Amkuska's 2025 Garden

[Branching Out]

Well done on the pea harvest AMKuska! I think the weather in the Pacific Northwest has been good for growing peas this year. Not a lot of super hot weather, and just enough rain to keep things hydrated.

 

[AMKuska]

Well done on the pea harvest AMKuska! I think the weather in the Pacific Northwest has been good for growing peas this year. Not a lot of super hot weather, and just enough rain to keep thing hydrated.

We also didn't have a major hailstorm in my area--late hailstorms destroying everything has been one of my biggest growing issues lately.

I also think the chicken poo may be part of it. The chickens made a big mountain of poo in one corner of their run, and it's aged into a massive pile over the year. It just looks like dirt now, but I scraped it all out (2 wheel barrows full!!) and mixed a bit into all the gardens. The one garden I didn't put any in because I finally ran out is the only one which isn't growing as well.

If that's truly the secret though, the chickens never have to lay another egg, the poo will be enough payment for the feed!

 

[heirloomgal]

We also didn't have a major hailstorm in my area--late hailstorms destroying everything has been one of my biggest growing issues lately.

I also think the chicken poo may be part of it. The chickens made a big mountain of poo in one corner of their run, and it's aged into a massive pile over the year. It just looks like dirt now, but I scraped it all out (2 wheel barrows full!!) and mixed a bit into all the gardens. The one garden I didn't put any in because I finally ran out is the only one which isn't growing as well.

If that's truly the secret though, the chickens never have to lay another egg, the poo will be enough payment for the feed!

If I could have chickens in my zoning, I'd consider keeping a small flock just for the poop. As it is now I'm buying it by the bag, at about $17, and I'd use a lot more of it if it was cheaper. IMO it is the finest manure on the planet for all things, works like magic to make plants, healthy, lush and productive.

 

[AMKuska]

Things are coming along in the garden. The pumpkin vine is absolutely ENORMOUS . I turned my back on it for a week and it crawled clean into my neighbors yard. I moved it back and apologized to the neighbor, but as a gardener herself she just laughed about it.

Tomatoes are growing up a little, can't wait to see if my new fertilizer makes them grow bigger. I like what I see so far!