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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Thanks for information! I have four cages to work with and was thinking of hanging them in the chicken run, with a buck and doe in separate cages. Droppings would fall into the deep litter for the chickens to scratch through. Weaned kits would have their own cage in the run, or be kept in a...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I've been thinking about raising rabbits for meat since I was given several cages a few years ago. So, once a person gets the rabbit raising routine down are they easier to care for than chickens?
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Six eggs again from the hens today. Glad my neighbor is buying a few. I dropped the price from $5 to $4 a dozen which is good enough for me.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Glad that you're thinning down the herd of pups! Just opened up all the windows. Nice to let the house breathe for a change.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I know what you mean. Getting older is not for people either. LOL My right shoulder is still weak and hurts from my injury last July. It functions fairly well though. And to add insult to injury... a couple weeks ago my LEFT shoulder started hurting, and it feels like a rotator cuff injury...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    The chickens finally decided they'd eat the lemon balm leaves and cleaned them off the clumps I gave them yesterday. Weeded the garlic, and got 6 eggs from the six laying hens today. Good girls! The RIRxNH pullets should start laying any time now. The combs and wattles on most of them are...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Cleaned the little weeds out of the garlic patch. I think I'll layer a couple inches of compost around the garlic so I don't have to pull up weeds every couple weeks.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Can that variety be grown in short-season areas?
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I moved the two chicks (6 weeks old maybe???) into the run with the old hens. They're in a rabbit cage inside the run so they can all get used to each other before being totally integrated. I moved the RIR hen in the run with the NH hens yesterday. They all knew each other in the past so there...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Is your garden known as Pepperage Farms?
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I haven't grown sets for a few years, but I think it's safe to plant them as early as you want since they can handle frost and light freezes. I think I'll get some sets and plant them soon since the onion seeds I planted outside haven't germinated yet.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I don't know, but I think high acid foods stay safe quite a while. Got the last raised bed weeded and leveled, and removed the darned lemon balm from the corner. I don't like the stuff, but if I want some it still grows around the outside of the bed.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Finally got the annoying lemon balm clump out of the raised bed, and the hole filled back in with compost and soil. The clump was over 2 square feet in size, so the hole was big. Just in time too because the rain is starting to fall. Got the fourth and final raised bed weeded and leveled...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I would say you did the right thing. You saved moneey and got some "free" tools.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Cleaned the old bedding out of the coop and replaced it with fresh wood chips. The chips get really wet in the pile outdoors, so yesterday morning I spread a bunch of them out to dry, turned them a couple times, and they were a lot drier today. Got my row of snow peas planted in the garden.
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