Getting excited over small sprouting things. It's so nice when plants out-grow weeds. The teepees have just the beginning of pole beans. In front of those are 3 rows of Vermont Cranberry beans. To the right of that are 6 rows of potatoes. In the very back are our two compost piles. They've very small now due to plentiful rain and warm weather shrinking them down. The compost on the left is full of potato sprouts. We put the freakish end-of-the-year root cellar spuds in the compost and now they're doing their thing. The plan is to leave that pile undisturbed and let it grow as it will. Who knows what kind of potatoes we'll get out of there!
Again, wee growing things. Tomaotes, greens and very wee seedlings. The garlic and the caraway are the largest things out there right now.
Chicken condo awning. Frame was originally supposed to be about 6-8 feet long. G (as usual) got super ambitious and made it 16 feet long. The wood is ripped 2X4s and the cover is old vinyl wall covering (think institutional 1970s decor) that we scored at the Recycle Reuse center, only $3 for 20 yards.
The completely covered awning. It felt like a Wright Brothers original when we carried it out back.
The finished project, providing shade and partial shelter from the elements. Special thanks to my brother who came over to help us lift it and screw it to the garage. It was too much for this lone pregnant chick to hold overhead! And a very special thanks to G, for putting so much time and love into this project!
I really want to get some sort of tiki lamps to string along the edge of this awning! I swear it looks like one of those massive roll out awnings you see on campers in RV parks. Next week, the chicken shuffle board deck installation!
3 comments:
So the "alien sprouted potatoes" will grow even without particular care, if they are just in the dirt? Are they that low maintenance? I never knew...
Livinglocal, we shall see about those potatoes. The sprouts they had on them at the end of winter, just by being stored in the basement were about 18 inches long! They'll sprout anywhere! We'll see if they grow in the compost dirt.
We've also got random potatoes coming up in last year's patch- ones we must have missed. Those should grow spuds too, tho in my experience, not nearly as many.
Can you train the chickens to hold drinks with little umbrellas? That would complete the scene.
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