I don’t do anything special, at least I don’t think I do! Mine both live in a west facing window (garden door) all year long. I repot yearly and water when about 50-75% dry. Mist weekly. I never knew how much to fertilize but after watching a few YouTubers (I really like Sheffield Made Plants) I...
Yes, starting it on something else is a good idea! I’d had mine started on a trellis I made but he quickly out grew that so that’s when I started hanging him on the wall.
I was originally just dumping them in a wheelbarrow and waiting… not the best.
Then I started spreading them out on a tarp which was better but still took a while if there was any amount of wetness to them, which there usually was.
Then hubby made me a frame with hardware cloth (for strength)...
I have been collecting coffee grinds for the past 1-2 months from local coffee shops and drying them.
I finally had 2 big garbage cans full so today I did a spring coop clean out and removed the Stall Dry I had been using in the poop board and replaced it with the grinds.
The coop smells...
Well this happened yesterday but, we finished getting hardware mesh over the windows and opened up the big window we didn’t get cut out last fall before we moved them in. Lots of air flow now!! And started to remove the plastic off the run.
I also rehung their tire swing with chain and made...
Our first coop has these clear panels for the roof. The coop is now 4 years old, has been moved from our old house to the new property and the panels are still in good shape. Our coop has never been in full sun so the girls don’t cook, but they are able to go under the coop if they need complete...
Interesting, I have never had my girls do this before so I would never have thought that. I guess these new girls might be doing it! Sadly, all my problems started when these new girls came. Sigh. Thank you!