So I can't have chickens here, so I'm planning on getting a few Quail. I found this Craigslist post: http://fresno.craigslist.org/grd/3246283680.html
I'm planning on getting 5 Coturnix hens to start out with, and maybe expand as I get comfortable with them. I want to be able to keep them...
"I tricked my mom into making my playpen bigger by jumping out of my old one."
I made her playpen out of storage cubes, can't trust her out of it because she goes under the couch and won't come out. I know she can because one time I threw lettuce on the floor and it was gone a few minutes...
I'm wanting to make our whole yard into a permaculture garden. The whole low maintenance thing appeals to me, because I tend to get lazy. I know I need to start slow, not only to slowly add responsibility, but also because I don't have a lot of money to bring in loads of compost, wood chips...
I have a flower bed(empty) that is edged with concrete that I'd like to grow an edible herb ground cover in. I want the herbs to spread and kind of take care of themselves after they're established, because this area of the yard tends to get ignored. What can I grow here? I just bought...
We don't water our yard, except for the garden and flower bed, etc. because all that grows there is weeds(Mostly Stinging Nettles). I'm thinking of smothering them with 2 or 3 layers of cardboard, and straw. Then Seeding and covering with compost. Would that work? TIA