To answer your question we do have a compost bin. It's one of those black tumbler bins. We're using our compost right now, in fact. It's interesting how mulchy food scraps become after 8 months. Just mix in some dirt and you're good to go, sistah.
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
As long as it is not too far gone chickens will love the scraps.
My SIL always collects meal leftovers for her chickens. She technically can't label her eggs organic because of that but none of her buyers seem to mind.
Alright alright alright... Dude got us squared away! We're on the hunt for some little flockers.
Pay no attention to the lawn! I'm working on that!
Chicken guy said with our space we could "easily keep 14 or 15 chickens". Yeah, I don't think so. Six tops, man.
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
That is so cool, Cam! I love the set up and the fact that it's attractive! All your animals will have the space they need.
Just a little bit of an envy whine here. There are days when I would kill to have a normal yard with a fence around it, be able to have a real garden without deer helping themselves to it or having to take extraordinary measures to keep them out. That's why I get discouraged and don't do it. If it isn't the deer, it's the hail. We'd need a 10-12 foot chain link around it with some kind of overhead cover and it's just never gonna happen.
I mean, the deer are so bold they even started coming up on our deck overnight and eating the heads off my flowers.
Really nice set up you have there! I'm totally jealous!
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
Jersey Girl wrote:That is so cool, Cam! I love the set up and the fact that it's attractive! All your animals will have the space they need.
Just a little bit of an envy whine here. There are days when I would kill to have a normal yard with a fence around it, be able to have a real garden without deer helping themselves to it or having to take extraordinary measures to keep them out. That's why I get discouraged and don't do it. If it isn't the deer, it's the hail. We'd need a 10-12 foot chain link around it with some kind of overhead cover and it's just never gonna happen.
I mean, the deer are so bold they even started coming up on our deck overnight and eating the heads off my flowers.
Really nice set up you have there! I'm totally jealous!
I don't know. It seems like a nice trade off. You get deer that come up to you. I think that'd be fun. If I were you I'd probably do a large greenhouse, enclosed planters, and an attack bear if the deer really bother you that much.
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote: I don't know. It seems like a nice trade off. You get deer that come up to you. I think that'd be fun. If I were you I'd probably do a large greenhouse, enclosed planters, and an attack bear if the deer really bother you that much.
- Doc
A greenhouse would be the perfect solution for sure. I'm sure it sounds like fun having a herd of deer passing through every day. The downside is that they eat your flowers and wreck your deciduous trees during rutting season. Otherwise, yeah, they make the property feel more peaceful year round.
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
And Jersey, that's the exact model I got except it's green. Beware the plastic panel are flimsy, putting it together is definitely a two-person job that may result in divorce or separation, and the vent window you see will blow off during a strong wind. Other than that it's great for late Winter or early Spring to start seeds in. We grew a bunch of crap this year we put into our garden.
edit: We just leveled out the ground, but yeah sand or pebbles make a great base since there isn't a floor.
- Doc
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:Picking some of these up tomorrow. Yeh yeh!
Well that right there is a fine looking chicken!
And Jersey, that's the exact model I got except it's green. Beware the plastic panel are flimsy, putting it together is definitely a two-person job that may result in divorce or separation, and the vent window you see will blow off during a strong wind. Other than that it's great for late Winter or early Spring to start seeds in. We grew a bunch of crap this year we put into our garden.
edit: We just leveled out the ground, but yeah sand or pebbles make a great base since there isn't a floor.
- Doc
Can you close the vent window in high winds? Do you think the panels can survive up to golf ball size hellacious hail storms or do you think would they crack?
As to divorce and separation. We've put cars together and stuff, so I think we could manage it except that we might have to walk away from the situation 500 times before it goes up if our history is any indication of teamwork!
Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.
Chinese Proverb
