by Daisy | Jul 13, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
If you’ve ever wondered what a box of live chicks looks like, here it is. The P.O. called early Wednesday morning (they ship out on Monday) to say the chicks had arrived. I went over directly and brought them home. I opened the box and there they were, 8 chicks...
by Ivory Soap | Jul 10, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
I got this for Christmas from Craigslist. Cheap!! Why? I have goats. Goats regularly ‘fertilize’ their bedding straw. Goats strip leaves off of every stick in the vicinity. Neither straw nor sticks break down very quickly in the compost pile. But because...
by Daisy | Jun 29, 2009 | Fencepost, Flops
A while back I predicted abject failure from my Three Sisters planting of corn, pole beans, and squash. None of my dire predictions came true, but we still got trouble. The plants themselves have grown well. The corn is tall and tasselling out. The beans are growing...
by Daisy | Jun 24, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Oh, it’s ON. The squash bug and borer wars are heating up. In addition to having my pumpkin vines invaded by borers, I have suffered an actual SBRI (Squash Bug Related Injury). Don’t scroll down below the photo of the squash bug eggs if you can’t...
by Daisy | Jun 22, 2009 | Conversation, Fencepost
Last year I harvested 2 zucchini and 2 butternut squash from several huge squash vines. I had squash vine borers AND squash bugs. I wasn’t prepared. Maybe you’re never really prepared for a squash pest invasion, but I’m gearing up for war this year....
by Daisy | Jun 17, 2009 | Fencepost, Flops
Remember when I said that you have to have homemade or, like, five bags of different composts in your raised beds? Well, I know, because this year I didn’t do it! I have NEVER had to fertilize my garden or anything else I’ve grown. But I got lazy. I put in...
