TOO Homesteading

[Buckmaster]

You added some curbside value. Nice work!

 

[giles]

Adding blueberries to our mix. This makes raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, paw paws and now blueberries to what grows on our property. Hopefully this fall I can add a few apple trees.

Things like this don’t take up much space, go get you some!

 

[MoonLab]

Finally got it planted. Sure momma is happy with that

 

[Quantum673]

Did you go with a weeping cherry?

 

[MoonLab]

Did you go with a weeping cherry?

Yes sir

 

[Quantum673]

Sweet

 

[hickslawns]

Looks good Chad. Might want to move it out where the rock is. In 10yrs or less it will be in your porch and house.

 

[bowhunter1023]

Good work fellas!

No pics to share, but we started the "move out process" this weekend. I cleaned out the storage building on Friday, then we spent all afternoon/evening Saturday cleaning the laundry room up. Got a load of stuff to trash, donate, and put in storage. That'll help facilitate the upstairs closet "thinnings" underway! It's getting real, real fast!

 

[bowhunter1023]

Ran a batch of black raspberry jam today to use up the rest of our 2017 berries. K loves picking, eating and now turning berries into jelly!

 

[giles]

I can vouch for this stuff! Damn tasty and worth every minute of jesses effort.

 

[Jamie]

superb!

 

[bowhunter1023]

Added to the stable tonight. Post 4H fair season market ducks for $2 a beak. I'll fatten them up and butcher them as needed.

 

[Buckmaster]

From store (cheating) to freezer.

 

[Buckmaster]

57# baby bundled. Ever had a beef, venison, pork, turkey meat loaf or burger? Try it! Thus my labor of love.

 

[Sgt Fury]

57# baby bundled. Ever had a beef, venison, pork, turkey meat loaf or burger? Try it! Thus my labor of love.

That’s a lot of turkey!

 

[bowhunter1023]

Anyone here have experience raising chickens and ducks together in the same coop/run setup?

 

[HE>I]

A bad experience. The ducks muddy up the waterer doing what ducks do and waste a lot of feed. I only did it for about a month and a half until the pond was ice free then kicked their asses out.

 

[Sgt Fury]

Agree. Ducks are messy. I’d keep them separate. We always had problems with them dirtying up the water.

 

[bowhunter1023]

I use a nipple waterer for my chickens, but there's no way to keep ducks from making a mess of the run itself. I had them both together for a while, but separated them when I moved my chickens into the barn. Thinking about my permanent arrangements now that we've settled in and I have a few months to work on the new fencing layout, plus building a coop.

 

[bowhunter1023]

You know what time it is?!?

10 ducks, 10 chickens means it's time to change nasty ass bedding for the next 8 weeks!