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[pennyJo1960]

Here a link posted by one of our Washington thread

Richard Kavanagh keeps you laughing on his Irish brogue
and comedy this is his chicken song

 

[microchick]

Pictures! I got pictures. Everything came to a standstill last week when I got the MO Crud. The sunscreen is for the chickens. Their run has a southern exposure with little shade so I thought I would utilize canes from my black berry arbor. I'm cutting them back in an attempt to get a handle on a fruit fly problem that we have been having. I'm hoping that by cutting the canes back in the affected rows we can spray the devil out of them and chase out the buggies that have been dining on fruit. Me being me, I cannot let a mountain of cane going to waste so I did some on line research and came up with these ideas.


This one is in the barn and I still need to lace and trim the edges. It took me about 2 weeks to do the weaving. It's harder than it looks with the rough blackberry canes. No thorns but plenty of side branches.


These are in our shop where it is a bit warmer but on days like today, not much. The one against the door is going to be a trellis. I have three more rows to weave in, bind the joints and trim. I had a friend give me a handful of Cinnamon Vine seeds and I think this trellis will either be used to grow them or the moon flower vines I'm starting.

The cat bed is the little tee pee in the front. I decided to go floor-less with this one just to see how it turned out. The anchor is a basic wreath made out of blackberry canes. When it is finished, I will bind the uprights at the bottom, trim out the door and if I'm happy with it, put in a bottom separate from the main construction.

It took one 50 foot row of canes to do the sunshade. Row two is the trellis and tee pee with a LOT left over. I'll probably make a second sun shade for the chickens out of them. The plan is to stick the main stays through the chain link fencing, cable tie it in and use upright forked upright poles to support the panel so the birds can get under it.

 

[perchie.girl]

Quote:
Cant keep the undesirables out unless I cage the whole arrangement with hardware cloth. Ground squirrels here can dig up a concrete foundation.... Cangaroo rats Church mice desert mice Rabbits.... Best I can do is keep it off the ground and away from rot.

Any grains go in Galvanized bins... Or if I can get it built somewhere Wood bins with an outside layer of hardware cloth.

Cant even do a garden bed without making the equivalent of a chicken run out of hardware clot... All the way underground and across the bottom too.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Pictures! I got pictures. Everything came to a standstill last week when I got the MO Crud. The sunscreen is for the chickens. Their run has a southern exposure with little shade so I thought I would utilize canes from my black berry arbor. I'm cutting them back in an attempt to get a handle on a fruit fly problem that we have been having. I'm hoping that by cutting the canes back in the affected rows we can spray the devil out of them and chase out the buggies that have been dining on fruit. Me being me, I cannot let a mountain of cane going to waste so I did some on line research and came up with these ideas.


This one is in the barn and I still need to lace and trim the edges. It took me about 2 weeks to do the weaving. It's harder than it looks with the rough blackberry canes. No thorns but plenty of side branches.


These are in our shop where it is a bit warmer but on days like today, not much. The one against the door is going to be a trellis. I have three more rows to weave in, bind the joints and trim. I had a friend give me a handful of Cinnamon Vine seeds and I think this trellis will either be used to grow them or the moon flower vines I'm starting.

The cat bed is the little tee pee in the front. I decided to go floor-less with this one just to see how it turned out. The anchor is a basic wreath made out of blackberry canes. When it is finished, I will bind the uprights at the bottom, trim out the door and if I'm happy with it, put in a bottom separate from the main construction.

It took one 50 foot row of canes to do the sunshade. Row two is the trellis and tee pee with a LOT left over. I'll probably make a second sun shade for the chickens out of them. The plan is to stick the main stays through the chain link fencing, cable tie it in and use upright forked upright poles to support the panel so the birds can get under it.

beautiful

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I did the Pam on my let mites a few years back, but the nozzle kept clogging because it was so cold. The last thing I saw in theatres was the new Star Wars... pretty sure that was at least a year ago. Been watching reruns of The Golden Girls while I sew.

BF is working this weekend, so it's quiet here. Was hoping to sleep in but I didn't do so well at that. Been quilting the horse quilt (I'm bored beyond belief with it but will persevere cause I want it done and out of here) and I'm about 1/3 quilted, maybe 1/4. I have another block to do for the weekly block "challenge" online, which I'm hoping to get to, today. It's a block a week for 9 weeks. The blocks are pretty easy. I have been teaching a friend over the internet how to quilt using this "challenge." She didn't need my help this week to cut or assemble the block.

