What did you do in the garden today?

[Molpet]

I do have some sugar pie seeds as well but want to grow some of the big jack o lanterns as well which are totally still edible/uable but for me not after theyve been on the stoop carved for over a month haha! The chickens wont mind though! Haha

My chickens don't like the big jack-o'-lantern ones.

 

[Echelontheory101]

My chickens don't like the big jack-o'-lantern ones.

Oh interesting! I've never given them fresh pumpkin before other than seeds in their treats so I'm unsure if mine will be interested either, but maybe the small dairy farm on my street would want them for the cows if my chickens end up not being fans haha. Their favorite treat is soft dried strawberries

Maybe I'll stick with smaller varieties and just buy my jack o lantern from the farm stand in town for all the work they take haha they grow all the big orange and white ones

 

[Echelontheory101]

This was my last sad little harvest in October before I shut everything down for the winter. We got our first deep freeze a little early this year so had to rip everything out almost a month early hence the teeny weeny taters

 

[chickengr]

Has anyone ever found duck eggs in water. My husband emptied the 2 pools out back and found 5 eggs in them. I don't know if it's something wrong with the ducks or not.

I have but not many times.

 

[akroberts1085]

This was my last sad little harvest in October before I shut everything down for the winter. We got our first deep freeze a little early this year so had to rip everything out almost a month early hence the teeny weeny taters
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I wish my red potatoes were that big. All I got was just some wee small ones.

 

[Echelontheory101]

I wish my red potatoes were that big. All I got was just some wee small ones.

Amend your soil with lots of coffee grounds potatoes love nitrogen! And really fluff up your soil before you plant, they prefer to be able to move easily than it being packed down

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I wish my red potatoes were that big. All I got was just some wee small ones.

Same. I’m seriously considering just keeping my potato harvest (such as it is) to be seed potatoes again next year.

Amend your soil with lots of coffee grounds potatoes love nitrogen! And really fluff up your soil before you plant, they prefer to be able to move easily than it being packed down

I don’t drink coffee but I could double down on the bloodmeal come spring.

 

[Echelontheory101]

Same. I’m seriously considering just keeping my potato harvest (such as it is) to be seed potatoes again next year.



I don’t drink coffee but I could double down on the bloodmeal come spring.

You could also ask a local coffee shop for a take out container or two of their spent grounds Im sure they'd give them to you for free! I gave my local café a 5 gallon bucket and they dump all their spent espresso and food scraps in it for me for my compost. I just went in and asked one day (suggest you buy something when you go in to ask lol)

 

[WthrLady]

Oh interesting! I've never given them fresh pumpkin before other than seeds in their treats so I'm unsure if mine will be interested either, but maybe the small dairy farm on my street would want them for the cows if my chickens end up not being fans haha. Their favorite treat is soft dried strawberries

Maybe I'll stick with smaller varieties and just buy my jack o lantern from the farm stand in town for all the work they take haha they grow all the big orange and white ones

My local hardware store gave me the rest of their left over Halloween squash. Whenever the girls are going to be stuck inside, I crack one open to give them something to peck at for the day.

They like some varieties better than others.

 

[Echelontheory101]

My local hardware store gave me the rest of their left over Halloween squash. Whenever the girls are going to be stuck inside, I crack one open to give them something to peck at for the day.

They like some varieties better than others.

Oh thats awesome! Which ones do the ladies like best?