Took a jaunt around the garden with DH. It's looking pretty good, except for the onions. I shake my head every time I look at them. So disappointing....
On a positive note, I think I might actually get corn this year! Provided the critters don't tear through the hoop house netting again. So far the liquid fence is keeping them at bay.
I ended up double layering the netting on the hoop house since I didn't trust that cheap netting from Amazon. It's a good thing I did! It seems to have foiled the squash bugs who weaseled their way into one layer and get stuck. I spot-spray them with Sevin when I see them in the netting. They have also showed up enmasse in the mulch I put around the peppers just outside the hoop house. I easily plopped 8 or 9 from the netting (including 2 mating pairs!) into a cup of soapy water. So far all my defenses to keep them OUT of the hoop house are working!
I'm jealous of you all who have tomatoes already! I have lots of flowers but no fruit yet.
Moved the last of the chicks I had indoors into a brooder in the main coop. So nice to get that corner of my dining room back!
In all seriousness though, I am going to have to do a major cull later this summer. Waaaaaay too many chickens! Heck, I have over 20 chicks alone from the spring hatch! I'm going to cull all the game hens and game hen mixes. They are a PITA and like to have 2 to 3 clutches per year. I need LESS broodies! Also culling most of the roosters, any hen that's a jerk, and would like to get rid of all the Silkies (6 roosters and 5 unsexed chicks left). All-in-all, I have to cull 20-30 birds.
On a positive note, I think I might actually get corn this year! Provided the critters don't tear through the hoop house netting again. So far the liquid fence is keeping them at bay.
I ended up double layering the netting on the hoop house since I didn't trust that cheap netting from Amazon. It's a good thing I did! It seems to have foiled the squash bugs who weaseled their way into one layer and get stuck. I spot-spray them with Sevin when I see them in the netting. They have also showed up enmasse in the mulch I put around the peppers just outside the hoop house. I easily plopped 8 or 9 from the netting (including 2 mating pairs!) into a cup of soapy water. So far all my defenses to keep them OUT of the hoop house are working!
I'm jealous of you all who have tomatoes already! I have lots of flowers but no fruit yet.
Moved the last of the chicks I had indoors into a brooder in the main coop. So nice to get that corner of my dining room back!
In all seriousness though, I am going to have to do a major cull later this summer. Waaaaaay too many chickens! Heck, I have over 20 chicks alone from the spring hatch! I'm going to cull all the game hens and game hen mixes. They are a PITA and like to have 2 to 3 clutches per year. I need LESS broodies! Also culling most of the roosters, any hen that's a jerk, and would like to get rid of all the Silkies (6 roosters and 5 unsexed chicks left). All-in-all, I have to cull 20-30 birds.
We are opposites . I don't believe in can't or impossible . She is like it can't be done so don't try .
It was a bit bigger than a chicken egg and had a greenish tint. Hubs did the float test and it stayed down. He didnt put it into the incubator but did put it into the compost pile at least. Weird thing is, I've never seen any ducks around the house. There are a couple wild ones that live in the creek across a ways though. There were tons of ants and a weird spider in the pile too but nothing seemed to be bothering the egg.
