What did you do in the garden today?

[Liz Birdlover]

I have a couple Mulefoot hogs. Everyone that comes over can't believe we have any as they can't smell them. It's really about space.
We had turkeys too, and they never smelled. Again it's a space issue, they need plenty. They just would never shut up and it annoyed me so we sold them.

My Guineas can be noisy. A neighbor down the road thought I had some alarm always going off
Guineas actually stink worse than chickens. But it's comparable to a horse stall, not bad, you smell that earthy smell when cleaning the area itself, not any other time. I guess I'm odd, it doesn't bother me. I can definitely smell when a bird is not feeling well though, either not well poo or a sour crop. Sometimes the bloodhound nose is a curse, but most times I guess it can be a blessing when it comes to catching a health issue early on.

I planted Mint, Marigolds & Lavender plants around the coops. I mostly smell those.

 

[akroberts1085]

For the driving in areas that have extreme odor my son turns the AC on full blast. It worked driving past the slaughter house. Today I got the battery operated drill holder. Temu refunded my money because I didn't get it in under a month so now it's mine to keep. I repotted my 4 poinsettia plants they didn't look very good but I will see if they survive.

 

[Acre4Me]

THey're so SMELLY!

My teen will NOT consider raising turkeys again. She really hates the smell. (OK, boy goat was worse, but we knew he was only temporary).

 

[WthrLady]

My teen will NOT consider raising turkeys again. She really hates the smell. (OK, boy goat was worse, but we knew he was only temporary).

Coming from a teen, that's a powerful smell.

 

[Molpet]

The turkey poop can be smelly. I feed fermented feed and it's not as bad.

I had about 3 DZ heritage turkeys of various ages left before thanksgiving. I have been harvesting the boys. 3 girls are getting picked up Thursday.... hopefully, it an FB sale so who knows if they will show. That will bring me down to 9 boys and I think 14 girls. Need to harvest a few more jakes before they start breeding.

 

[Sally PB]

Yep, that's exactly how I do it - to a T! It must just be my machines - just a greasy mess & I hate cleaning them. Maybe I'll try again next time & see how it goes.

Maybe you fill it too close to the top...? That's the only thing I can think of. The only thing that comes out of the openings on the top of mine is steam.

 

[jerryse]

Did some garden cleanup. Stratified some flower seeds. Rain coming tonight-tomorrow. Feels like spring.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

The switch on my not really old lamp I use with my grow bulbs broke. Good grief. I ordered a replacement lamp and have that hanging over my onion and leek starts. Half of them have sprouted. I ordered grow lights that I can attach to my starter table. They won’t be here for another couple of days. I was concerned I would need to move the starts off the heat mats and under the lamps before the replacement lights arrived. Oh well. I’m struggling this week. The lease on my car was up and I had to get another vehicle. I had hoped to just keep my old car but with the interest rates the way they are now it is cheaper to lease. Wah! Then I discovered the reason I wasn’t get any eggs. I caught my dear “sweet” hens fighting over what was left of an egg. Good grief. I’m hoping to move the 6 year old hens and the rooster back into the old coop in a day or two and see if that helps. Then my dear sweet barred rock hen “Princess” died. I have a spot to bury her, I just need to find some dirt that isn’t frozen to fill in the hole. The good news is my pinto bean seed arrived and I ordered my strawberry crowns. I tried ordering from Gurney but their website was wonky. I got a better deal from Amazon. They cost less and no delivery charge. It’s still pretty cold here. Looking forward to a little bit of a warm up. Hopefully I can start getting some work done outside.

 

[TJAnonymous]

Yep. It was fun. They cancelled classes, not school. And there were plenty of parties. We were cloudy, right up until it started, and then we cleared up. It was fun.View attachment 3753564View attachment 3753565

Funny... I took this video of the eclipse in Aug 2017 during a business trip to Denver.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I'm telling DH we need 2 turkeys! I've had my eye on this type, Royal Palm.
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Time to renovate a coop...add a pair of turkeys.

That is a beautiful bird....