I am currently working with a 50'x50' square. I divided the north side into 5 separate 4x8 raised beds. South side into 5 separate 4'x4' beds. I am currently lobbying my wife to remove all the sod in the backyard!! We also have 26 chickens. I have 2 different flocks. I started with 13 and we recently added 40 rare breed chicks. I am selling the extra chicks and keeping my favorites. I kinda went chicken crazy a few years ago.
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| Frost! Feb 04, 2011 | |
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So, I was wrong when I thought we were out of danger of frost. The past week has given us several frosty mornings, some of the coldest of the year. The poly house should have protected the seeds that were just sown, but germination is sure to be slowed down by this cold. |
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Another great CA farm! I might recommend for some fun reading "Farm City" by Novella Carpenter. A great read for someone with your diversity in the garden. |
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Just went through your entire post.....vegetables all look so healthy.....can't wait to eat garden fresh veggies again.....your chickens are amazing......some are so fancy.....I'd love to have a few chicke... (more) |
| Our new sweat tent Feb 04, 2011 | |
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We built this poly house for our spring propagation. It gets nice and hot and humid during the day, perfect for germinating seeds and rooting cuttings. In the summer when its hot we will have t... (more) |
| Warm season veggies. Jan 29, 2011 | |
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Planted our warm season seeds in trays in the sweat tent. Heirloom tomatoes, nasturtiums, cucumbers, zinnias, beets, peas. We held off on sowing anything out of the tent as we could still get a frost. |
| Lettuce update! Dec 15, 2010 | |
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Well, despite my fears about the texture of our lettuce bed we have a bounty of salad greens!! They are doing great. We harvest in a cut and come again style and eat salad several times a week. We've even got Milo eating a bowl of lettuce as a snack - amazing! |
| Note for next year Oct 31, 2010 | |
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I was looking at the lettuce bed, and I think that our seedlings would have preferred a finer seed bed. The mulch looks a bit course for their delicate stature. It will be interesting to see if it affects the overall success of our greens crop. |
| How to Draw on Pumpkins! Whole garden Oct 31, 2010 | ||
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fruits
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| Potatoes! Potatoes Oct 30, 2010 | ||
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| Someone's eating our spinach... Whole garden Oct 23, 2010 | ||
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| Salad anyone? Whole garden Oct 20, 2010 | ||
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| Turkeys are growing up... Oct 04, 2010 | ||
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These guys are about 2 months old here. |
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Great photo and makes these guys look elegant, even! Silly question: is the color of fowl specific to the species? In other words, are these/could these be the same "race"? |
| Hot Hot Hot Sep 05, 2010 | |
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We've started pulling the last of the tomato and pepper plants. Harvested the last of the onions and are preparing beds for the fall planting. Holding off on starting anything though as its been so darned hot here! Over 100 F most days, just trying to keep the chickens cool and waiting for fall. |
| Crape Myrtle Whole garden Aug 16, 2010 | ||
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| When will the grapes be ready? Whole garden Aug 11, 2010 | ||
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What a nice big bunch of grapes; you must have some good healthy vines. What variety of grape are they? Are they just for snacking? Did you try your hand at wine making or anything other preserving? Are th... (more) |
| tomato seedling Tomatoes Jul 19, 2010 | |
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| last of the tomato seedling Whole garden Jul 11, 2010 | |
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