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What did you do in the garden today?
I think I am going with my heavier breed, instead of Red Star hens. My heavier breed doesn't fly up and mess with things, and they don't sleep in trees. -
What did you do in the garden today?
I have decided to grow my stem lettuce indoors under my Spider farmer 2ft x 4 ft rated grow light. I'll plant 12 stem lettuces in a DYI self-watering earth box tote. That way I won't have to worry about my mischievous Red Star hens. I have my lights on a timer, so it's a set it and forget kind... -
What did you do in the garden today?
I chopped up a very large papaya that grew wild next to my fish tank. It tasted kind of bland, so I sprinkle sugar on each layer as I was putting the chop pieces in a container and then at the end, I mixed it in a bowl. Adding sugar makes a big difference for this type of papaya. Sugar turned an... -
What did you do in the garden today?
I mentioned earlier that I processed a lot of my home-grown Tilapias and came across this French lady's coconut fish recipe. It gave me a lot of ideas, and I improvised with what I had at home. I used chili pepper vinegar instead of lime and Vietnamese fish sauce instead of salt. I also used a... -
What did you do in the garden today?
Today was the first time I let my younger chicken's sleep together with my older Red Star hens. I locked the younger chicken's pen up to see if they would sleep in the Red Star's bigger coop and they did. I left the door open, so they can forage when they wake up. -
What did you do in the garden today?
My 6 younger Breese/Cornish X hen x Isa Brown rooster bloodline chicks are heavier than my one-month older Red Star hens, but they are still being chased around by my 6 Red Star hens. However, this is about to change since the 3 younger mixed cross roosters have started baby crowing and trying... -
What did you do in the garden today?
I am trying something different with my moringa leaves. Instead of stripping each leaf off the stem branches, I decided to leave the leaves on the branches and cook it in my homemade chicken stock. I am thinking more along line of a medicinal/nutritional brew instead of a flavored soup. I will... -
What did you do in the garden today?
I gave up on my previous stem lettuce seed trays that I originally started on a heat mat which probably killed them and started some stem lettuce seeds in a petri dish, and they sprouted tails after 4 days, so my seeds are still viable. I planted the sprouts in fine coco coir and left the dome... -
What did you do in the garden today?
I started getting into spicy hot pot lately. I buy the already made soup base from my local Don Don Donki from parent company “Don Quijote.” -
What did you do in the garden today?
Each hen used to lay about 4 to 5 eggs a week in their first year and after 5 years only one of them was still laying. That's how I managed to save the line this year. The hen that was still laying pulled more on the slimmer Plymouth Rock side with yellow legs, it's not as heavy as her 3 sisters... -
What did you do in the garden today?
Now that I have only Red Star hens, I thought it would be safe to let my younger Breese/Cornish Cross/Isa brown new bloodline chicks interact with them, but I was wrong. The Red Star Hens are a vicious pack breed. On a positive note, one of my young female cross bred chicks inherited the white... -
What did you do in the garden today?
Lol., I just notice that step 3 says, "Pay attention to the direction side handle up. :confused: -
What did you do in the garden today?
I put together my chicken crate and snapped in one of the handle sides upsides down. That's probably the only thing that could go wrong with this crate. Because once you snap in a side it's impossible to take it off with only one person. I didn't need the handle hole to face up, since I can fit... -
What did you do in the garden today?
My stem lettuce started to sprout a few days after I took the dome off and turned off the heat mat. So, it's true that lettuce prefer cool soil. -
What did you do in the garden today?
I still have a lot of pressure-cooked tomatoes from early in the year, so I am more interested in peppers this season. I planted some Giant Aconcagua peppers, Italian Bull Horn peppers, and Poblano pepper seeds recently. I see a few of the seeds just starting to sprout. I figured out what...