Saturday, April 21, 2012

Finally...

So Thursday I went to the dump. Now the politically correct moniker is 'Transfer Station' which means it gets tranferred somewhere else to be buried and burned. I went to scrap a piece of aluminum gutter that had blown of some contractors truck into my yard. I was also hunting for cinder blocks for the chicken coop. What I came home with was a load of used 3/8" plywood and a pair of rolling patio doors. Almost everything I needed to make the cold-frames I've been meaning to build for a while now. So yesterday on my way to pick up chicks at Longhorn Supply http://www.longhorn.me/ I spied Reynolds Motorsports http://www.reynoldsmotorsports.com had a bunch of huge pallets out for the taking. I brought home three and stripped them down and removed all the nails and recovered about $20 worth of carriage bolts too. The little pile here is what I have leftover which will go into a screened enclosure for the chickens. Cant beat these prices!



Each of the cold frames holds about 9 flats of seedlings.





Daisey's Tulips are coming along.


 Spinach and lettuces are up...


Store bought garlic is up! 





 More spinach, lettuce,,, turnip beyond..



Friday, April 20, 2012

They grow up so fast...

Don't remember where I left off last time but all our critters are still alive and thriving. I promise better picture soon...there's a lot going on around here! 


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Taking lettuce handouts...


The coop is coming into being...still working out location on my small lot.
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Doors have gone on...




 The kiddie pool was pretty popular once I got everybody in at once. Still working out the details on this. Only our largest Goose can get in by herself.


We were suppose to have received our 'first ducks and chickens' today. I went to gather the newbies but sadly learned that the whole shipment had perished in the mail. Ready to go I went to our local hardware store and adopted some chicks anyway, I got the last two Rhode Island Reds and four Barred  Rocks. We are going to be over run when our order finally comes in in May!