Weather
- Temperature: 25°F
- Barometer: 29.86 inHg
- Clouds: Overcast
- Wind: Calm
- Visibility: 8 miles
- Sunrise: 7:39 am GMT-8
- Sunset: 4:12 pm GMT-8
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Oct
28
Saturday in the Garden
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Weather:
What a beautiful fall day. It was very cold this morning, by noon it had warmed up enough to venture out of doors. The sun was warm and the day was bright. The sky was clear and very blue.
Plantings:
None
Activities:
Pulled dead vegetables out of the raised beds, tomato plants, zucchini, beans. It is so sad to have to do this.
Weeded around the raspberries.
Need to winter over Asparagus.
Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
I still have lettuce growing, very slowly.
Green onions and leeks are still going strong.
Oct
24
Chicken Update
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It has been 4 days without any sign of the raccoon. On Friday I was late closing up the coop and I think that the raccoon took advantage of that. Since then I am sure to get all the chickens in before sunset. Hopefully this weekend I can get the rest of the coop closed up so that the chickens can move back into the larger coop.
I am in the process of adding aside that will give you an idea of how many eggs I am getting from the chickensk. You have to remember only five are laying now and that they are only just six months old. The younger chickens are just about two and half months old, so they have about four months to go before they start to lay.
I sold my first dozen eggs to a gentleman at work. Hopefully he will be coming back for more.
Oct
22
Sunday - Invasion of the Raccoon(s)
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It’s hard to believe that this cute little animal has killed 6 of my chickens in the last week. Friday night the raccoon got my poor little Rooster and two other hens. It appears that the raccoon has gotten 3 others earlier. My chicken count is now at 21. At least the raccoon did not get my 5 older chickens so I am still getting eggs.
Needless to say, I have spent the weekend fortifying my chicken coop against invaders. What a job, I am not the handiest person with a hammer so it took most of the two days.On a positive note the surviving chickens are doing really well and the younger chickens are getting bigger every day. The older chickens have come out of their shell with all the young chicks around and generally all are getting along well.
It has been a beautiful fall weekend with the daytime high in the 60’s. The nights are cooling off to about the mid 20’s. Hopefully the weather will hold a couple of more weekends until I get the coop secured and the garden cleaned up.
Oct
16
Monday
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Weather:
Rained most last night and part of the day about .48 inches