And I thought I had an amazing original idea.

Hmmm...that's good to know. Will make sure I bring the can right from the house to treat them so it's warm.

I used to go every weekend with the fam to our local cheap town theater. I think it's 2-3 years ago for me and it killed my back. Maybe I can go once in a while again. We'll see. Netlix is definitely cheaper.

That's very cool microchick!



I came across these that I'd like to try instead of growing in the ground. Now I've got a folder of pics going.

Gardening without bending!

Plus I refuse to do battle with the wild portulaca (not sure what anyone else calls it) The garden here is rife with it and we've just been spraying it dead. The portulaca didn't do well the year I planted pumpkins...so I think I'll plant the whole garden to pumpkins, now that I now the chickens love them. Cover it with some type of spreading vine plants. Maybe even some water melon. The chickens can scratch at will They keep all the weeds out of the shrubs by the garden and from around all the trees! Kinda cool and helpful.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Love that idea would have to it next to garage or my darlin sportin snowball
would have those torn off and chewed in no time
ah to much listening to Kingston Trio... I have my Mother's Teac and 500 +
record collection yes and they are lp mono some stereo

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Pictures! I got pictures. Everything came to a standstill last week when I got the MO Crud. The sunscreen is for the chickens. Their run has a southern exposure with little shade so I thought I would utilize canes from my black berry arbor. I'm cutting them back in an attempt to get a handle on a fruit fly problem that we have been having. I'm hoping that by cutting the canes back in the affected rows we can spray the devil out of them and chase out the buggies that have been dining on fruit. Me being me, I cannot let a mountain of cane going to waste so I did some on line research and came up with these ideas.


This one is in the barn and I still need to lace and trim the edges. It took me about 2 weeks to do the weaving. It's harder than it looks with the rough blackberry canes. No thorns but plenty of side branches.


These are in our shop where it is a bit warmer but on days like today, not much. The one against the door is going to be a trellis. I have three more rows to weave in, bind the joints and trim. I had a friend give me a handful of Cinnamon Vine seeds and I think this trellis will either be used to grow them or the moon flower vines I'm starting.

The cat bed is the little tee pee in the front. I decided to go floor-less with this one just to see how it turned out. The anchor is a basic wreath made out of blackberry canes. When it is finished, I will bind the uprights at the bottom, trim out the door and if I'm happy with it, put in a bottom separate from the main construction.

It took one 50 foot row of canes to do the sunshade. Row two is the trellis and tee pee with a LOT left over. I'll probably make a second sun shade for the chickens out of them. The plan is to stick the main stays through the chain link fencing, cable tie it in and use upright forked upright poles to support the panel so the birds can get under it.

I am completely amazed with your work. Our wild blackberry bushes are covered in thorns - luckily you don't have to deal with that, too. I can't do that weaving stuff, too little patience.


Got my third block made and I'm mostly using scrap and odds/ends I had:

 

[microchick]

Wickedchicken6 are those 4" ID PVC pipes? Very cool but I'd be afraid that once our Missouri summer heat kicked in I'd be pumping water into them and still watching whatever I planted in it wilt to dust.

I was surprised to see that my garlic is up and I'm wondering if I should cover it back up tonight since they are calling for a hard freeze here with temps down to the mid teens. My asparagus hasn't started to sprout yet but my pineberries are up so I guess I'd better throw some straw and a tarp over everything.

Gaaaa I hate these brief returns to winter.

I'm seriously thinking about moving my pineberries (pineapple flavored strawberries) to the above the ground swimming pool planter this spring. I have to start developing short cuts to gardening so my back stays on the half way friendly side with me.

 

[microchick]

I am completely amazed with your work. Our wild blackberry bushes are covered in thorns - luckily you don't have to deal with that, too. I can't do that weaving stuff, too little patience.


Got my third block made and I'm mostly using scrap and odds/ends I had:


S'cuse me? SGC your quilt work shows an abundance of patience. Piecing together those small pieces, basting and sewing them on a machine is way more tedious than what I am doing. I get to go outside on occasion and cut more canes to work with. Your work is beautiful! My mother used to make crazy quilts. I'm in awe of anybody who can do that type of artwork.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I am making this biscuit recipe off face book my poor old mixer a sunbeam from the 50's
hooked the dough hooks in thought they are going to bust the bowl.. then the dough kept creeping up the hooks so bad
it was going to end up in the motor.... I love my old mixer but maybe?????