Recent content by Mell62

Two weeks ago it was 70 with a chance of snow the next day. I checked the peach and pear tree to see if they have blossoms and needed to be covered up, all good for now. Then 10 inches the next day. Its 50 right now in CO, chance of snow tomorrow. Will need to get the plasctic covering out for...

:lau I might have to print this up for folks at work....

When you think about it, chickens,rabbits, cattle etc. eat food that is "green". Seeds,grass, worms, bugs. They are kinda like a living composter in themselves. I have a friend at work whos grandmother used dog poo, but only in her flower beds. I keep forgetting to get the info from her on the...

The only one awake, (kinda) around here is Franklin. He's our box turtle, he has a winter hibernating home in the house. Once it warms up he lives in the greenhouse. I don't usually see any garter snakes until sometime after Mothers day. The are sooo cute, though my DH doesnt think so. He wasnt...

How about a fodder wheel (like ferris wheel)..I've got the idea in my head, now to figure it out. My girls cant free range right now, still working on the border collie. Figure some sort of rotating wheel for the outside in the pen when it warms up. Then moving it into the greenhouse for the...

Are those heat lamps, or just a colored led. I can't tell (hmm glasses issue too), do you have the lights secured to the post other than the clamps? The clamps loosen up and the light can fall. We have that same glow in the coops and blue in the greenhouse. It keeps the neighbors wondering...