That's awesome. With enough butter, they're one of my favorite vegetables.Bride and I put up seventeen quarts of green beans today. They’re not my favorite but she loves them so she is happy. If she’s happy then I’m happy.
That's awesome. With enough butter, they're one of my favorite vegetables.Bride and I put up seventeen quarts of green beans today. They’re not my favorite but she loves them so she is happy. If she’s happy then I’m happy.
Nice onions, how do you dry them? We used to string them and hang them under an outside shelter which I don't have now.
We lay them out on that trailer when we pull them. Then we back that trailer under the shed and let then sit for a while. Sounds similar ti what youve done, but laying flat instead of hangingNice onions, how do you dry them? We used to string them and hang them under an outside shelter which I don't have now.
For low end composting like weeds,sawdust, leaves I do bare ground because the piles usually are larger. But concentrated nitrogen sources like chicken manure I use some type of bottom to slow down leaching into the ground. I don't want water to stand in the compost so its usually flat or maybe just a small lip around the edge. Concrete or pavers would be ideal. I use a variety of containers from wire mesh to the outer shells of old ac units, clothes dryer drums with about 40 bullet holes in the sides but all have some type of bottomFigured I throw it here since you guys seem to have the green thumbs.
I'm moving my compost bin and want some suggestions.
current bin behind the wheelbarrow. going to make beds with the white bed things.
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I plan on doubling my chicken run down the fence line. Keeping it separate with small door in existing end. compost pile will separate the two runs and be part of the extension.
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I've got landscape timbers to make a 3 sided compost bin. Will make a barn door to access.
I figured the chickens will keep the pile weed free and supplement with bugs and stuff.
My question is. What would you all do for the bottom of the compost bin?
Nothing, bare ground?
pavers/concrete pieces?
I could even line it with timbers I have.
what would you guys suggest?
Look at the size of those tomatillos !!!I think its almost time to start the canning half of this thread.
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Same here. Surviving, but not thriving.Squash, zucchini and blackberries are all I'm getting so far,everything is slow because of no rain and very little dew overnight. Cucumbers are full of blooms but are not getting pollinated unless I do it myself which is less than 50% effective. Total rainfall this month so far is 0.17 inches and don't think we had 2 inches for all of may. What watering I do just keeps plants alive not prospering. I think that overnight dew that provides a few hours of moisture on the leaves means more to the plants that the watering I provide and the lack of moisture in the ground just ain't making it happen
That's awesome. With enough butter, they're one of my favorite vegetables.
I just got the first peach off of a tree I planted a few years ago. Sweet taste of success. it's been quite the learning experience in bugs, fungus, and furry pests.
A guy that had a small peach orchard said basically once you start spraying each year, you don't stop. He called it a spraying regime.
Haven’t had any problem with birds but one of my labs found out he likes blueberries and has cleaned all he can reach. He did same thing few months ago with the cherries. He saw me picking some cabbage few weeks ago couple hours later saw him running around the yard with a cabbage plant with a good head of cabbage on it