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Very Nice!! I want one about this size.
I am sheepish to say,I didn't build the coop. A man in the next town over did. He owns a saw mill and he whips these up in no time. he has a template for every piece and has stacks of each piece to build when someone places an order. He only charg...
This is simple and perfect. My coop is a tad bigger but I tend to get carried away. Very nice job, my friend.
You can always find organic seed potatoes online. Try Here is a greate resource from WSU.
Depending on where you live, I would say you could plant them anywhere from mid April to Mid may. Make sure to find out if you have a mid season or late se...
We are sooooo soggy here in Central Mass, grrrrrrr. Rain rain go away.....
Hey Chris,
I want to try potatoes for the first time but don't want to buy "engineered" eyes, scary. Where do you suggest and when do you plant them. I was reading, oop listening to Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and now have started The Botany of De...
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- At 9:09am on September 6, 2008,
itsmatt said… - Great chicken pictures, Chris. Our family is enjoying our first year of chickens and also awaiting the arrival of our first eggs.
- At 12:48pm on August 8, 2008,
Rodney Boyette said… - Hey ....I cracked an egg this morning for cooking and it had two yokes. I have never seen that before. It was a store bought egg at that.
I checked out gardengirltv.com and you were correct she is awesome. I will continue checking her website.
- At 1:27pm on August 7, 2008,
Chris Horn said…
- I bought the coop from a man who owns a sawmill in the next town over. I wish I could give you the plans. The chicken tractor (I just finished mine) plans are on the site www.gardengirltv.com. She is awesome! She raises chickens, goats and rabbits along with multiple raised beds on a very small plot of land in the city. Please check out her site.
With the rainbarrels, I usually bring watering cans to the beds or hook up a hose to the short length of hose that is already attached to the barrel. My lower barrel is up on a 2 ft. wooden platform for gravity feed. We've been having lots of rain lately so I have little need for the rainbarrels these days.
- At 12:07pm on August 7, 2008,
Rodney Boyette said…
- Chris, Hello this is new member Rodney Boyette. Can share the chicken coop plans with me as well as the green house. I had 6... 4'x4' raised beds. I used 12" x2" x 4' to build my beds. I have a 10' x 10' dog pen I am considering converting to a green house attached to a chicken coop or with a coop and rabbit hutch partically included inside it. Tell me more about getting water from rain barrel to the beds?
Thanks
Rodney
- At 8:38pm on July 12, 2008,
mad potter said…
- Chris,
what did you fill your raised beds with....... am driving myself crazy coming up with the perfect fill for my raised beds...........
- At 8:34pm on July 12, 2008,
- Hey Chris!
that is one fine chicken coop! Those chicks are the just awesome! How are dog and chickens getting on. I think my lab would be thinking......... oh wow tennis balls with legs!
- At 10:14am on June 29, 2008,
- Hi Chris,
what a great website!! thanx!!
I love the chicken tractor, read about one on a larger scale in the Omnivore's Dilemma by M. Poullan but had a had time wrapping my brain around how to use it at my level. So great I do not need to re-invent the wheel!
thanx again
Sandy
- At 3:41pm on June 27, 2008,
Chris Horn said…
- I have a total with where the house sits is 3/4 acre. I use about a 16 X 26' area for the veggie garden and eventually the chickens. I am getting a coop and building on a wire mesh run to make what is called a "Chicken Tractor". It will be like a looooooooong wheelbarrel-ish contraption. My goal is to make the run the same size as my veggie beds and, when I am done with a bed, I can put the whole tractor over the bed so they can fertilize, kill weeds and eat bugs from the bed. I learned about chicken tractors from Patti Mareno at www.gardengirltv.com. You really should visit her site. She has tons of videos about her urban garden with chickens, rabbits and mini goats. I have gotten so much info. from her site. Here is a video from her site.
- At 8:39am on June 27, 2008,
- Hi Chris,
loving your posts as I sift through the all posts, discussions, blogs and videos on the site........ I find myself coming back to your posts. Thanx!
Living vicariously through your chickens! Looking at chickens next years as not quite ready, so keep posting!!
thanx!
Sandy
how big is the land you are gardening and chicken keeping?
- At 10:12pm on June 12, 2008,
Stuccolow said… - Hi Chris,
I read about your bug spray that you made with Dr Bonners Peppermint soap. Can you share what your recipe is?
Thanks!
Monica
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- I love to garden. Mostly vegetables. I am also a "treehugging" save-the-planet type person. I am always looking for new ways to reuse what I already have instead of going to the store for a "one trick pony" gadget.
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- Looking for an easy coldframe recipe on Google videos.
A video from Peak Moment about how easy it is to live a self-sustainable life.
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Very informative video series
I found this multi-segment video on YouTube. This is a seminar by Bob Webster. He's an organic gardener, nurseryman and radio host. There are 9 more segments to this seminar. This particular set deals with vegetables and optimizing your garden soil. He has some great tips and tricks to build up your soil so you can grow just about anything with a minimum of pests and diseases. Although he is talking of southern soil, (Texas) a lot of his information can be utilized in any garden climate.… Continue
Posted on June 9, 2008 at 5:31pm —
Vegetable Garden Update
Here is a close up of my onion sets and lettuce transplants. Notice the experimental square foot gardening technique in this bed. I thought I'd try it out to see if it makes planting any easier. I put 16 onion sets, 4 lettuce plants and one broccoli plant per sq. ft.… Continue
Posted on April 30, 2008 at 7:30am — 2 Comments
My Raised Bed Vegetable Garden
I found an adequate spot in our yard for a vegetable garden. I built four raised beds, 4 X 8 ea.
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Posted on April 23, 2008 at 11:05am — 5 Comments
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