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With a small coop, we can change it out with just one bag of shavings. We add in the whole bag, it's about five or six inches deep. We change about four times a year or so. "Herbs" do you have a photo of your set up?

Well, we have six hens and a 25 x 40 garden. Now to be honest, I do not have the time and proper location for a compost pile. I tried, but I just do not have the time to maintain it and it never worked. Someday might like one of those rolling bin types, but I digress... I probably change...

Well, I just checked the garden and was I surprised! The eggs that I planted did not sprout egg plants, but CHICK PEAS! ;)

So I have a row off eggs planted in my garden that my chickens laid. Does anyone know the maturity date until I can harvest egg plant? Huh, what... Oh! I thought this was the gardening with animals forum! :lol:

Here is a question. This is my first year really trying yo plan out my garden using tricks like this. (Thanks for that web-link too!) My question is this, when it is suggested to "not plant this together with that", is there a set guideline to distance? Are we talking a row or two, other end...

I also made the concrete wire cages, but I find that the smaller sheets are a good deal if you are making just a few. I was able to make two cages per sheet, although I might cut a few spares in half and attach the extra to the top of the other cages. I could use a little more height. The...

No, it's not too pretty to use... ;) And it really works good too! Half of this garden was lawn two hours before I started. I have not finished painting it yet, but I picked up a dozer blade for it too! Yes, the price is right and it was not modified to fit, but the proper dozer blade for...

It happened fast, within days. Plus the row right next to it is fine, however not the same style. The plants I pulled up had plenty baby new taters just starting to grow too. I don't quite think it's normal to be honest, I got them in late too.

I just went to check on my garden and saw this on one row or my potatos! I had not checked them in a couple of days as it has been wet, but just saw this! It appears to be even over the whole row, but not on the other row which are russets. (These are reds, I forget what exact ones.)...

I started out using "hog rings" that can be bought at the Tractor Supply or other farm stores to hold the cages togather. That would be the quickest way to make them. I would be leary about the zip ties, that is a thick cage to realy on plastic ties alone.

Sure thing... I also found that those green "garden stakes" are perfect to weave thru the cage and hammer into the ground. The are very solid like this and I have maybe two feet into the ground. (Plus, I already had them!) Next year I "may" extend them up by cutting some in half and welding...

hee hee..... So I am way behind on making twelve of these cages for my tomatos (They have been staked) so tonight I finished them up. I started out using hog rings to clip them togather but did not like how loose they were. Then it dawned on me that the cage was just metal! Well I pulled out...

Thanks, I am thinking I may go witht he snap peas as they can be canned and frozen nice.

Can I get a few ideas? I have a clean section of garden where I pulled my lettuce out and want to plan a new crop. What should I plant that will grow up here in time to harvest? I have tomato's, potato's some later planted beans, cuke's, snap peas (I could plant more of these, the kids eat them...

Just to make sure, I shoud hill up the dirt and bury half the plant when they reach about 8" tall, right?? I am at that point now, and want to make sure I have it right.

Thanks all, I will have to add a photo later once I finish the bean trellis I started tonight. about 16' long and 4' high and I am doing two of them. The "fence" is 6"x6" twine strung between fencing posts. All of the up and down rows are hand tied at each string and if I remember, there were...

Well, this is my first "real" garden here in Connecticut. I grew up with large gardens, very large gardens indeed! However, this is the first good one we have had of our own. I finished the restoration on my Dad's old Troy-Bilt roto-tiller (see photos in the "garden tools" forum here) and I...

Cool, mine just poked thier heads out of the ground in the last few days. Kinda like little babies being born... ;)

Thanks guys. I had been watering daily in the morning, not heavy (IMHO) but with a "shower head wand" maybe 10 seconds per plant. The ground has not been "dry and dusty" but a moist dry soil inbetween. The water bill cost is not the issue, we have two wells here and are not on town water. My...

No problem, as for what they are doing on your 'taters? Well... I would have to guess they are having lunch! "back in the day" growing up, my dad had about 40' x 50' planted in potato's. I vividly remember picking those little buggers for hours on end! Not a "green fix" but we picked them...