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Beaker99
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The weather outside is getting worse, it's damp and cold, so I sent the ducks to the greenhouse. It took a long time to crawl around and remove poisonous plants - tomatoes and peppers were growing here, they were easy to remove, but there was also a lot of black nightshade weed, which is very dangerous for ducks. First, I removed all the leaves, then dug up the ground just in case, and then, so that the ducks wouldn't dig up (suddenly some small leaves that I didn't see would be shallow) I had to bring there 21 wheelbarrows of old dry goat manure from one of the rooms where the goats spent the winter. For now, I left everything as is, and I'm thinking about whether to fill this entire greenhouse with dry leaves, or lay hay. The leaves are free, the hay was bought for money, I'm still thinking about what's better to do. In the barn itself, attached to the greenhouse, I laid dry straw.
It's not that cold yet, and i can pour water with a hose. When the frost starts, I'll carry drinking water in buckets or large garden watering cans. Anyway, for now I've put a barrel there and filled it with water. True, this barrel will last the ducks two, maximum three days. I don't know, maybe before the frost I'll put another barrel somewhere there. But when the frost starts, the barrels will also start to freeze and they'll have to be drained. However, by that time I'll most likely pour the water into a basin and a bathtub for the ducks, where they drink and bathe.
When severe frosts begin, the ducks will sleep in an insulated shed attached to the greenhouse, and during the day, when the sun comes out, they will walk in the greenhouse.
It's not that cold yet, and i can pour water with a hose. When the frost starts, I'll carry drinking water in buckets or large garden watering cans. Anyway, for now I've put a barrel there and filled it with water. True, this barrel will last the ducks two, maximum three days. I don't know, maybe before the frost I'll put another barrel somewhere there. But when the frost starts, the barrels will also start to freeze and they'll have to be drained. However, by that time I'll most likely pour the water into a basin and a bathtub for the ducks, where they drink and bathe.
When severe frosts begin, the ducks will sleep in an insulated shed attached to the greenhouse, and during the day, when the sun comes out, they will walk in the greenhouse.
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It is amazing how you provide for them!
They fertilize the greenhouse well)
At least I definitely won’t have to buy liquid manure in canisters (fertilizer).
I have 13 year old chicken poop I do not buy allot fertilizer either.
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