Fugly Farm

[N F C]

Went to Home Depot this morning. Got some new pickets for a small fence (I salvaged some from my parents house but they’re beyond paintable) and some t posts to hold that up. Also gravel and lava rocks for the dragon fruit planters, some perlite to mix with the soil in the raised beds, and I did NOT buy more plants. Super proud of me

Remarkable restraint IM

 

[igorsMistress]

Proud for you!

Remarkable restraint IM

You have no idea how remarkable

 

[igorsMistress]

The chickens decided to dig up the Arabian lilac, so it’s temporarily fixed for now

This will be my hugel bed. I have plenty of cardboard for the floor, but coming up with enough logs to fill it might be a problem. I can always add dry branches from some shrubs I guess. Another thought is a few bags of wood chunks like hubs gets for the smoker. Hmmm.

The quail came for breakfast with the chickens and hung out in the yard while I worked on the lilac

This is one of the water reservoirs for the garden beds. I’m going to drill a drain hole near the top so it doesn’t flood the bed and see if I like using them. If they’re good I have some ideas to use the rest of them

 

[N F C]

Does your town have trees that they trim IM? In the past we've gotten large amounts (like truck loads) of chipped branches from the forestry department (that was in FL, don't know if you have something similar).

That quail is so cute, glad to see another picture of him!

 

[igorsMistress]

Does your town have trees that they trim IM? In the past we've gotten large amounts (like truck loads) of chipped branches from the forestry department (that was in FL, don't know if you have something similar).

That quail is so cute, glad to see another picture of him!

We do have chip drops available, but it’s usually a big load as you mentioned. We can request NOT to get certain types of wood, but here mesquite is very prevalent and I’m loath to use it because it can prevent some things from growing. I have some logs from another type of tree that may work, I will have to ask Igor if he’ll cut them in half with the chainsaw. Which means no more log border along my walkway out there, boo! But this will be a good use for them.

 

[igorsMistress]

 

[janiedoe]

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It's beautiful

 

[cavemanrich]

iM​

Is that a black and white print??? or a color print taken on a foggy morning? where colors do not really show up much?

 

[N F C]

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Gorgeous!

 

[igorsMistress]

It's beautiful

Thanks Janie

iM​

Is that a black and white print??? or a color print taken on a foggy morning? where colors do not really show up much?

Hard to tell Cavey

Gorgeous!

Thanks Debby