Stormcrow's Hobby Farm

[U_Stormcrow]

Pestilence had kits last night. 5, I believe. (3 pictured)

 

[Sally PB]

My neighbor turned me on to hugelkultur. She said it helped her soil tremendously.

I love what happened this year in my hugelkultur beds. It wasn't really a hill (the hugel part), I dug trenches and buried wood and chips and leaves. Then I spread compost on top.

I think that's what led to my ginormous garlic and the stunning (to me) success I had with sweet potatoes.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

My neighbor turned me on to hugelkultur. She said it helped her soil tremendously.

I love what happened this year in my hugelkultur beds. It wasn't really a hill (the hugel part), I dug trenches and buried wood and chips and leaves. Then I spread compost on top.

I think that's what led to my ginormous garlic and the stunning (to me) success I had with sweet potatoes.

I amy hugely happy to hear that, because I just dropped $250 in materials on a 4x12 raised bed, pictured above, so I can plant $10 in seeds and hope for $20 in groceries....

 

[Sally PB]

Pestilence had kits last night. 5, I believe. (3 pictured)

Congratulations! Got any names in mind?

 

[Sally PB]

I amy hugely happy to hear that, because I just dropped $250 in materials on a 4x12 raised bed, pictured above, so I can plant $10 in seeds and hope for $20 in groceries.

Hmmm... I didn't spend a dime on the seed potatoes, I used sprouting leftovers from 2022. The garlic was saved from the year before too. I did buy the sweet potato slips.

The land, though... $96K back in 1994.

What are you going to plant in that bed?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Congratulations! Got any names in mind?

Not yet. Going to be hard to top the four horsemen.

Maybe the five elements of Eastern mysticism?

We didn't name the last batch of kits - half have come out of freezer camp already.

 

[NatJ]

Pestilence had kits last night. 5, I believe. (3 pictured)

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Newborn rabbit kits on a wire floor? Is there a specific reason for this? When I raised rabbits, we always provided nestboxes with a solid floor, so the doe could make a nice nest and the kits could stay warm. It is also easier to clean bedding & hair out of a solid-floored nestbox instead of having it stuck in the wire mesh.

Is it a climate thing? I was raising rabbits in a place where even in the middle of summer it almost never went over 80 degrees during the hottest part of the day. (A coastal part of Alaska.)

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Hmmm... I didn't spend a dime on the seed potatoes, I used sprouting leftovers from 2022. The garlic was saved from the year before too. I did buy the sweet potato slips.

The land, though... $96K back in 1994.

What are you going to plant in that bed?

Beets, shard, rocket (arugula), kale. I have another olive tree to plant, and I need to put some rosemary where the birds wont destroy it before its established.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Newborn rabbit kits on a wire floor? Is there a specific reason for this? When I raised rabbits, we always provided nestboxes with a solid floor, so the doe could make a nice nest and the kits could stay warm. It is also easier to clean bedding & hair out of a solid-floored nestbox instead of having it stuck in the wire mesh.

Is it a climate thing? I was raising rabbits in a place where even in the middle of summer it almost never went over 80 degrees during the hottest part of the day. (A coastal part of Alaska.)

I tried. I swear I tried. Every time I give these rabbits a solid floor, it becomes the litter box - which isn't easily cleaned. This mesh allows their pellets through, which keeps things clean. And Pestilence had her kits OUTSIDE her (floorless, lined with straw, grasses, huge pile of hay and prarie grass bedding) nestbox, so first thing I did this AM after snapping that blurry pic at 6am was move the kits into the box, and tuck them under some of the straw.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

we do have Scallions from a Publix trip four years ago. the Oregano is on its third year. and an attempt at garlic from various loose cloves over the years.