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[Fields Mountain Farm]

 

[CapricornFarm]

Can I come help plant? I really could use some diet therapy. We have snow on the ground with another 5-8” of the stuff predicted for Sunday.

I would love some help planting! Hubby can't dig because it aggravates his kidney stones and he pees blood. Plus he dislikes getting his hands dirty. I have a spare room available!

 

[kwhites634]

Same here. I fought with netting long enough. Little more expense, but worth it in saved time and aggravation!

Aggravation is right! My run has welded wire over the top, with a tarp over that, so it's about as secure as it gets & stays mostly dry.
However the chicken yard attached to it hasn't had a cover all these years, but I watched a hawk devouring one of my hens a couple weeks ago, & decided it was time. The yard's roughly 25' square, so a bit large for a solid covering. DW & I wrestled with a 50'x50' net this past weekend. If it weren't for her, I'd have wadded it up & struck a match to it! What a pain! If I ever do another one, I'll use 4' widths & overlap the edges.

 

[bobbi-j]

I would love some help planting! Hubby can't dig because it aggravates his kidney stones and he pees blood. Plus he dislikes getting his hands dirty. I have a spare room available!

On my way...

 

[WVduckchick]

Aggravation is right! My run has welded wire over the top, with a tarp over that, so it's about as secure as it gets & stays mostly dry.
However the chicken yard attached to it hasn't had a cover all these years, but I watched a hawk devouring one of my hens a couple weeks ago, & decided it was time. The yard's roughly 25' square, so a bit large for a solid covering. DW & I wrestled with a 50'x50' net this past weekend. If it weren't for her, I'd have wadded it up & struck a match to it! What a pain! If I ever do another one, I'll use 4' widths & overlap the edges.

Good for DW! Glad she helped you out.

 

[kwhites634]

Good for DW! Glad she helped you out.

Me too. I have zero patience for something like that.

 

[WVduckchick]

Me too. I have zero patience for something like that.

It was bad enough trying to run 7' wide strips of the 100' long roll of netting over my duck pen, so I can imagine what a 50x50 single piece would be like!

 

[Alaskan]

four of them had air cells that floated all over the egg when I candled

I wouldn't have pulled those

sometimes they can manage to make it

 

[Alaskan]

I believe 'Al' has done too much pie resulting in oxygen deprivation to the brain.

"done" pie?? WHAT do you do to pie???

I eat pie.

Also... I breathe between bites so no oxygen deprivation here. Again... maybe someone needs to teach you how to eat pie.

 

[sourland]

Is that normal for April?

Nope, not normal.

I kinda like it when you escape the Pond...

Not good for my blood pressure.