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[lynn1961]

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We late fall sow some of the following for the spring garden, spinich, onion seed, swiss chard, beet seed, turnips, leave a few sweet potaote plants in the ground to come back the next garden season. Sow a fall / winter area for the chickens to graze when all the grass is gone ( wildlife and deer food plot seeds are out now ) the fall / winter plot for the poultry will help cut down on their winter feed bill. We use part of the garden for the poultry plot, section it off and plant it in intervals, so we can let them in the seperate sections in the winter time, they love it, but they can mow an area down real fast.

Also have you ever tried cutting a tomatoe plant back, diggging it up and re planting it in a 5 gallon bucket, has to have drainage, but will re grow the leaves and produce in the winter as long as it is inside where it is warm and has light, whack it with a folded newspaper when it blooms to cross polinate the blooms or spray it with bloom set.

 

[lynn1961]

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We late fall sow some of the following for the spring garden, spinich, onion seed, swiss chard, beet seed, turnips, leave a few sweet potaote plants in the ground to come back the next garden season. Sow a fall / winter area for the chickens to graze when all the grass is gone ( wildlife and deer food plot seeds are out now ) the fall / winter plot for the poultry will help cut down on their winter feed bill. We use part of the garden for the poultry plot, section it off and plant it in intervals, so we can let them in the seperate sections in the winter time, they love it, but they can mow an area down real fast.

Also have you ever tried cutting a tomatoe plant back, diggging it up and re planting it in a 5 gallon bucket, has to have drainage, but will re grow the leaves and produce in the winter as long as it is inside where it is warm and has light, whack it with a folded newspaper when it blooms to cross polinate the blooms or spray it with bloom set.

LOL, in the late fall / winter my dining room is not useable for eating meals, there are incubators and plants all over the place. No one complains about having to eat in the living room.

My DH is just as bad as I am about the plants and incubators.

 

[Poco Pollo]

Hope everyone fared well in the storms. Two roof sections for outdoor pens need to be replaced. At least they didn't land on any chickens. Vesta looks like she's wearing black socks this morning. Her dog house is bone dry, so she had her breakfast in there. The rest of her area is a muddy mess. She dug two big holes recently, so they are now mini ponds. Looks like I'll be making burn piles out of tree limbs again. Maybe we'll be allowed to burn again in December

Every time I build a new burn pile the field mice and snakes celebrate the opening of a new condo.

 

[lynn1961]

It's raining here ! We have gotten 1/2inch of slow gentle rain so far.

 

[doubleostud]

Im at the Guy Rose auction. birds are kind short right now but more coming in. quite a few decent hens. no show stock. a pair of blue cochins, a bunch of EEs, some gold laced polish with rough lacing, and a bunch of turkleys.

 

[sshavney]

Where is the guy rose auction?

 

[doubleostud]

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south of stillwater 6 miles on hwy 177, or about 4 north of Perkins

 

[Kassaundra]

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Also have you ever tried cutting a tomatoe plant back, diggging it up and re planting it in a 5 gallon bucket, has to have drainage, but will re grow the leaves and produce in the winter as long as it is inside where it is warm and has light, whack it with a folded newspaper when it blooms to cross polinate the blooms or spray it with bloom set.

LOL, in the late fall / winter my dining room is not useable for eating meals, there are incubators and plants all over the place. No one complains about having to eat in the living room.

My DH is just as bad as I am about the plants and incubators.

Some great ideas, I'll definately have to try the tomato thing, I have a couple of young ones I put out late, but they are healthy, hoping they get a growth spurt as it cools, and of course hoping for some tomatoes since I haven't got any off my plants this year (partially my fault for getting them in late).

I use my chickens for gardening too, I have 2 coops/ 8 garden/runs each, that I plant or allow chickens in to clean up / weed/ eat insects etc.. but this is my first year and the plan needs a little tweaking, but it is working well so far. Linda Woodrow's mandalla gardening was my inspiration, but I have altered it to fit OK and me. I am really excited about next years garden season b/c all the fencing and chickens are in place so I can hit the ground running next year w/ early stuff so maybe I can get a lot of harvest before the bad heat and drought hit.

I have putzed w/ gardening most of my life, but this year I decided to get serious about it and not just rely on what my Gma knew or did, but to actually research other methods it has been very interesting, so many ideas, so many varieties of fruits and veggies, so little time!!! lol


About the tomato thing, when you say cut it back just how drastically? please explain this further.

 

[jcatblum]

We finally got rain. Started out with a massive thunderstorm a out 11:45 then rained for about 2 hours. Looked out the door about 5am, kids wagon out front is full. I am sure we received more than an inch. So thankful for the rain. Girls & I were going to try & pick up a few piles of trash early today. Been tryin to get it cleaned up since we bought the place, but will have to wait until things dry out. They are exhausted since they started school Thursday, I am sure they enjoyed sleeping in.

 

[sshavney]

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south of stillwater 6 miles on hwy 177, or about 4 north of Perkins

How long does it last? I'm in mounds.