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Prepared One (05-08-2022),Slippy (05-08-2022),T-Man 1066 (05-08-2022)
It is a great idea.
Everything the body needs and to the point.
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Now deferring to the judgement of horses ~ because Truth comes in 30 round bursts.
I'm real late.
Have lots of late starts indoor stuff Almost no outside planted in ground/seeds.
Was wet April , I plowed /harrowed May, then was late to get in when weather was right. Harrowed again Thurs, plowed 2 X 2 plow rows for taters ~ 50 of each hills red and whites, about 100 hills , got all onion starts in before rain, tended garlic.
Tilled other ~ 1/2 garden with Troy built, that's ready for transplants. Put in clover and buckwheat cover crops. Then thunder/rain.....
Michael_Js (05-28-2022),MountainGirl (06-18-2022)
First woodchuck of the year spotted two days ago. Big SOB I spooked and he ran right into an open barn door. Rifle was handy but he must have ran right out back into the fields, as I ran back and forth to the other barn.
I got the rotary cutter on the tractor, cut all the fields close to house/barns/orchard/garden. Not spotted again and no fresh burrows either. I suspect he's a "criminal alien" rodent from, the woodchuck nation across the road.
I did reconnaissance yesterday, and the foreign woodchuck nation, is indeed sending jihadi rodents through the road culvert, in planning and preparation for rape plunder and pillage of my garden.
I will update with the results of the preemptive strike on their underground bunker complex soon............
Box of frogs (06-18-2022),BucketBack (06-17-2022),hawgrider (06-17-2022),MountainGirl (06-18-2022),T-Man 1066 (06-17-2022)
I went out to over fertilize the weeds before dusk and spotted 3 rabbits attempting entry into my garden. I had to install a small fence along the bottom of the taller fence to keep them out.
They are a no kill at the moment as the neighbor is waiting for "Beaner" aka PITA to grow up and run them this fall.
He's lost a bit of his garden to them also. A bear and bobcat were on the prowl before the storm the other night. I've been warned that the bear waits until the veggies are ripe before it robs them.
Keep Your Head Up, And your Stick On The Ice.
Mad Trapper (06-17-2022),MountainGirl (06-18-2022)
The bobcat is your friend for the rodent battle. I have grey and red fox too that patrol property.
For bunnies you need poultry fencing to keep out, the big wire mesh stuff they squeeze through. They will dig under, but not like a chuck will. I have a friend that loves to eat bunnies, any I shoot goes to him for dinner.
The bears have not FDed with my garden per se, yet. But horrible on orchard and berry crops. One broke into a barn this spring for stored seed (metal trash can), I called DFW and they are OK with using lead poisoning if he comes back.
Then there are the deer........
One other thing but a PITA. Dried blood keeps just about everything off if you can't get a fence up in time. Even works with voles. But every good rain you need to sprinkle more on. Deer have browsed my blueberries in spring, if I douse the foliage in blood, they seem to learn not tasty and leave them alone, even if washed off a while.
MountainGirl (06-18-2022)
I donated blood while trimming down the bramble bush to avoid damage while overfertilizing
There is a wetland behind us, and cornfields and apples everywhere else.
Keep Your Head Up, And your Stick On The Ice.
MountainGirl (06-18-2022),Sparkyprep (06-17-2022)
We're still collecting asparagus. Now cilantro and strawberries. Everything is growing, slowly - almost...spinach and Delicata not so much. Been collecting mushrooms from past kits that I moved into the greenhouse.
It's SO wet here and not very warm that many of the plants are turning yellow and dying! Crappy Freattle weather - only getting worse...Oh well...
Last week finished planting all the corn starts. Got about 100 stalks going now. Started more Delicata in the greenhouse and should be ready to transplant in a week or 2.
Peace...
Peace,
Michael J.
BucketBack (06-18-2022),hawgrider (06-17-2022),MountainGirl (06-18-2022)