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  1. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I have tiny green flower buds on my zucchinis. Won't be long until I'm inundated with squash and making relish. I need to trim off some more lower leaves and start training them up the poles. First year of growing vertical zucchinis for me. I plan to leave as many leaves on as possible though...
  2. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I'm planning out how to build exterior nest boxes for the chickens. I'll have to cut holes through the hardward cloth of the secure run, which I've really been hesitant about doing but it's the only way so I'll do it. I have the little chicks with the old barred rocks today, and the New...
  3. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I watered the peppers, beans, tomatoes and some onions with the hose this morning. It's supposed to get up to around 90 degrees today with bright sunshine.
  4. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Very nice! Looks like the hens love their rooster, don't they!
  5. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    You know, like the mesh version of rebar. Reinforcing mesh for concrete. I have remesh that's old, old, old and yeah, it's rusty but it maintains its integrity and strength. Maybe your blowing dust and sand wears yours away.
  6. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    That's what I'm thinking about doing instead of the Florida weave, but I'm thinking remesh instead of cattle panels. Lighter weight material, easier to transport and cheaper. And plenty strong to support tomato plants. I already put the t-posts in the ground while I was deciding what I'd use to...
  7. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I was going to ask for your slow cooker egg recipe. LOL
  8. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    By slow cooker you mean incubator???
  9. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hot and dry. It's watering weather. I soaked the butternut squash and the patch of shallots and onions today. The remaining snow peas aren't doing much so I'm going to leave them until the vines dry up and save the seeds for next year's garden. The garlic I hung under the roof of the back deck...
  10. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I've never seen Icelandic chickens and I'd like to see pics too. And welcome to the thread!
  11. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I decided to put the not-so-little chicks with the teenagers and hens. The chicks feel comfortable around the old hens but the teenagers still act a little aggressive toward them. Just a little pecking and chasing, nothing too bad so I think they'll figure things out. The little cockerels, one...
  12. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    So it will be a little quieter around the house now???
  13. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    You got that right!
  14. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Maybe that plant had some damage to its roots when it was planted, or it's a genetic issue causing failure to thrive. Why not pull it out and replant new seeds. I'm sure there's plenty of time left this season for it to grow and produce something.
  15. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Possums are stinky, nasty animals. They have their place in the wild, but when they prefer to live around dwellings they're a problem.
  16. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I agree, except for the rabbits. They're not rodents.
  17. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    Easy day for me too. Picked a head of cabbage, hand watered the onions and remaining cabbages and turned on the drip irrigation for an hour to water the zucchinis, cucumbers and 6 tomato plants.
  18. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Yep, I remember. My barred rocks had lots of problems starting out too. Lots of shell-less and soft eggs at the start. I hope the new ones have a better time when they start laying. I watered part of the garden today.
  19. Smokerbill

    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Ahh, thanks for the clarification. I was really missing my morning scrambled eggs with salsa and cheese so I broke down and bought a few dozen large eggs. I would be embarrassed if I had chickens that laid eggs that small. I guess I got too used to having extra large and jumbo eggs.
  20. Smokerbill

    What did you do in the garden today?

    I picked my largest head of cabbage which was nearly the size of a soccer ball but doesn't weigh much, maybe close to 3 pounds. Not a compact head for sure. Nice, cloudy and cool here today, might hit 70 degrees.
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