And then I pulled them up and used them for ground cover and compost.
It seems to be working ok.
/johnny
Posted on 05/24/2013 3:09:29 PM PDT by greeneyes
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This Cornish/Rock cross we got this year take 8 weeks after the chicks arrive. We remove the food at night as they will often outgrow their legs if left unchecked. This is our second year doing chickens. Last years breed took 12 weeks. This years “frankenbirds” growth rate is amazing. We may do a second run as we now have two chicken tractors in use...which make a marvelous mulch in the garden.
Glad you made it through the storms.
In the 80s here also, but feels like it’s hotter. I weeded, lopped branches off crepe myrtles, mowed my entire yard, then weed-whacked just the back yard today, before I finally had to call it a day. When I got in, my clothes were drenched through to my skin. A shower revived me, but I dread the long, hot summer that’s starting. Oh, my aching back.
LOL. You might want to plant some sort of early tomato that matures in about 60 days, and go ahead and start it indoors too. I always have trouble waiting for the maters too.LOL
I hear these are a really good cash crop and great nutrition even if you don’t want to sell them.
They’re only about a $1.50 a lb at the market. I would never sell them, but I sure do love to eat them.
/johnny
/johnny
I love pecans. Good luck with it.
We have been having a good bit of slow drizzling rain over the last two weeks, and most of the spring, actually. We have grass runners going toward the bare spots from the drought and we trans-planted some grass plugs along with spreading some grass seed earlier this spring that is also doing good. Slow rain and spreading grass runners are important to us because we live on a hill were erosion control is important. At the height of the drought, our soil was like beach sand for about a foot deep or more, and we have a shaded lot with very little sun. There was no sign of recovery last year, even though we had plenty of rain.
We did plant 3 Early Girls that are covered with maters. The Brandywine and Big Boys are bigger and closer to ripe. There are other varieties, but I don’t remember which is which. It is a year of experimenting with varieties for us.
And then I pulled them up and used them for ground cover and compost.
It seems to be working ok.
/johnny
Praying for everyone suffering from tornadoes, too. Our onions look great but I don’t understand things that are underground. Glad you’re enjoying your green onions!
Holycow! I hope you get pecans in the future!
Here in the southern reaches of Puget Sound we had a teaser of hot weather, then back to rain, wind and 60s temps. We’ve had good asparagus yields plus the beans, tomatoes, strawberries, peas, and cukes are all starting well in spite of the cool conditions. Our 92 rhododendrons are blooming beautifully. Compost is king.
I am always so impatient in spring, because I have all this beautiful lettuce and spincach and no tomatoes that are ripe for the salad. LOL.
Sounds like a potential for a great year.
Starting a little cheapo project making self-watering containers for those hot, dry Tx summers. punching holes in the bottom for a straw with a twisted mop thread inside. Using waterproof epoxy glue to attach the straw below and checking on the drip regulation test. It aint pretty but works so far before testing in the garden.
I thought I had been banned from the thread...
I have seen green gold... but the jeweler told me it was brass
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