What did you do in the garden today?

[TropicalBabies]

Well I was transferring some chicks to outside brooder . My back grabbed me . Muscle spasm I think . So icy hot on back and taking it easy . Ahh yes the golden years .

Love, love, love the awesome mushroom shares! So sorry about the back . I hope it is a quick down time... if you choose

 

[TropicalBabies]

Still in my comfy PJ's and staring at my old work suspenders and kinda dreading going out and getting dirty today. Looks like it will get into the mid 80's with little breeze. Lots to do... going to load a few logs and deliver to a friend for her mushroom adventure, drop some plants at another friends b4 they outgrow pots, clean coops, dismantle XL cage and clean out old brooder and store, rearrange chicken run furniture, cage brooder, look for roofing tin...
DH wants to mow the lawn so that means I need to weedwhack... well as @WthrLady says... that's the plan anyways... . I'll probably trow my back out with the logs and hafta call it quits... watch boat building (or horse training or logging) on YouTube with DH... lol

One a side note- my chickens seem to be scared or overwhelmed or... underwhelmed by the gift of dried leaves last eve. No scratching activity at all. Crazy/weird.
K. Have a fantastic day all!!! Stay well

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

Still in my comfy PJ's and staring at my old work suspenders and kinda dreading going out and getting dirty today. Looks like it will get into the mid 80's with little breeze. Lots to do... going to load a few logs and deliver to a friend for her mushroom adventure, drop some plants at another friends b4 they outgrow pots, clean coops, dismantle XL cage and clean out old brooder and store, rearrange chicken run furniture, cage brooder, look for roofing tin...
DH wants to mow the lawn so that means I need to weedwhack... well as @WthrLady says... that's the plan anyways... . I'll probably trow my back out with the logs and hafta call it quits... watch boat building (or horse training or logging) on YouTube with DH... lol

One a side note- my chickens seem to be scared or overwhelmed or... underwhelmed by the gift of dried leaves last eve. No scratching activity at all. Crazy/weird.
K. Have a fantastic day all!!! Stay well

I put dried leaves in the chicken run last Fall and my chickens were totally freaked out by them. So weird.

 

[TropicalBabies]

@TropicalBabies that was SO nice of you to give away those pullets! I haven't looked, but I've heard it's very hard to get chicks. I might be giving one away myself soon, the little meanie. & I look forward to your pics, I've never been there so everything is so different & beautiful.

I was so happy those chicks got a taker and a nice family with a coop to boot. The chicks were not that social yet. I hope it is a good match.
Yes, I love seeing photos from you folks too. There is a whole big beautiful word out there that I have never seen, plus people with different practices and cultures if you will. The wide open spaces of the mainland just blow my mind... and the big properties... yum.
Big land here is owned by just a few for the most part and they do not let go, lease or share much at all. We have mountains and beach and not a lot in between either. We are compact for the most part, our own little pieces of paradise where land is at a premium. Feels like an overwhelming jigsaw puzzle sometimes, so please share photos folks!!!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Mine have composted all we through in out here

 

[TropicalBabies]

I put dried leaves in the chicken run last Fall and my chickens were totally freaked out by them. So weird.

LOL! I feel better now. I have put leaves in for years, maybe was the BO's who were the leaders in fun and rest followed, so now w/o BO's it is scary??? Chickens

 

[NewBoots]

Sore and tired and still not done. Just a roof and 1/2 welded wire now. I think it is cute as can be and it should work great. I'm going to buy me some more of those cute white knobs one day for my coops. Nice touch.

That looks so awesome! Please remind me, that's a brooder/isolation cage? The wood is so beautiful, are you going to stain it or seal it? And Sueby is right, your pictures are so interesting and beautiful.

I'll be picking up meat chicks tomorrow, so I should source some meat chick feed today! They are such hungry little chicks. I'll post pics of the chicks once we get them home.

I really want to get some small batches of meat birds and I can probably get away with it since it isn't considered a chicken here until it's 12 weeks old.

I love the greenhouse & deck! Would love to see more pics of it...

Thanks so much, the deck is just an over sized pallet with added boards. And I'm going to try to raise the plants that don't have a long or warm enough season here. I want to pickle my own okra dang it!

I'm getting a bit concerned about my apple trees since they have not blossomed yet, or maybe I just missed it.

I know you said your crab apples had already bloomed and I thought regular apples bloomed at the same time. Doesn't sound good.

Not raining (yet) but it's windy and chilly so I might take a day offish. We've got guys doing noisy rock work on the side yard so not as fun out there. If the sun would burn through I'd be out there sharpish so we'll see.

 

[TropicalBabies]

That looks so awesome! Please remind me, that's a brooder/isolation cage? The wood is so beautiful, are you going to stain it or seal it? And Sueby is right, your pictures are so interesting and beautiful.

It is a brooder- the fancy legit one that was actually planned and not thrown together in 30 minutes lol. I hope to incubate chicks and sell pullets. I know, I must be insane...

***We are almost always in fair weather conditions so walls are bad cept when it rains sideways. I will add a grow light to one level and a heating pad to the other. No stain. Only clear coated the back wall and painted bottom. I like to scrape clean as opposed to the wire bottoms
I do have a quarantine cage, mix mini coop, old brooder... guess this is my hobby...

 

[pennyJo1960]

I like your brooder mine is plastic tub have a real short one for bran new then the lower is till they have feathers I use hardware cloth as tops and tents with hyeating pads can shot off Auto shut off on them

 

[WthrLady]

The ginger is in soil. The divided and replanted peace lillies are going gangbusters and getting ready to bloom.
In the gardene horseradish, cabbage, and all the squash are in the ground.
All 50 tomato plant holes have been dug and prepped. I will plant on Sunday or Monday as we will have over 1 " of rain between now and Saturday night, and all stormy weather. I worked too hard to get these plants started. I don't want to loose them on day two.
Tractor has been hauled off to get it's fluids changed.
Pacas get sheared on the 5th. I'll try to get the GoPro charged and do a movie on YouTube for you all.