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  1. LaurenRitz

    Things you can't say without an explanation

    And again, if you told people you were eating Jeffrey Dahmer an explanation would be necessary.
  2. LaurenRitz

    Cattle panel greenhouse

    I considered that, and if prices go down I still may in the future.
  3. LaurenRitz

    Nascent chicken food forest

    Or dread-dreaming.
  4. LaurenRitz

    Things you can't say without an explanation

    "It’s easier to eat them when they're jerks."
  5. LaurenRitz

    What did you do in your garden today?

    It rained, and rained. I took one step into the main garden and started sinking. Nope. New greenhouse is up but not finished. Winecaps are coming up. Chickees pipping. Replanted moschatas and pumpkins just before the rain started. Chickens winter food storage. I need to replant beans and corn...
  6. LaurenRitz

    Nascent chicken food forest

    They have 3 acres to roam, although they usually stay right up around the coop and the house, where they have trees and a deck for shelter. Right now it's 3 acres of grass, so I need to build a shelter belt that will allow them to roam the whole area safely. This chicken food forest is the start.
  7. LaurenRitz

    Cattle panel greenhouse

    My passive solar greenhouse at my old house consistently maintained a temperature between 12 and 15 degrees F above the outside after the outside temps hit freezing. Interestingly, the variance widened when the temperatures got lower. So when it was 20 degrees outside, it was 32 inside. 15...
  8. LaurenRitz

    Cattle panel greenhouse

    My thought on that was old carpet or vinyl, if I can find someone remodeling.
  9. LaurenRitz

    Cattle panel greenhouse

    I have some heavy plastic, but decided against using it for this greenhouse because of the way the wind is here. 40-50 mph gusts aren't unusual, and this will be in the direct path of most of the wind.
  10. LaurenRitz

    Cattle panel greenhouse

    Maybe this group would have some opinions about my second greenhouse. This greenhouse is going to be more of a sprout house--no ground contact, it's built on top of an existing deck. The house is to the East and there's a big tree to the West, so during the winter it will get full sun about...
  11. LaurenRitz

    What did you do in your garden today?

    Started the cattle panel greenhouse.
  12. LaurenRitz

    Nascent chicken food forest

    Yeah. This is their food forest area, so I need to decide on the major plantings.
  13. LaurenRitz

    Nascent chicken food forest

    Ok, this doesn't exactly count as gardening in the traditional sense. This is a picture of my planned chicken forest. This is just bare bones, providing shelter and a few winter snacks. Other things will be added later. The two curved lines are rows of logs, on contour. The house is to the...
  14. LaurenRitz

    What did you do in your garden today?

    Bermuda grass comes up much more easily in deep wood chips than soil. Just sayin'.
  15. LaurenRitz

    Seed grown fruit trees

    If it turns out to be a good rootstock for your area, you've got a success.
  16. LaurenRitz

    Seed grown fruit trees

    In my (limited) experience, they don't necessarily die back again the second winter. My experience with this is only apricots, but they were just fine the second year.
  17. LaurenRitz

    Seed grown fruit trees

    Are they old enough to fruit?
  18. LaurenRitz

    Seed grown fruit trees

    And my chickens got to my last grape vine. They are locked out of the garden for the duration. I do have one more seedling in the house, and I should put more seeds in pots.
  19. LaurenRitz

    Seed grown fruit trees

    I live in Kansas and this year's seedlings are just starting to come up. Also take into consideration whether you planted them bare or in-shell. In-shell will take longer, while bare has a possibility thst something else will happen before they germinate. Watch closely at the base of your 1st...
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