Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

[pennyJo1960]

DH has not yet given up but seems to want nurse maids.
IE the Son and I.

 

[Hinotori]

I've made a change to my plan for protecting my new tomato/pepper/bean plot in the yard from deer. I was originally going to use the 1" chicken wire I already had on hand but decided to use some deer net instead. Should be much easier to install, and it's just about high enough to stop the deer. Just ordered this...

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I haven't decided on whether I'll make a chicken tractor or a fixed coop-and-run setup in the yard for my new chickens project. I ordered hardware cloth, and with the 100'x4' chicken wire I have I think I'd have enough to make both.

When I look out in the yard and see all the grass and weeds I see lots of chicken food, and I'd rather they eat it than me mow it down. And I just don't feel comfortable letting chickens run around loose here anymore.


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Elk go through deer net. I tried that one year to protect fruit trees

 

[pennyJo1960]

I have never seen a Elk around here at all.
We have two apple trees in the chicken yard.
The apples are suffering not being cared for.

 

[ValerieJ]

My tentative plan... I'll end up with 7 hens if they all make it and rotate the two roosters I'm keeping into the flock, maybe a week at a time at first so they get used to the situation. And if it's too much for the hens I'll put the roosters in lockup.

My thoughts are to selectively breed for two traits, egg quality and meat quality, maybe have two different lines. Should keep me occupied. LOL

I picked all the bolting bok choi from the garden and put it in a fermenter. I don't think it can be called sauerkraut, it's probably just going to be fermented bok choi... if it works.

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Sounds like a good plan with the roosters. Many people have had success rotating their roosters in and out for breeding purposes. It's a big project. Wishing you all the luck and good fortune in the world!!

Hmmm...fermented bok choy. Can't wait to see how that turns out.

 

[ValerieJ]

DH has not yet given up but seems to want nurse maids.
IE the Son and I.

And I know you two are taking great care of him!!

 

[ValerieJ]

I have never seen a Elk around here at all.
We have two apple trees in the chicken yard.
The apples are suffering not being cared for.

We have a very large herd of elk on the plain here. They don't come to this immediate area at all. I love seeing them out there. Very majestic.

 

[Smokerbill]

My son said he saw signs of elk in the forest behind my house but I've never seen them in my yard. But that could easily change.

I might string some highly visible rope around the posts every couple of feet to make the fencing more visible. And I have a bunch of rolls of old, rusty used barb wire I could use, but I don't know if I want to mess with that stuff.

I'm helping my son replace the valve cover on his VW Jetta today. He does the work, and I give mostly unwanted advice. LOL. Getting close to done with the job now.

 

[ValerieJ]

I have spent the morning switching from iPhone to Samsung. What a pain!!! I will probably love it, but I hate it right now.

Moving on to something easier, like writing the menu for the week. But, of course I have to get used to the notes function in the new phone. Ugh.

Came in here for a break!!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Well the yard dried up still a slave to DH.
Raked some mowed grass to give to the birds.
Have not motivated to do that yet.
I love to hate my smart phone.
Darn thing is smarter than me but so goes
my rant for the day.

 

[ValerieJ]

Well, after about 10 years or more, I was pretty accustomed to iPhone, but I have grown weary of their constant updates and constant reminders that I'm not saving to the iCloud. So, I'm trying to make the big switch and I can assure you, at the moment, this new phone is either way smarter than I am or way dumber. I'm sure it's the former.