Everything is ready but the roof.
When it's time to move, 4 bicycle wheels are attached.
Small step for Caruso ... giant leap... well, not really. Scratch that!
Harem on a daily walk.
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- Leon
- Florida, United States
- This has started as a diary for ourselves because sometimes you need to remember when something happened and in what order, etc. Then I realized that it would be a great way to share what I learned, so that the others don't have to bump into the same problems. Honestly, my posts mostly fail short of being a good "how-to" manuals because those require TIME and time is something I have very little of but if you have any questions please leave a comment and may be our discussion will supply the missing info :) We do sell lambs and it is possible to stay here (there is a vacation rental unit) - please direct your inquiries at info@alexandralake.com I'm not sure what all this "following" thingie is - I read other blogs via Google Reader. Very convenient.
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3 comments:
Someone asked me:
so, do you leave them to roam around inside electronet unsupervised? bears, hawk, coyotes, neighbor's loose dogs don't get them?
My reply:
Yes. During the day, of course.
We don't have bears here.
Hawks are a concern and that's why I don't want white birds or banties. Also, we parked the coop under a tree and got the birds from flock that was allowed free run of the yard - they're way more alert to things around them then cage chickens and know that there are times to run like a wind if you want to live.
Electronet and training should keep our own dogs out. There are two lines of defense against stray dogs - electronet and Volk, who's pretty protective of the territory. But mostly electronet.
Coyotes usually don't show up during daytime around here as that gets them shot very quickly. And at night, there is a third line of defense - the coop itself, which was designed with coyotes and raccoons in mind.
We'll see how it works. As people in the movie industry say "if it involves animals or kids, there can be no certainty". And that's why for the next month or so the coop will mostly travel around the house, where we can hear if there is any commotion.
hey, leon! wandering over from central fla gardener. great blog! where in fla are you?
anyway, i like pinetree, because they're cheap and they have a large selection. but i mostly order from tomato growers supply (fot tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers), and southern exposure (everything else).
i think i remember rightly that pinetree only does open-pollinated stuff. (southern exposure only carries op seeds.) that's fine, if it's your thing; in the past couple of years i've come to value hybrids, even tho they're more expensive and you can't save seeds. this year i'm trying for the first time some hybrid radishes and beets from park seeds.
Hi, thanks for the kind words and catalogs. I know very little about gardening but I know enough not to buy seeds from the big box stores :)
I'm almost in middle between Tampa and Orlando.
I think we'll go with open-pollinated to begin with - I guess that agrees with my general philosophy more but also I don't think I'd be able to create the conditions where hybrids can demonstrate their high yields and what not. The first year or so it'll probably be about survival :) Thanks for mentioning which ones sell OP seeds.
P.S. Just in case you're interested in these things - I want to order seeds for one of my next projects where we'll try to clean the pond from extra nutrients by running the water through veggi beds. Hopefully, smart plants will pull the nutrients out, and the water will be clean when it returns to the pond. Never tried anything like that before but some people did with pretty exciting results. So I can't wait to see if that actually works as advertised :)
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