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fuzzi's Chicken Journal
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Eggs today: got four from four in the Sussex coop, but two from four hens in Silas' group.
We were supposed to get significant rain today, we got sprinkles. I'm going to have to water...
Picked peas, first time.
Cooked purple-top turnips and greens that I picked on Tuesday.
Second sowing of beans
Summer squash
Herbs (and primroses)
And milkweed
We were supposed to get significant rain today, we got sprinkles. I'm going to have to water...
Picked peas, first time.
Cooked purple-top turnips and greens that I picked on Tuesday.
Second sowing of beans
Summer squash
Herbs (and primroses)
And milkweed
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Your milkweed is huge!! Mine are still quite small and nowhere near flowering. And that's awesome gardening; I haven't sown the first thing yet and you are already harvesting!
I definitely favor livestock over gardening but I hope to improve eventually...- Thread starter
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I'm in zone 8a, so I usually start earlier than everyone else! I haven't planted yams, yet, they like a warmer soil.Your milkweed is huge!! Mine are still quite small and nowhere near flowering. And that's awesome gardening; I haven't sown the first thing yet and you are already harvesting!
I'm trying to do more succession planting this year, too.
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Aack, I am SO fair behind with the garden!
I am too! One of my obstacles is the giant kale plants here and there, starting to bolt which means lots of little very sweet broccoli things. It is so tasty and we look forward to them Every year but I need to plant stuff dangit!Aack, I am SO fair behind with the garden!
So after seeing @fuzzi’s pic of her gorgeous turnip greens, I stripped a few plants and stayed up till 2 canning! Lol- Thread starter
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And they were SO good! I put a pat of butter in a container, then placed the greens and turnip slices on top. I warmed it up at work, and shared with one of my coworkers. We didn't even use salt, they were that delicious.I am too! One of my obstacles is the giant kale plants here and there, starting to bolt which means lots of little very sweet broccoli things. It is so tasty and we look forward to them Every year but I need to plant stuff dangit!
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I was able to get some things done outside this morning, as it was only 80F, but the sun felt HOT.
I dug out the composted dirt that's under the straw in the first coop.
I got about two cartfuls. And that was just the area under the roost and by the door.
Then I side-dressed the berry area:
I also added the dirt to a fallow raised bed, and around plants here and there. I'm fairly certain it's not "hot" as most of it was just above the clay line. The fresh
is in the top layer of straw.
I found a huge white grub, offered it to Esther. She managed to evade the Dominiques long enough to gobble it down!
I trimmed and pruned the beds by the front porch, including lots of little oak trees.
Then I mowed, and after that I had to stop. I got too hot, plus my left knee has bursitis, is aggravated by mowing. I'm so glad the self-propelled mechanism is working again, it makes such a difference.
More work awaits, but it will have to be another day.
Enjoy the roses, freed from the weeds last Friday:
I dug out the composted dirt that's under the straw in the first coop.
I got about two cartfuls. And that was just the area under the roost and by the door.
Then I side-dressed the berry area:
I also added the dirt to a fallow raised bed, and around plants here and there. I'm fairly certain it's not "hot" as most of it was just above the clay line. The fresh
is in the top layer of straw.I found a huge white grub, offered it to Esther. She managed to evade the Dominiques long enough to gobble it down!
I trimmed and pruned the beds by the front porch, including lots of little oak trees.
Then I mowed, and after that I had to stop. I got too hot, plus my left knee has bursitis, is aggravated by mowing. I'm so glad the self-propelled mechanism is working again, it makes such a difference.
More work awaits, but it will have to be another day.
Enjoy the roses, freed from the weeds last Friday:
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Oh, one more thing...
As you recall, I lost my Cleo in February, about a month after her love (and mine, my dh) passed away.
Cleo smitten with Ron from Day One!
Our son offered to dig a grave, and we buried her in a sunny spot of the backyard. I wanted to remember where Cleo was placed, so I finally loosened up the soil today, and planted bugleweed, a groundcover. It should spread and mark her place for years to come.
Fencing is to shade the groundcover until it recovers.
ETA bugleweed photo:
As you recall, I lost my Cleo in February, about a month after her love (and mine, my dh) passed away.
Cleo smitten with Ron from Day One!
Our son offered to dig a grave, and we buried her in a sunny spot of the backyard. I wanted to remember where Cleo was placed, so I finally loosened up the soil today, and planted bugleweed, a groundcover. It should spread and mark her place for years to come.
Fencing is to shade the groundcover until it recovers.
ETA bugleweed photo:
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That’s a great idea! I have some growing on the edge of the woods but I have a pet cemetery that really could use them!
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