So 8 months into this homesteading gig and I have learned a few things. Im certain I have learned more than this but these are what come to mind right now: 1. I can grow the crap out of some weeds! In the Greatest Grower of Weeds category I am the valedictorian. Or gold-medalist. Or WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER! Call it whatever you want but whatever you call it I WIN! 2. Aside from being the Queen of Weeds, I truly have a black thumb. The biggest Lazy L really needs to retire because we all need his skillz in the garden. Which leads me to #3... 3. 10 raised beds plus a fairly decent sized strawberry patch plus three more gardening areas is TOO MUCH! Next year I will plant about 1/2 of the available space. One person cannot keep up with a garden of that magnitude unless it is her full-time job, which it most certainly is not. 4. I have learned from The Chicken Chick that chicken scratch and table scraps are treats for chickens and that scratch and layer feed should never be mixed together nor should table scraps be fed on the ground. I also learned that sometimes people bathe their chickens! Who knew?! 5. From The Chicken Chick I also learned that hens like privacy when laying, which explains why my hens stand outside the coop, clucking their ever-loving brains out when another hen is in the coop laying, despite there being three nesting boxes in there. I will be making privacy curtains for the coop. Isnt that the most ridiculous thing youve ever heard?! (Well, besides bathing a chicken?) 6. Goats are the best. I love them and really wish I would have opted for goats over horses. Which leads me to lesson #7. 7. Horses are assholes. But Ive already discussed that with you. 8. If you dont want to freeze yourself in the winter, you MUST have heated water tanks for your animals. Exactly what we will be working on this weekend. Check out chickenfountain. 9. You cannot kill goatheads. Im going to try the special weevils next year though to see if they work. 10. If you open your front door in September and leave it open for more than about 5 minutes you will have eleventy-billion flies in your house buzzing past your ears and around your head while you try to do anything, including sleep. This will cause you to kill flies 2-3 at a time with the fly swatted and run out to the nearest store (5 miles away) to buy sticky fly tape that you will succeed in getting all over your hands & walls. Im just kidding about that last one. I didnt have to learn that because I knew better. Paul Rios? Notsomuch. Paulie - LOTS of dead fly cleaning up and Riaritas, señor!
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 04:16:28 +0000
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