The first picture was taken in September, it was our second summer planting.
Mostly "Dinosaur Kale" which was new to us, and turned out to be a mild flavored. dark green. tender yet hardy Kale, that is good both as a salad green and for steaming. We also mixed some Swiss Chard into the garden.
In December we decided to erect a tent around the garden to keep it warm, temperatures in the 20's were expected.
For awhile after the really cold weather hit, we were afraid to go down to look at the garden.
We imagined wilted, and rotting vegetable goo would be waiting to greet us,
But we were really pleased when finally we did go down to visit the plants.
They were doing quite well, and have saved us many trips to the grocery store, which is a 10 mile drive.
So we saved on both Bio-Diesel, and on our grocery bill.
The Green Onion and Leek patch survived, without a cover.
The best part is we are getting to eat super fresh vegetables all year round now.
and we don't need to go any farther then the meadow to get them.
Hi! I have a question about your chickens. How do you keep them in the woods? I have 17 goats and 35 chickens, at the moment the goats are clearing some woods and I'd love to get the chickens in there too. How do you find their eggs? I think that would be my main problem.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Tasha
Hi Tasha,
DeleteWe haven't any trouble keeping the chickens in the forest, they're surrounded by it. If you want to take the chickens to the goats, you might try baiting them with some grain, like in the video in the post linked here: http://seedyeggs.blogspot.com/2011/02/chicken-seeding_5290.html
The chickens may lay in the woods, so watch your count, and if there is a drop, go hunting. We watch and listen to the hens, to get clues to where the eggs are, but it seems that most chickens return home to nest.
I would think your problem feeding goats and chickens together would be keeping the goats from standing on the chickens feet!