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Guess I'll look into metal trash cans. Ick.

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I'd been planning to get metal trash cans to store extra feed in them too. We have 50-lb-capacity feed tubs from pet stores that we use for our daily, but need something bigger for "back storage". however, i was just looking at home depot and it's impossible to find metal trash cans, with lids...

Something to think about. Thanks.

We have recently seen a lot of snakes but still ... will try the peanuts. Only thing is if there's dead vole bodies all over, my chickens will eat them and die too. Had the same problem with mice.

We suddenly have lots and lots of holes in our garden, and little seedlings disappearing, as if they were never there. Especially cucumber, watermelon, carrot and radishes. Zucchini has been left alone. Come to find out from a neighbor that we're being plagued by voles, little rodents that...

We've had 100s for a week or two now, although it's only 98 today. Combine that with smoke from all of our wildfires (Colorado) and gusty winds, and it's stifling here too. I water in the a.m. and p.m. My poor corn is wilted even with the extra water, and don't get me started about my...

Thank you.

I guess I haven't written in here for a while, but felt I had to this morning. Colorado is burning. We've had one fire going since the middle of May, and as of last night, there were a total of 9 wildfires going across the state. The closest to us started yesterday afternoon, about 30 miles...

It's not too late for carrots and radishes, plus I'm still putting bush beans in the ground ... and you can plant cold crops in a couple of months for fall: lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, etc.

We just put in a welded wire fence but the little suckers wriggle right through. Will have to (in a couple of years) go along the bottom with chicken wire (money issue). I have a row cover but that's for the strawberry beds only. I think I'll keep trying with red cabbage. But I'd really like...

I'll give it some thought. My kid's a very picky eater. Do you use the B.V. as a nutritive addition or just for the taste?

My problems with broc, caul and cabbage are (1) bugs (2) bunnies (3) weird temperature fluctuations. I don't want to devote any more time and space to something with no "payoff". I can't get them to grow and I've tried for 3 years. So i need to find something nutritively similar to grow in...

I finally got my kid to eat broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage (all raw) but now, finding I can't grow them worth squat in the garden! I need alternative veggies for him to eat that provide basically the same nutritients. Things I can grow with a 90-day growing season. None of us like Brussells...

I'm making dill/garlic goat cheese today. Will pick some lettuce from the garden. Have some tomatoes and cucumbers and onion (from store ... grrrr) that I'll slice, and some leftover sliced turkey. All will go into pita bread with the tzatki-type-cheese for a middle-eastern-type meal. Cold...

I'm interested in this too. I'll try to do a search but if someone gets to it before me, please post it here.

Great thread. My Hubby and I often discuss this. We have only 2 acres, with 4 goats (2 does in their backyard pen, 1 buck with a wether in their frontyard pen), and about 40 chickens. We make about $20-30 a week from egg sales that goes to pay for their feed. We have just this year planted lots...

I think crabapples are too sour but regular apples have a lot of pectin too.

no prob!

Same here but we don't butcher (kinda outsource) plus, like I said, we don't really have enough extra to provide meat for US and still have some left to sell. Thanks tho.