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[SadieSue]

And now for some cute pictures of four week old Silkies. I'm not going to post all eleven chicks here, but here are some of them.


One of the BBS babies.

Here is one of the two buffs that I got.

And last but not least, the porcelain that will be going to live with SadieSue.

Love...

 

[itsren]

And now for some cute pictures of four week old Silkies. I'm not going to post all eleven chicks here, but here are some of them.

So cute! So are you my go-to person to buy fertilized silkie eggs from next spring? The 2nd coop/run will be ready long before then.

 

[KMHunter]

So I put all the babies Silkies and Favs, out int their coop tonight. When I checked on them a little while ago the little ones were in this big fluffy pile, and the older ones were together at the other end. Very cute! Another couple of weeks and the Fav babies will go into their own coop.

I also got new PVC installed in the big girl run, to hold the netting and cover up. I had used 1/2 in PVC and it was a pain when it snowed, practically caved in. I got 3/4 in this time and figured out how to make it sturdier. It is sooo much better and taller. I can stand up straight in most of it now! Will finish up tomorrow.

My chickies love being out almost all afternoon today. Got to hang out in some cooler places in the yard and dig in the compost pile to their hearts content.

Oh...and I am finally using my laptop again because DH is brilliant and replaced the screen for me tonight. I love that man!

Did I mention I broke the screen being stupid? I closed it with something in between and it cracked the screen.

Nighty Night!

 

[Chicken Rustler]

Oh...and I am finally using my laptop again because DH is brilliant and replaced the screen for me tonight. I love that man!

Did I mention I broke the screen being stupid? I closed it with something in between and it cracked the screen.

Nighty Night!

Silly girly !!!! Hey I wanna see pics of yer piggy !!

 

[itsren]

(She told me not to train my Sweat Meat squash up the walls and ceilings of my greenhouse. If I hadn't been killed by a huge squash falling directly on my head I'm sure the vines and fruits would have pulled the entire greenhouse down on top of me. DH would have searched for days. . . )

When I grow squash, I grow it vertically. Granted, the largest squash I've grown vertically is spaghetti squash. It grew beautifully and the support system held up well.

Sadly - no squash this year... I gave up my squash bed to a newly planted asparagus bed. Now, I'm trying to figure out where I'm going to grow squash from now on. And, of course, I'll grow vertically. It's a huge space saver. This year it feels like I'm not gardening at all since I don't have a huge supply of squash, and my 4'x10' asparagus bed is too young to harvest from (not that the chickens have kept from harvesting from it!)

I just did a google search - this guy grows pumpkin vertically the same way I grow squash - using electrical conduit and a particular type of square twine. This guy has his electrical conduit spaced too wide though. I build my supports no wider than 4'. Mine don't sag at all. I learned from Mel Bartholomew, same as this guy. Mel Bartholomew designed the square foot gardening system. While I utilize square foot gardening techniques for the most part, I do not use the soil that Mel recommends. I double dig my beds 12" deep, screen out all the rock and use compost to amend the soil. Mel Bartholomew relies heavily on the use of peat, and I'm not a fan of peat farming.

Here's the video of pumpkins growing vertically:

 

[justbugged]

Well I got home from visiting with Robin and Gary out in Raymond yesterday. I got home about 7:20pm. I kind of took a slight 50 mile round trip out to Rain Tree Nursery out in Morton. I had to high tail it in order to make it before 5pm. I was hoping and praying that they would be open when I got there. They were and I managed to get a black hydrangea. some bamboo, a couple of Aronia berry plants, and a couple of raspberry starts. My car was super full on the way back home. Now I have to get them all planted.

I really enjoyed the visit with CL, and Gary, and the visit with The rustler and his DH. I wish I was able to do it more often. It wasn't really that long of a drive. It took about 2.5 hours from my house to CL's home. The drive back up highway 6 wasn't as bad as I remember it from the past. The only hassle was not having cell phone service until I got back to I-5.

Now I have to get thing tidied up around here, and set up for class. I am now expecting as many as 6 to 7 WA thread
members to show up about noon on Saturday. It should be a lot of fun getting to know everyone better. Then I think that there is a bonding of friendship, after finding out that you really can produce some of your own food.

Well I am off to bed. I am beyond tired to tonight.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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We also have a ceramic topped stove and we can on it also all of our pans are cast iron and we have no problem with heating or scratches.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

Quote: People are waking up slowly but sometimes it take a disaster for that to happen. When something big happens and they are without power, food or water for a little bit of time some light bulbs do turn on, but there are still a lot of people that believe there is someone coming to help them when a disaster happens. Other then Mount St Helens (which was not a wide spread disaster) I don't know of any disasters in your guys part of the county. 3 of my neighbours have gardens and with in a half mile there is about 20 backyard gardens.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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You feel left out. I am not from the wet side.

 

[ByN8ureHomstead]

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I disagree with you FlyRobinFly, granted I don't know the attitude out there but every county has a county fair and every state has a state fair. For the last 2 years Mother Earth News has had a fair in Washington. From what I have researched Washington has more farmers markets then we have here in Kansas. If people wanted to learn to grow a garden they would. A lot of people just want something for nothing even if that person does not need it, my FIL is that way.