We have built a sort of greenhouse over our tomatoes using the poles from one of those gazebo things, some duct tape (where connectors are unavailable or not suited) and the thick plastic you buy for vapour barrier. We'll see how it works. But it is now getting down to about 6C at night when it is clear and we haven't had that many ripe tomatoes yet.
We never got around to building nesting boxes but need to do so before our new chickens come. The pigs have figured out what the chicken is doing when she sits in that little corner by the hay pile. They go bully her off of there and eat up the egg before we can get to it. Though I must check to see if she's found a new spot. I don't think they've found the spot where the other chicken lays.
We had the wettest July ever this year and it really hasn't been that warm. Maybe I should do the opposite and blog on sunny days, as my blog has also been sadly neglected.
Sounds like a great plan to me - I may adopt it myself. Tho' it means I need to blog today b/c it's pouring outside.
This has been the summer of the mojito. I've got my recipe down and I'm feeling fine.
I've got cherry tomatoes all over the place and the groundhogs have finally let my pumpkins grow (after eating most of the early flowers).
See ya when it rains!
I am pondering as to what to do in my garden. I still have okra and basil producing, but although my peppers grew, they never flowered, don't know if cooler weather will trigger that. The "Natural Gardener" says I should be planting seeds for the fall, but all I can't help thinking the seedlings will burst into flames the very moment they emerge! I can't imagine planting anything until at least mid-Sept! No chicken tales here, but we've had a huge influx of geckos getting into the house. You know it's hot when the geckos want to be INSIDE.
Geckos here (North Texas) keep sneaking inside, too, Trina.
I thought about a greenhouse-type thing once, but the reality is that I have many more days too hot to be outside than I have days too cold to be outside.
This year, I started some seeds inside the house, kept them near a window and pretty much took the tray(s) outside every nice day (in winter) to sit in the sun. That worked out well for me, as I got a lot of heirloom tomatoes & peppers going with little work. This summer, I realized that I should spend the few months where it's intolerable to be outside during the day doing what folks in the north do during the winter (plotting my garden plans). You must have even warmer weather south of me, Casey. Greenhouse, or cooler?
I'll go outside and snap my fingers at the little weather gods who keep raining on my half-reshingled roof and send 'em down to you, shall I?
David over at Montana Wildlife Garden built that cutest dang greenhouse, eVAR. I'll go find a link and come back...
Here's a series of posts from David at Montana Wildlife gardener on an adorable greenhouse he built from recycled material: http://montanawildlifegardener.b...ch?
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I don't have room for a full greenhouse, but I do love that pocket-shed that he built to go along with the GH. May have to see what I can do...
We're contemplating getting two more chickens -- Buff Orpingtons -- to add to our mini flock of three Rhode Island Reds and an Australorp (named Elvira, for reasons that are obvious the moment you see her enormous breastical area). We had a chicken-related tragedy--our local redtailed hawk swooped down and carried Zelda-bird away, but only made it as far as the back fence. She weighed more than seven pounds, so I guess he couldn't make it too far. My daughter and I went on a body-recovering mission. Poor girl. She was sweet and a good layer too. We couldn't just leave her out there for the bugs and possums.
Am going to get some chickens and wondered if you knew about plans to make a chicken tractor? Thinking about my winter garden too and doing a rain dance here in CA
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