You know what's cool about garlic...it doesn't have to be planted fancy. Literally planted in ground for good earth contact in insulation and wintering over. *Now planting in a bed or otherwise is totally okay but the microclimate of those greatly vary on too many factors so we havent had good success that way. Absolutley try it out for your own gardenspace.* Garlic cloves generously placed out. Straw or bedding couple inches on top. Then your tarp or plastic to cover from weather and wind. Make sure to use heavy rocks or stakes. That awkward time before it snows to hold it all down will really humble you as you chase your tarp, which I've already done several times. I've got just a little bit more to plant in between the windstorm we're having. Hope it'll caam down this afternoon so I can use a torch to thaw the surface and finish planting. The plastic blew off during the night and morning, and my soil froze on top so I haven't been able to finish the last bit.
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When can ducks go outside? Well, they are more hardy then chicken chicks first of all. While they are not dust bathing fluffing into the air like chickens, they do start to get really stinky after the first week in your brooder so you'll be wanting them out of your home or garage brooder space fairly quickly. Your coop home space for them needs to be draft free but good ventilation. Access to lots of dry straw or other similar bedding that will absorb but stay dry for longer. Deep litter bedding is my best friend to shift through the debris on top, winter snow is easy to shake to bottom, and keeps them happy when they are nesting. The temp outside needs to be ideally above 40 but added secured warmth options is helpful. These ducklings shown are two weeks old. I rather wait until week three when next feathers start to come in but I have another batch of babies hatching right now. Last takeaway is you will need to lock them up nightly inside of their coop roosting house and let them out every morning for about one week. This will train them to go back into their run and coop if you desire to free range them later on. It's good practice anyhow to keep them out of predators eyesight at nighttime. I don't think I'm a bird expert however I've had birds half my life basically so must count for something.
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Today I'm excited to fulfill several hundred Honeoye strawberry bareroot orders because food security, self-sufficiency, simple living, and fun easy perennials are essential! There, did I fit enough homesteady keywords in here yet? No? Darn, well this perennial is probably one of the easiest besides some other roots like horseradish and asparagus rhizomes. One of the biggest downfalls of agriculture and gardening in Alaska is access to fruit, which is kinda silly to declare when Alaska is such an abundant state with all the native fruit and berries to be gathered. With experimental studies and rebellion gardening fruit has come a long way in overcoming the harsh challenges of figuring out what and where you'll need to have controlled climate area to obtain success with growing fruit here. It's very possible to play with overwintering strawberries and keep then alive for years with very little maintenance and high productivity like this variety pushes out. We just love Honeoyes and can't wait to hear feedback from those who placed their orders this season.
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If you'd like to place an order for Honeoye Strawberry Bareroots, I may have extras after this mother's day weekend pickup. Watch for future posts from:
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It's the little hops for me🙌😂 when the sunshine hits just right. Who else feels this way in springtime.
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When you're trying to finish up some work but babies start hatching.. first baby chicks of the year. So cute! Very impressed with this new incubator! Healthy fully absorbed on time babies!
This is all I've been talking about this week I know. But tallow is absolutely amazing, here's my wrap up reel on it probably for now. Check out my few other posts about it. And as promised soon I'll share what you can use tallow for beyond your skincare routine.
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