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[CityClucks]

Betsy - are you hatching keets this year? My parents are interested in buying hatching eggs if you have some pretty colored guineas laying. They have five white guineas left, and my mom is looking for some pearls, purple, blue and whatever other cool colors you might have...

 

[Kassaundra]

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I plan on two 50 x50 garden spots this year, but I am way behind. I can't plant much of anything until we get the new run fences in place. I have the potatoes planted, and this year I am trying the tire tower method. We are doing a whole chicken/garden rotation plan this year, each garden will be broken down into 8 smaller garden lots that will be planted/harvested/chicken runs throughout the growing season.

tell me about your tire tower method.....sounds interesting.

I am guessing you will use the chickens to fertilize & dig it around for you. I am interested to know how that works out. Will you have temp pens to house them or just put them in there during the day??

You always have something neat going on.

The tire tower is I am planting potatoes inside the tire and as the plant grows I will stack another tire on top and add straw/leaves/dirt whatever I have until harvest time (I think it will be three tires high when finished) and the potatoes form on the stem as it grows, you are supose to get quite a bit more potatoes per plant that way. I plan on dissassmebling the whole thing at harvest and redoing it for fall planting.


The rotating chicken run/garden the coop is in the center and has a access door in the floor (raised coop) the garden spots radiate out from the coop around it like spokes. The chickens will be in each garden approx 3 weeks at a time several times a year. Some garden spots they will only be in once a year (long term growing plants) others they will be in 3 times (short growing season plants) It is a combo of ideas, mine and some permaculture research I'v done. Eventually there will be fruit trees around each garden (8 per 50x50), a strawberry bed perimeter, and large asparagus beds lining the long term growing beds. In the next few years I would like to set up a 3rd and do grain/forage plants mixed w/ fruit bushes in the long term beds.

 

[Sooner]

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tell me about your tire tower method.....sounds interesting.

I am guessing you will use the chickens to fertilize & dig it around for you. I am interested to know how that works out. Will you have temp pens to house them or just put them in there during the day??

You always have something neat going on.

The tire tower is I am planting potatoes inside the tire and as the plant grows I will stack another tire on top and add straw/leaves/dirt whatever I have until harvest time (I think it will be three tires high when finished) and the potatoes form on the stem as it grows, you are supose to get quite a bit more potatoes per plant that way. I plan on dissassmebling the whole thing at harvest and redoing it for fall planting.


The rotating chicken run/garden the coop is in the center and has a access door in the floor (raised coop) the garden spots radiate out from the coop around it like spokes. The chickens will be in each garden approx 3 weeks at a time several times a year. Some garden spots they will only be in once a year (long term growing plants) others they will be in 3 times (short growing season plants) It is a combo of ideas, mine and some permaculture research I'v done. Eventually there will be fruit trees around each garden (8 per 50x50), a strawberry bed perimeter, and large asparagus beds lining the long term growing beds. In the next few years I would like to set up a 3rd and do grain/forage plants mixed w/ fruit bushes in the long term beds.

One of these days you need to post pictures, I think I can see it in my mind but not sure I have it right. I like the tire idea I might have to put that together when I get home today.....I had a few left over & that would be something I have at hand! Thanks for sharing!

 

[artsyrobin]

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I've not heard of anyone using it as a "dip;" I think that would be waaaay too much. Just take an eye dropper and drop 3-4 drops on bare skin (under wings is a good place) for bantams and a bit more if you're doing large fowl.

ok- this banty cochin hen was just working with them- she is now drying in the bathroom- so that should take of the last of them then- and am moving her into a metal cage, rather than the wooden one she has been in

 

[Kassaundra]

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The tire tower is I am planting potatoes inside the tire and as the plant grows I will stack another tire on top and add straw/leaves/dirt whatever I have until harvest time (I think it will be three tires high when finished) and the potatoes form on the stem as it grows, you are supose to get quite a bit more potatoes per plant that way. I plan on dissassmebling the whole thing at harvest and redoing it for fall planting.


The rotating chicken run/garden the coop is in the center and has a access door in the floor (raised coop) the garden spots radiate out from the coop around it like spokes. The chickens will be in each garden approx 3 weeks at a time several times a year. Some garden spots they will only be in once a year (long term growing plants) others they will be in 3 times (short growing season plants) It is a combo of ideas, mine and some permaculture research I'v done. Eventually there will be fruit trees around each garden (8 per 50x50), a strawberry bed perimeter, and large asparagus beds lining the long term growing beds. In the next few years I would like to set up a 3rd and do grain/forage plants mixed w/ fruit bushes in the long term beds.

One of these days you need to post pictures, I think I can see it in my mind but not sure I have it right. I like the tire idea I might have to put that together when I get home today.....I had a few left over & that would be something I have at hand! Thanks for sharing!

I will definately post some pics, when I get to a spot where the pics will make sense.

 

[Sooner]

Great I will look forward to it! I know it will be difficult with the wire runs ect.

I couldn't help myself & just ordered seeds! I really don't need anymore!

 

[poultryand bees]

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So far, I have planted
beets
turnips
carrots
leaf lettuce
cabbage (plants)
broccoli (plants)
brussel sprouts (plants)
purple kohlabri
Alaska peas

I tried to plant things that would have good greens for the critters. I went to Ross Seed in Chickasha and to Horn Seed in OKC and had WAY TOO MUCH FUN selecting seeds by weight and getting all these packages of seeds with no pictures but lots of seeds - for less than the cost of a package of seeds at the hardware store. I will definately be freezing some seeds for next year and am planning to try sprouting the seeds from past years that I have accumulated.

 

[Okie Amazon]

Yay! The Okie thread pops up so I can easily subscribe!


Sounds like I have some pretty close neighbors here - I am in eastern Midwest City not too far from Harrah/Jones.


We haven't gotten started with the garden yet, as we just bought this place late last summer. No one had lived here for 6 years and before that a couple had lived there 60 years. They saved everything and I do mean EVERYTHING! We have been cleaning out a barn of coffee cans (some of the many hundreds we saved for plantings), syrup jars, mayo jars and of course balin' "wahr" by the mile. Also lots of socialist propaganda books (hmmmm......)

Anyhoo, we will be getting the spot rototilled probably next weekend, then we're off!

 

[Teach97]

yo...playing music teacher again...

I don't think I will even attempt a garden of any sort this year.

Well...I got the car. A '08 Toyota Yaris...it ain't manly but it is economical. I just hope the wind doesn't blow me off the road!

Ducks are hatching!!!

 

[Sooner]

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Welcome good to have you!