***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[NanaKat]

Had time tonight to catch up on the thread. Will post when I'm home tomorrow night.
Okies You have been busy. Loved all the pictures and the bermuda conversation!

 

[mefordz]

got squeakers everywhere right now mike, i just been leaving them alone and letting them do their thing for now.


main thing i been doing is defending my self from 3 women on here, kass is wanting to stick needles in me, sooner sneaks up behind me and kicks me in the ankle's, and ksane is just mean and tries to beat me up all the time!


i will get my revenge on cara in 2 weeks, and mitzi may be coming up too. dont know about kass, she is probably digging gardens or something. [ she is too scared to get to close to me! ]

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

Blanchard sale will be on the 10th ill have your cage ther Light foot..seen some nice big buff op 2pr at Newcastle went for around 20 each they wer big an nice like the bard rock pr you got... They had some bard rocks ther about 10 they lookd like about half game by the size they brot a good prise tho.. Got to get bissy see u peep's later..

No worries Michael I do plan on being there, Half game would sure make for some good broody hens LOL

Quote: If I can ever get my fence run all the way around the place I might let my 2 little pigs run, not sure if they can dig as big a hole as those Durocs though

One thing that I like about Bermuda is that it holds sandy soil very well and is worth nearly as much as Alfalfa when put into bales. Crab makes good hay too and there are a lot of farmers around here planting crab in the Wheat fields to get a hay crop after cutting the wheat and to keep soil erosion down. Crab doesn't choke out the Wheat and it will survive a good discing.

A guy I knew said to space garden rows far enough apart to mow between. There are some things that can be planted as a living mulch. They will help modulate soil temp and also hold moisture due to their shading effect.

I try to leave enough space between rows to run the tiller then I can add compost and turn it in all season the next year I set the rows in the in-between spaces, Several years ago I had been dumping cage cleanings from mice and rats into an area and when I planted it the tomato and pepper plants were looking bad I found a handout from OSU Ext and learned that if you have sawdust you have to add 1lb of nitrogen per bushel of sawdust otherwise it robs it from the soil to decompose and starves your plants, I used a wand on a hudson sprayer and shot the area with a high nitrogen fertilizer and it wasn't long I was getting beefsteak tomatoes that were as big as cantaloupes, I would also mix a tablespoon of Epsom salts in a gallon of water and mist the pepper and tomato plants to make them put on a ton more blooms, I'm hoping I can get at least some part of a garden in this year I already know fighting the weeds is going to be a chore

 

[Elwood Lightfoot]

Good Morning everyone, Up way too early and couldn't go back to sleep I hate it when that happens and I still have to go to work in a while, I hate that even worse LOL

 

[Sooner]

Good morning~ I am sleepy & wish I could of stayed in bed longer! I had an extra day off & spent it taking my grandma to the doctor. Today it is back to work.

 

[old*cowboy]

got squeakers everywhere right now mike, i just been leaving them alone and letting them do their thing for now.


main thing i been doing is defending my self from 3 women on here, kass is wanting to stick needles in me, sooner sneaks up behind me and kicks me in the ankle's, and ksane is just mean and tries to beat me up all the time!


i will get my revenge on cara in 2 weeks, and mitzi may be coming up too. dont know about kass, she is probably digging gardens or something. [ she is too scared to get to close to me! ]

What kind of pigeons do you raise?

 

[Poco Pollo]

Late morning for me. Storms kept me awake, and then Conner decided he needed to go out and patrol the yard at 3:00 a.m. I don't know why he thought that was a good time. It sure seemed early to me.

I'm trimming goat hooves again today. With all the recent rain I want to be sure my does don't have any problems with their feet.

I've been reading about compost tumblers. Does anyone have experience with the oldest version, the Compos Tumbler? They're pricey, but the design looks better than the plastic barrels. With all the goat, chicken, and cow manure that's free, I figured I could motivate my garden this year with some compost that didn't come out of a bag.

Anyone else on here joining the Easter Hatch Along? There's an egg swap that's running in conjunction with the hatch along. It's a mystery swap, so you don't know what you'll get... but that's part of the Easter Surprise for me. It would be neat to see what the Okies end up with on hatch day

 

[banjoejoe4783]

Those ones are the ones w/ the black skin right?

yep

 

[banjoejoe4783]

Late morning for me. Storms kept me awake, and then Conner decided he needed to go out and patrol the yard at 3:00 a.m. I don't know why he thought that was a good time. It sure seemed early to me.

I'm trimming goat hooves again today. With all the recent rain I want to be sure my does don't have any problems with their feet.

I've been reading about compost tumblers. Does anyone have experience with the oldest version, the Compos Tumbler? They're pricey, but the design looks better than the plastic barrels. With all the goat, chicken, and cow manure that's free, I figured I could motivate my garden this year with some compost that didn't come out of a bag.

Anyone else on here joining the Easter Hatch Along? There's an egg swap that's running in conjunction with the hatch along. It's a mystery swap, so you don't know what you'll get... but that's part of the Easter Surprise for me. It would be neat to see what the Okies end up with on hatch day

i will be droping you box off at the postoffice this morning

 

[Oakieridge]

Good morning Okies. Looks like we might get a few good days of sun. I for one will enjoy what I can of it. Course 10 hour days inside my office doesn't leave alot of time to enjoy it but I will soak up what I can at lunch,lol. Gotta brag on my hubby, he finished all but two of the chicken condos yesterday. That sweet man! He has to put the roof piece on the shelter of the coop of one and it will be finished. Then the second one the shelter is pretty much finished but has to run the wire and build the door for it. He is so sweet. Wish I had today off to help him but we have 3 out sick this week in the office.

Carl I will head out that way today. Not sure if it will be my lunch hour or after work. But we will be out there at some point lol.

Well gotta get to work but hope to have a little time to check in today.

Cathie