The new section for gardening, all fenced in. A utility sink is going in too!
Well, with no internet to speak of at home, I must admit.. we can get A LOT done outside! We have made such GREAT strides toward spring planting I just can’t hardly believe it. Let me list for you the things we have accomplished over the last few days.
In NO particular order:
- Planted our new Thompson Seedless Grapes – Cut the bottom off and filled a 3′ tall metal recycled food barrel. I didn’t have any real soil and I didn’t know what it really needed (because my internet is down) so I layered in a mixture of the 3 garden soils I do have here.
- Sectioned off part of our yard as an official “garden” area, installed fencing etc to protect up coming plants from the chickens & dogs.
- Placed our outdoor sink in it’s final destination (love those movies) at the edge of the new garden area
- Moved the Dog Run FROM the corn patch for winter, TO a corner of the new garden area. I will use this space to grow out chicks for my GLO project and keep it here for 1 year. Next year it will be ready to be planted with strawberries or something similar.
- Sectioned off part of the new garden area for my fruit beds & am now figuring out how to raise a place to plant my new raspberry which apparently HATES clay & sand too. 🙁 That explains why the other one & the blueberry I planted years ago are doing NOTHING.
- Put the Mini Coop on a palette foundation, put it on the slope of the hill in what will soon be shade from the Willow tree for my 2 yard cockerels still growing up/out.
- Cleaned the porch of all the winter straw remnants (except those still in the dog crate)
- Redesigned the nesting area in the 4 post coop to accommodate those hens who did not want to lay in there, but wanted to lay in the dog crate.
- Placed the 2 young pullets that are growing out with the Blue Orpingtons… about 3 days and they get along famously.
- Used the Bucket of Death to help eliminate the mouse population beginning to grow again. Works GREAT!