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What did you do in the garden today?
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What did you do in the garden today?
Could you double Up the siding to overlap the existing board? Running overlapping boards vertically would be even better. Definitely put a board across the edge of the roof. -
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Getting plenty of cicadas. I was curious about nutritional value. I was hoping their shells were rich in calcium, but it's just fiber. Plenty of value in the actual cicada though. From Google: Cicada shells are made of chitin, which is edible and nutritious, but they only contain fiber and...- BReeder!
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The chicks are out of the dog crate and in the coop with A'hole and the rooster. So far, so good. They've spent roughly the last two weeks seeing but not touching. Fingers crossed everybody gets along!- BReeder!
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What did you do in the garden today?
Peas are growing. Should be picking them any day now. Picked one today just for the heck of it. Small sweet peas inside. DD sized the opportunity to eat her first fresh pea of the year. She doesn't touch them cooked, but loves popping pods in the garden and devouring fresh peas. Cut the grass... -
What did you do in the garden today?
Not enough room to have anything bigger than a riding mower, but I'm still jealous! -
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I will likely add the hardware cloth eventually. Winter is when the possums are the most aggressive it seems. I assume it's that their food supply is limited. So perhaps I'll try to get hardware cloth up before then. The automatic door helps too though as it closes in the evening just as the...- BReeder!
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I finally got the new coop article up. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/shed-coop-2-0.79274/- BReeder!
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Shed Coop 2.0
In the summer of 2023 we tore down the old shed that we converted part of into our coop, and then we built a new shed/coop combo from the ground up. The old coop worked, but the shed was here when we bought the house and it was beginning to show wear. It needed new siding, trim and doors, which...- BReeder!
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What did you do in the garden today?
Went to Menards yesterday to grab a 6 pack of tomatoes because we had some room still. DD went with. We came home with 4 6-packs of flowers, 2 6-packs of tomatoes, catawba grape bare root, concord grape bare root, 2 thornless raspberry bare roots, and two bags of chips, which came from a stop... -
First Egg!!
No guess here, but a little experience worth sharing. The coloring isn't always perfect on the first egg. Even the shape can be weird. Double yolks are also possible, but I never had a double yolk in my duck eggs personally. The bird's body is figuring it out still. -
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Happy Mothers Day go all the moms here!- BReeder!
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What did you do in the garden today?
Question for the fruit tree lovers: Why would my two native plums both flower but not develop fruit at all? I don't even see tiny fruit falling off. Just nada, zilch, zero! I have two of them and they are close to each other so bees would easily go from flowers on one tree to the other. -
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Cool to see a turtle. DD wanted to find a turtle so bad when she and I hiked through the creek by our campground. We saw plenty of small fish and a large toad, but no turtle.- BReeder!
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What did you do in the garden today?
Corn is sprouted. Lots of it! Potatoes are coming up to - watching them for when I need to add more straw. Watermelon vines are starting to take off, although they might slowdown a bit since are lows are dipping down to the high 40s at night this week. Need to plant more greens soon as possible.