LOOOOVE all the pics Aubrey!
Mama is such an awesome Mom!!! That pic shows her lacing really well but I'd love to get a great shot of her in daylight. She is just so pretty! I can't believe when I offered her to you that I was apologizing for the fact that she was forever broody! I wasn't into hatching eggs in those days and didn't appreciate her.
I'm glad she is with someone that values her maternal instincts so much!
Ok I filled out part of my seed order. I don't want to get too ambitious since we don't know how long we will stay here. Anyone know of a good early corn that's firm but sweet? I usually stay away from the early varieties so I'm kinda lost.
I've ordered from Park a lot and usually have pretty good luck with their seeds just not as thrilled with some of their bulbs. At least with some of the less ordinary plants. Had great luck with Territorial Seed Co, also with Seed Savers Exchange (I love them for heirlooms). Never tried Burpee except for a couple of tomato plants I bought one year at the drugstore that were n sale. Those did well though. Don't bother with Wayside Gardens, they are way over priced!
Missy all those buckets look just like my side yard the last few years. I love how well potatoes grow in just about anything. I've even just cut open a bag of cheap potting soil and plunked them in there. They loved it. They don't mind getting their "feet" wet at all.
The year before last I had fabric pots all over the front yard with tomatoes in them. The super short summer cut my harvesting time way down though.
We never did get all those pots out of the front yard. Many had rooted in place and Steve just never got around to digging them out.
I'd say the biggest triumph for the buckets was working with the short seasons. The year before, we had expected May 15th as the last frost, and half the town lost their tomatoes. Good thing I was lazy that year! This year it was late as well, but half of my frost-sensitive stuff was portable. I also have Weatherbug going nonstop on my desktop, and this gardening season I LIVED by it!
This is actually my first year growing corn on a large scale... since we're borrowing someone else's garden, I'll have the space for it. But my mom grew tons of it each year. She's passed on, though, so I can't ask her what varieties. Just looking through the Park catalog, though, they have some early varieties... Revelation (triplesweet,) legend (sugar enhanced,) and early sunglow (regular sweet.) They all say about 62-65 days.
The Painted Mountain variety from Territorial looks exciting. It's not sweet when eaten fresh, but it's not bad. It's short-season, bread in Montana. And, if the harvest gets away from us, I can let the ears dry on the plants and grind them for flour or chicken food.
About the only thing we plan to use Burpee for this year are the last-minute seed runs. (We actually have those. Quick, buy some chard seeds!)
Yea the fabric pots worked great for transporting in and out at the beginning of the season although my aching back didn't agree. OMG I pulled those plants in and out so much at the beginning of the season I was dizzy! Gardening is really my thing. Steve can't taste the difference like I can and while he enjoys a homegrown tomato he doesn't really get my exuberance over the taste difference so the gardening duties pretty much fall in my lap. It would be easier if I weren't such a fan of these enormous tomato plants that very quickly, it seems, grow to monumental proportions. Needless to say, the tomatoes just froze once the season ended. I was not gonna lug them inside at that stage!
(HA! Sorry I'm laughing at myself for pretending I could if I wanted to).
I always get way too ambitious with tomatoes. So many cool varieties and so easy to move them around when they are cute little things!
That's why I like the old fashioned compost heap! I love all the volunteers you get.
Ok I filled out part of my seed order. I don't want to get too ambitious since we don't know how long we will stay here. Anyone know of a good early corn that's firm but sweet? I usually stay away from the early varieties so I'm kinda lost.
Missy all those buckets look just like my side yard the last few years. I love how well potatoes grow in just about anything. I've even just cut open a bag of cheap potting soil and plunked them in there. They loved it. They don't mind getting their "feet" wet at all.
I'd say the biggest triumph for the buckets was working with the short seasons. The year before, we had expected May 15th as the last frost, and half the town lost their tomatoes. Good thing I was lazy that year! This year it was late as well, but half of my frost-sensitive stuff was portable. I also have Weatherbug going nonstop on my desktop, and this gardening season I LIVED by it!
This is actually my first year growing corn on a large scale... since we're borrowing someone else's garden, I'll have the space for it. But my mom grew tons of it each year. She's passed on, though, so I can't ask her what varieties. Just looking through the Park catalog, though, they have some early varieties... Revelation (triplesweet,) legend (sugar enhanced,) and early sunglow (regular sweet.) They all say about 62-65 days.
The Painted Mountain variety from Territorial looks exciting. It's not sweet when eaten fresh, but it's not bad. It's short-season, bread in Montana. And, if the harvest gets away from us, I can let the ears dry on the plants and grind them for flour or chicken food.
About the only thing we plan to use Burpee for this year are the last-minute seed runs. (We actually have those. Quick, buy some chard seeds!)
Yea the fabric pots worked great for transporting in and out at the beginning of the season although my aching back didn't agree. OMG I pulled those plants in and out so much at the beginning of the season I was dizzy! Gardening is really my thing. Steve can't taste the difference like I can and while he enjoys a homegrown tomato he doesn't really get my exuberance over the taste difference so the gardening duties pretty much fall in my lap. It would be easier if I weren't such a fan of these enormous tomato plants that very quickly, it seems, grow to monumental proportions. Needless to say, the tomatoes just froze once the season ended. I was not gonna lug them inside at that stage!
I always get way too ambitious with tomatoes. So many cool varieties and so easy to move them around when they are cute little things!
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