Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[My peeps]

Good point, it's too early for late lettuce. But there is still time. And time to build that cold frame. I keep scouring craigslist locally for a free sliding glass door, I need to rebuild mine, old glass broke.

What is a cold frame? I'm new at all of this

 

[chiques chicks]

What is a cold frame? I'm new at all of this

Essentially a glass topped box on the ground creating a mini greenhouse environment directly on the ground to extend the growing season at the beginning and end of the growing season. It's also useful for hardening off delicate plants like tomatoes and peppers before actually planting them in the garden. I generally use it to get early and late salad greens and radishes. It is possible some years to plant lettuce in February and harvest well in to November.

I generally make mine 8-12 inches high.

Some call it a hot bed, but a true hot bed has a source of warmth like raw manure buried under it to generate heat to really extend the growing season. A true hot bed is too much work for me.

I imagine it could be done with PVC hoops and heavy clear plastic, but I haven't tried that.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

Egg laying support group? Or just impatient girls?

Yes, they lay in this bag of hay by the back door. I hate to break them of it, it's so convenient to collect eggs!

 

[wingstone]

What is a cold frame? I'm new at all of this

Essentially a glass topped box on the ground creating a mini greenhouse environment directly on the ground to extend the growing season at the beginning and end of the growing season. It's also useful for hardening off delicate plants like tomatoes and peppers before actually planting them in the garden. I generally use it to get early and late salad greens and radishes. It is possible some years to plant lettuce in February and harvest well in to November.

I generally make mine 8-12 inches high.

Some call it a hot bed, but a true hot bed has a source of warmth like raw manure buried under it to generate heat to really extend the growing season. A true hot bed is too much work for me.

I imagine it could be done with PVC hoops and heavy clear plastic, but I haven't tried that.

How about just old windows, there's stacks of them up in the barn if you can make that work, come gt some

 

[OneMountainAcres]

It very well could be your EE. The color was just a glitch. The pigmenting part of the reproductive system probably just goofed. Who knows? They may be green tomorrow.

mystery solved! It was NOT my EE. I caught one of my GC girls in the nest laying today. Daffodil is the mystery layer lol. Today her egg was a gorgeous brown. Still had some white spots but not like yesterday.

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

My biggest chicken has just started laying and so far they have been quite big eggs. Turns out they are double yolkers!

 

[AnneInTheBurbs]

mystery solved! It was NOT my EE. I caught one of my GC girls in the nest laying today. Daffodil is the mystery layer lol. Today her egg was a gorgeous brown. Still had some white spots but not like yesterday.

Yay for solving mysteries!

 

[chiques chicks]

How about just old windows, there's stacks of them up in the barn if you can make that work, come gt some

Lots of uses for old windows! Cold frame, dehydrator, solar can heater, solar water heater, solar panels...

Pick them up whenever I see them free.

Lots of solar cells to assemble in the future. ( like a KW worth). Just another project waiting to be done...

 

[wingstone]

A quick game of charades..

 

[santia1918]

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