Baymule
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Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal
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Mike CHS
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I'm posting a few pictures from around the garden before the growth gets too far along. All of the berry bushes seem to be covered, the fruit trees have some fruit but the late frost did do more damage than I previously thought. Lots of peaches and cherries but not much else. The pear trees are late blooming so they should do good.
All of the summer veggies seem to be in overdrive and we have had enough asparagus that we will let it grow for the rest of the season.
Depending on the weather we hope to be doing our first cutting of hay in the next week or so. We will take the first 60 bales for next winter and the neighbor can have the rest plus whatever else gets cut over the summer. We are setting up some electronet to give the main paddock a break plus I still cut close to 100 pounds of grass a day for them. We aren't sure how Maisy will react to that type of fence but if her memories are still there she grew up with it. She has stopped going exploring so we keep on eye on all of them and see how it goes. Our neighbor has 5 acres that we can graze on and leave everything on our side for hay.
All of the summer veggies seem to be in overdrive and we have had enough asparagus that we will let it grow for the rest of the season.
Depending on the weather we hope to be doing our first cutting of hay in the next week or so. We will take the first 60 bales for next winter and the neighbor can have the rest plus whatever else gets cut over the summer. We are setting up some electronet to give the main paddock a break plus I still cut close to 100 pounds of grass a day for them. We aren't sure how Maisy will react to that type of fence but if her memories are still there she grew up with it. She has stopped going exploring so we keep on eye on all of them and see how it goes. Our neighbor has 5 acres that we can graze on and leave everything on our side for hay.
Hens and Roos
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Very nice garden- want to come and plant one for us
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Mike CHS
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It's still a work in progress but we are pleased with what we get out of it.
Baymule
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Beautiful garden, beautiful view. I love to hear how things are going so good for ya'll. That's a good hay trade you have with the neighbor. It's wonderful to be in a place with good neighbors!
norseofcourse
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Looks great! Will you mow the grass between the raised beds, or are you going to put something between them so grass doesn't grow?
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Mike CHS
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We feel truly Blessed with our neighbors. There are 4 households on our little valley but we all work together quite often.
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Mike CHS
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I made the beds wide enough that our mower can get through between them. There is still a lot of weed eater work but it doesn't take too long.
The terraced beds get enough foot traffic that a hoe makes them pretty easy.
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Mike CHS
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We finished another shelter today that is for our two turkeys. This time we went for simple but functional but more importantly, speedy. The turkeys were the same size as the chicks we bought the day we got them. Now they are almost as big as our adult hens so we needed to move them from the big brooder. Not being sure what the future of this thing is we made it mobile and can be moved with pallet spears or by hand if you remove the roof. Roofing shingles on 3/4 ply makes it heavy. The door on the front slides open and the roof can be slid forward to help in cleaning.
It's 41" x 47" so it could also be used as a dog house, or even a small goat shelter.
We temporarily have a Sheep & Goat panel around the front for a couple of days until they know this is where their bunk house is.
It's 41" x 47" so it could also be used as a dog house, or even a small goat shelter.
We temporarily have a Sheep & Goat panel around the front for a couple of days until they know this is where their bunk house is.
CntryBoy777
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That looks really good, and I may stay along that line when it comes to building the duck area. It will have to be longer and a little more open, but something simple and easy to maintain. Is that the bead board plywood?
