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  1. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I got the lard for making tamales. Or biscuits or pie crust or whatever. I saw a recipe for corn tortillas on the King Arthur website, and it was just masa, salt and water, very easy. And I've had a little tortilla press for years and barely used the thing, so I might as well give it a...
  2. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    The only produce I have delivered is cabbage, carrots and celery. Haven't really had any problems with those. I'm getting a bag of masa and some lard with my order today, going to try my hand at making homemade corn tortillas and maybe even tamales.
  3. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    My "foraging" will be delivered to me sometime between 10 and noon. I don't want to burn up my gas so I'll let the Walmart delivery driver pay for the gasoline. LOL
  4. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Do you keep the pot inside through the winter?
  5. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I read that chives should be completely trimmed back a few times during the season to promote new, tender growth. I do that, then chop them and put them in the freezer to use. Very handy that way. If I have a lot I'll use handfuls of them in place of or with onions in a recipe. Good cooked into...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    The chive patch is weed free now. The new chive shoots are already around 4 inches tall.
  7. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    The five NH hens laid 4 eggs in the box not long after they were separated from the young ones. They all seem more relaxed now. There was only one egg in the other run today, from the RIR hen I think. Weeded the little patch of chives, which are sending up lots of little shoots now.
  8. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    The young NHs have been spending most of their time bunched up in a tight group during the day, usually in the nest box which is just wrong. I think it's been stressing out the older layers. Now that they're separated things should be better.
  9. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    The young NHs that I combined with the 5 NH hens in the double run only went into the outdoor section one time, so I gave them no choice today. I divided the inner run from the coop and outer run and gave the old girls the inner section. The young ones have the coop and the outside run to live...
  10. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    My four 19 week old RIRxNH pullets all laid their first eggs today, plus there was a fifth one from my RIR hen. The eggs were all perfect too, between medium and large in size. I've been looking for eggs in the run every day but hadn't found any. So yesterday I decided to give them some oyster...
  11. Smokerbill

    What are your frugal and sustainable tips and tricks?

    I read a news story a while back about a hog farmer in Las Vegas that feeds restaurant waste to hogs. Quote from the article... Here's the story. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/las-vegas-family-run-business-reduces-food-waste-by-turning-food-scraps-into-pig-feed/
  12. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    walked into a bar. I read those first five words and thought it was going to be a joke. Haha
  13. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    LOL. If it were me I'd take it back and get a refund.
  14. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Got a third raised bed prepped. There were lots of small weeds growing there so I just scooped them with a shovel and flipped them upside down. Then topped with a few inches of compost. One bed to go...
  15. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I planted onion, kale, collards and lettuce seeds in a small part of the garden and will transplant them when they're big enough.
  16. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Finally got some seeds planted. I cleared the compost off a couple small spots in the garden and planted collard, kale, leaf lettuce and yellow onion seeds. I'll transplant them when they're big enough to move. I'll plant tomato seeds in the garden in a few weeks.
  17. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Took a wet drive to the feed store and picked up a couple more bags of feed. The young NH chickens finally got brave enough to go through the coop and into the outdoor run this afternoon.
  18. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I bet those'll be good. Cowboy eggs with pickled jalapeno and garlic on the side.
  19. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Nice. Let us know how it works.
  20. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    @Rick589 , are you planting onions this year? I found this list of disease resistant onion varieties from Cornell University that might interest you. https://www.vegetables.cornell.edu/pest-management/disease-factsheets/disease-resistant-vegetable-varieties/disease-resistant-onion-varieties/
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