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What did you do in the garden today?
Lol!!! A lot of stuff with stevia in it is like that. The liquid IV isn't all that bad. The liquid stevia drops are the worst. We try to only use stevia though. We maintain a low carb diet besides fiber and the occasional spoon full of home made jam. We hardly ever sweeten anything. The only... -
Open Contest BYC Poultry Caption Contest Photo Submission - Thread #12
"when you're the only chicken who hasn't laid an egg, everyone has to check"- Minanora
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- Forum: Caption Contests
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What did you do in the garden today?
Highly recommend Redmond relyte. We use that and the stevia sweetened liquid IV packets when they go on sale at Costco. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Finally bought a new truck. It's the first big purchase/bill, besides the house, and delivering DS, that I've been excited, relieved and happy with. I'll be happy to say goodbye to the old truck and the 4Runner. DS and I picked all the dried beans and popcorn in anticipation of 3/4 inch of... -
What did you do in the garden today?
Acorns here. If the trees are loaded, expect a wet winter. So far it's been foolproof. The trees are loaded this year. Another good test year. Speaking of rain, we have rain in the forecast. Good thing I got that skylight done when I did! Picked strawberries and tomatoes yesterday. I'm glad... -
What did you do in the garden today?
I didn't pick tomatillos Saturday. Worked on removing the cracking sky light on our old camping trailer. Then went to a friend's for lunch and to play Magic the Gathering (a trading card game). I had not played with real cards in years, I somehow won a 4 person game. I usually play on the... -
What did you do in the garden today?
That is very creative. I never thought to use my old lights to heat the garden. -
HELP Bugs in chicken feed
My chicken scratch has weevils and I just feed it to the chickens. The weevils provide a tiny bit of extra protein! The only problem with the weevils is that I don't give my chickens a lot of scratch in the summer so my summer bag gets pretty eaten by the weevils.- Minanora
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- Forum: Feeding & Watering Your Flock
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What did you do in the garden today?
You can give yours a vinegar soak to help. We have really really hard water here. I have to use brass or stainless hose tools and fittings if I don't want them to corrode or get stuck on the spigot or hose. My favorite watering wand is a Dramm, but it leaks and gets gunked up a lot. I have to... -
What did you do in the garden today?
So, my work boots are in the camper at the property. I decided to torch the soil while in flip flops. A piece of molten hot perlite blew under my foot in my flip flop and zapped me pretty good. 🤣😭 It took me three hours to torch two cart loads of soil so I decided not to torch any more. I'm... -
Best varieties of garlic you've grown in zone 9a
Yes you posted in the garden thread after my post with the mites. I'm still upset about the mites... Hind sight I tell ya. 😊 I will be using the vodka method. -
What did you do in the garden today?
Today I dug out more than half of the soil from one of my garden beds and spread it out on the patio so I can hit it with the weed torch to kill nematodes. Yup, that's the level of infestation I'm at. I'll pile it up once it's done to make room for more from that bed. Once it's empty I'm... -
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What did you do in the garden today?
I thought.... I was going to have like 200 garlic plants.... I actually did the math, it's more like 600. I'm happy. My fall seeds are already sprouting in the shed! Started seeds on Sunday. Saw sprouts yesterday morning. -
Best varieties of garlic you've grown in zone 9a
I finished trimming all of my garlic for storage a few weeks ago. I had left the early Italian and silverwhite on the curing racks way longer than I should have. The early Italian was fine. One single head was rotten. The silverwhite, it has bulb mites. So about 2/3 of the harvest is bad. The...