You know, like the mesh version of rebar. Reinforcing mesh for concrete.
I have remesh that's old, old, old and yeah, it's rusty but it maintains its integrity and strength. Maybe your blowing dust and sand wears yours away.
That's what I'm thinking about doing instead of the Florida weave, but I'm thinking remesh instead of cattle panels. Lighter weight material, easier to transport and cheaper. And plenty strong to support tomato plants. I already put the t-posts in the ground while I was deciding what I'd use to...
Hot and dry. It's watering weather. I soaked the butternut squash and the patch of shallots and onions today. The remaining snow peas aren't doing much so I'm going to leave them until the vines dry up and save the seeds for next year's garden.
The garlic I hung under the roof of the back deck...
I decided to put the not-so-little chicks with the teenagers and hens. The chicks feel comfortable around the old hens but the teenagers still act a little aggressive toward them. Just a little pecking and chasing, nothing too bad so I think they'll figure things out.
The little cockerels, one...
Maybe that plant had some damage to its roots when it was planted, or it's a genetic issue causing failure to thrive.
Why not pull it out and replant new seeds. I'm sure there's plenty of time left this season for it to grow and produce something.
Easy day for me too. Picked a head of cabbage, hand watered the onions and remaining cabbages and turned on the drip irrigation for an hour to water the zucchinis, cucumbers and 6 tomato plants.
Yep, I remember. My barred rocks had lots of problems starting out too. Lots of shell-less and soft eggs at the start. I hope the new ones have a better time when they start laying.
I watered part of the garden today.
Ahh, thanks for the clarification.
I was really missing my morning scrambled eggs with salsa and cheese so I broke down and bought a few dozen large eggs. I would be embarrassed if I had chickens that laid eggs that small. I guess I got too used to having extra large and jumbo eggs.
I picked my largest head of cabbage which was nearly the size of a soccer ball but doesn't weigh much, maybe close to 3 pounds. Not a compact head for sure. Nice, cloudy and cool here today, might hit 70 degrees.
I bought a bag of CHS Payback layer pellets, and I'm switching the New Hampshires over to them from the All Flock feed. My old hens just don't eat extra calcium supplements when eating all flock and that might be why I'm getting nearly zero eggs from them.
The New Hampshires are pretty close to...
I came close to doing the work and getting the drip irrigation set up for the tomatoes, peppers and beans in the new garden bed by the woods but didn't. It was much easier just to spend a half hour watering them by hand.