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[nnbreeder]

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I planted all day, but didn't get it finished.

Everything I am planting is going in virgin garden spots making it very slow going.

I just plant our stuff far enough apart to mow between plants.

 

[Kassaundra]

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I planted all day, but didn't get it finished.

Everything I am planting is going in virgin garden spots making it very slow going.

I just plant our stuff far enough apart to mow between plants.

I am using grass as a "green mulch" where I can (bigger plants like tomatoes and peppers) That has cut back on some of the work. I have 3 large beds I need to de-grass tomorrow. I am planting corn, and I will use lentils as my "green mulch", the edges will be asparagus beds (rows) And just a little more work on the strawberries. That should catch me up until next week when we move the girls to their next run then I will have 2 garden spots to de-root and I will plant those out in seeds (chard, beet, bok choy, carrot, onion) I know most of that should have already been planted, I've been trying to play catch up all year.

 

[poultryand bees]

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P&B, how did the hatch turn out that didnt get turned for the whole 21 days?

I have to say that it fell under the catagory of "even a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then" rather than being a great success

Out of 3 dozen eggs in the incubator, 4 eggs hatched. I don't know whether it was a temperature issue since I am not totally confident my digital thermometers with probes are accurate - or the lack of turning. Out of 3 dozen eggs from the same group that were set under hens at the same time, about 18 chicks hatched.

 

[sixshooter60]

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I just plant our stuff far enough apart to mow between plants.

I am using grass as a "green mulch" where I can (bigger plants like tomatoes and peppers) That has cut back on some of the work. I have 3 large beds I need to de-grass tomorrow. I am planting corn, and I will use lentils as my "green mulch", the edges will be asparagus beds (rows) And just a little more work on the strawberries. That should catch me up until next week when we move the girls to their next run then I will have 2 garden spots to de-root and I will plant those out in seeds (chard, beet, bok choy, carrot, onion) I know most of that should have already been planted, I've been trying to play catch up all year.

Im no expert by a long shot but the way my granny did it is the way i do it and it has always worked .. when you plant the mother plant the first year it wont make a lot of berries but it will make alot of runners so as the runners spread and make crowns you lay the runners on both sides of the mother plant row so they can take root .then in the winter spread straw over them all but dont cover the crown just a good ground cover of straw then in early spring you can till up the mother plant row and you will have two rows of new plants that will produce well then they will do the same thing as the mother row did and you do it all over again and it will continue to double your rows or you can just till up what you dont want or you can dig them up and plant somewhere else or give them to friends.. anyway thats how i do it ..dont know if its the right way but it works and you always have new plants to work with... hope this helps ..

 

[Chicken Boy-17]

cool!

 

[NanaKat]

I have been taking pictures....Angel is a blind EE who lays a beautiful robin's egg blue colored egg about once a week.

Some of our hens

Chicks:
Pretty sure this one is a Wyandotte

Frick and Frack are White Crested Lavendar Polish

Frack has attitude

Ancona

 

[NanaKat]

And a few of a different flock:

Lucy and Goosey had a family reunion today...there were 17 Candian geese at the gates.

And not sure what these babies are...hey are a month old:
The blue chick...

And the black chipmunks

 

[poultryand bees]

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very pretty birds! I especially like the black chipmunks and hope you will share pictures of them when they are older.

 

[NanaKat]

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very pretty birds! I especially like the black chipmunks and hope you will share pictures of them when they are older.

Maybe when they are older, we can tell what they are. Sweet temperament and not flighty

 

[poultryand bees]

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very pretty birds! I especially like the black chipmunks and hope you will share pictures of them when they are older.

Maybe when they are older, we can tell what they are. Sweet temperament and not flighty

They look like they have some polish or silkie, with the little topknot of feathers.