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20 Feb ’12
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No beekeeping, maybe when we have land. I just see the little guys/girls around in the garden all summer pollinating away so I figure might as well encourage them as much as possible. Got the wood from scrap at work and while it is not huge I think I could setup a dozen or so holes for the natives to live in.
Something like this.
15 Feb ’12
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that look simple enough, I like it
11 Mar ’12
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groinkick said
well, I recently got rid of my old plastic sheeting/cattle panel green house and for Christmas, Santa let me order a new one with the poly panels. Hopefully this will hold heat a little better than the old one. So I'm going to level out the pavers and put the new greenhouse up as we get closer to spring.Im going to start a bunch of seaberry from seed and see how that works out. If they grow, I'll have extra if anyone's interested in seaberry!
I'll get to work on building the "chicken moat" that I designed and re-fencing the permaculture orchard area.
I'm also planning on learning grafting and other tree and plant propagation techniques.
KE are you getting into beekeeping?
Leroyj, congrats on the baby daughter!
I'd love to try some seaberry here
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11 Mar ’12
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I'd like to build a nice big chicken run around my coop, get my tractor repaired so I can brush hog. I want to spend more time foraging
But I'm hesitant to make too many plans right now. Mostly I just want to recover from this stupid accident.
Be RADICAL Grow Food
15 Feb ’12
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wait, groin got a new greenhouse? I totally missed that, you put it up yet?
3 Nov ’12
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The new greenhouse should get here on Monday. I wont put it up for a couple of months though, there's still some work to do on the ground where it's going to sit.
I repurposed the cattle panels from the old one as a trellis for the grapes I put in this fall and I used the wood from it to build a door to the kiwi trellis area. (I used to just peel the fencing back to get in there.)
Spotted, if I can get them to grow, I'd happily send you a few seaberry plants! Im going to start the seeds in 2 weeks. I'll keep you updated!
15 Feb ’12
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where did you get it?
3 Nov ’12
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I actually ordered it on Amazon. I was checking around for a bit once I found the one I wanted. When I was ready to buy, Amazon had it for 25% off, which was a nice surprise. Unfortunately, the freight company called yesterday to tell me it was damaged in shipping. I've been talking back and forth with the distributor, who is of course sold out right now. They told me once they get more in (expected in 2-3 days) they would ship one out. I dont know if I should just request the refund or wait it out. Im inclined to wait it out since I dont really need it right now and it was a great price, but it makes me nervous because even with the sale it was still expensive.
the good news is I've ordered seaberry seeds from three different sources so I should hopefully have some good genetic diversity.
There is mixed information out there on the best way to get the seeds started so Im going to try a few techniques and see what works best. Some say just get them and plant them in 1/8" of seed starting mix under light to get them to germinate. Some say to stratify them by wrapping in damp paper towel and refrigerating them for 90 days. Some say just soak in water for 48 hours before planting.
I'll try all three and see what works best for me.
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