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    Hügelkultur Raised Beds

    Exactly, it's a good hobby for me at my age. Keeps me active and out of other trouble. I like working with pallet wood because I can custom make my raised beds, or planters, to any size or height I want. I have made a number of pallet wood flower planters for Dear Wife, all different sizes...
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    Hügelkultur Raised Beds

    :bow That raised bed looks amazing. You must really have a green thumb. Years ago, when the cost of lumber went through the roof, I built some raised beds using that same type of galvanized steel panel. My galvanized steel panel raised beds are 4X4 feet and only 16 inches high. I used some...
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    Thanks for the response. I'll be looking into that as well.
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    :caf Thanks for the reply. I'll have to look up all of those flowers. I just don't know squat about flowers, to be honest. The only one in that list that I have heard of is marigolds, but I could not pick out a marigold from any other flower. :old I suppose it would not hurt me to learn...
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    Hügelkultur Raised Beds

    Update on planting into the hügelkultur mound with tons of grass clipping dumped on the pile... Well, I ended up just creating a cavity in the grass clippings on top of that mound and put a couple shovels full of fresh compost in the hole. I had some extra Acorn Squash plants that were...
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    I took a quick picture of the overflow from the chicken run that the chickens scratch out. I cleaned this up about a month ago, so this is all new stuff scratched out of the fence... That overflow is about 1 foot out from the fence at the farthest point, and maybe 3 inches deep at most, but...
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    :thumbsup That's an excellent idea!
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    I don't live in an arid climate. My entire chicken run is exposed to the weather. The top few inches of litter are usually pretty dry but dig down a few inches and magic happens. My chicken run compost litter is full of bugs and worms, provided by nature. My chickens spend most of the day...
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    Yes, they fling plenty of stuff out of the 2X4 fencing. Every once in a while, I go along the fence line and shovel up the overflow. I either sift it as finished compost, use it as top mulch in the raised bed gardens, or just dump it back into the chicken run - depending on what I need material...
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    Harvesting my Chicken Run Compost - Black Gold!

    Here is a copy and paste from a post I made on another thread, but it seems to fit here even better. Hope you enjoy it... ⚠️ What is the value of homemade Chicken Run Compost? I love reading the comments on composting. It's one of my favorite topics as I make all kinds of homegrown chicken run...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Just a quick update on the new 1X2X4 foot chicken wire protective cages I finished building this evening. Here is a picture of them on top of the elevated raised beds I have in the backyard garden space... The idea was to make the cages tall enough to let the plants get well established...
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    ⚠️ What is the value of homemade Chicken Run Compost? I love reading the comments on composting. It's one of my favorite topics as I make all kinds of homegrown chicken run compost, using my soiled shredded paper chicken coop litter along with leaves, grass clippings, wood chips, and just about...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Thanks for the reply. I am currently building another chicken wire protective cage. I was considering using some 1/2-inch narrow crown staples to secure the chicken wire to the wood frame, but decided to stick with my Arrow T-50 stapler - thinking that if I ever have to take that wire off, the...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :lau Sounds great! We used to have dogs out where I live, but people moved away and currently nobody has a dog in the neighborhood. As a consequence, I can go out in the evening, look around the yard, and count a good half dozen to a whole dozen of rabbits in my yard alone. The chicken wire...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    🤔 I had considered tall fencing like yours to keep the deer out. But with my setup, I have raised beds that are deliberately spaced out so that I can drive my 48-inch riding mower between the beds. That allows me to tow in carts full of compost and topsoil, which saves me a lot of work. I just...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :lau Deer are tasty, too. And yes, I have eaten both!
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    :barnie Stupid Squirrels Digging In My Gardens! I've been busy making some more protective cages for my raised beds to keep the squirrels out. I planted a bunch of onion bulbs in one of my elevated beds and the next day I discovered that a squirrel had dug up all the bulbs! Google picture...
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    :old That's why I use a cordless power cutter and shred my paper daily, as I get it. I avoid hard work if I can. I use all my shredded paper as dry deep bedding litter in my chicken coop. Twice a year I clean it out and dump the coop litter into the open chicken run where it is exposed to the...
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    🤔 I'm the one always saying paper shreds are almost dust free. I suppose you are correct; there is some dust with shredded paper and cardboard. However, I am comparing shredded paper products to wood chips, straw, leaves and grass clippings which I had used before and are much, much, more dusty...
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    Using Shredded Paper for Coop Litter - As Good As Wood Chips?

    :highfive: Same here. Never an issue for me either. Like you, I also start my days-old chicks on shredded paper litter and have never had a problem.
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