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Using fungus to improve your garden.
great article and website Chris. You seem to be able to find some great web resources. thank you! Chris Kartchner
Replied Dec. 22, 2009
Pecking orders
Rachel, thanks for the advice and the class you taught. I should have plenty of room for the five birds in the run (when they get there), as there are only five and it will be 8'x21'. They will be m…
Replied Nov. 30, 2009
Pecking orders
wish i had paid more attention to this. I have five little chicks bought a couple of weeks ago and I bought one of each of what they had. the buff orpington is the biggest , but the americauna and t…
Replied Nov. 28, 2009
Beet Lovers UNITE!!!!
I love beets, both the beet and the greens. My whole family, yes all of the kids too, love beets. we grow a good crop every winter/spring, although i got away with planting a second in march two yea…
Replied Nov. 20, 2009
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Well update on the chickens.
It's been two weeks and within two days of the original posts, all has been well. In fact, Dumbo ( as she was rechristened by my six year old son) the Buff, has adjusted quite well, with one of the fastest out in the mo…
Well,
interesting topic to be sure.
I guess it is all in how you define "problem". As stated in other posts I am a rookie chicken raiser. Our first group of five is 5 different breeds; not really for color, mostly for me to cut the learning curve…
Chris and all,
Thanks for the information. I admit I have the most blame for the situation in a number of ways.
The coop design is complicated in some ways; I have been trying to use alot of different ideas from what I have seen online, to handle…
Chickens are not known for their brains. You thought you were getting smart chickens? ;-)
Chickens are creatures of habit and some handle change better than others.
If you show her where she should be for a few more days, she'll get it eventually. G…
Well the Family Chicken experiment has progressed to the next stage.our 5 very small baby chicks have grown quite a bit ( 16 weeks now) since our Phx permaculture class last fall (thanks Rachel!) and are moved into their new back yard coop and run (…
great article and website Chris.
You seem to be able to find some great web resources.
thank you!
Chris Kartchner
Rachel,
thanks for the advice and the class you taught. I should have plenty of room for the five birds in the run (when they get there), as there are only five and it will be 8'x21'. They will be more crowded in the summer under the shade, but if…
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December 5, 2009 from 10am to 3pm
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Come check out the Phoenix Tour de Coops, the self-guided tour of the Valley's coolest urban poultry setups! Ov…
wish i had paid more attention to this. I have five little chicks bought a couple of weeks ago and I bought one of each of what they had.
the buff orpington is the biggest , but the americauna and the RIR are teh bullies of the group. Teh little bl…
I love beets, both the beet and the greens.
My whole family, yes all of the kids too, love beets. we grow a good crop every winter/spring, although i got away with planting a second in march two years ago, and harvested in June.
my favorite way to…
black mesa ranch (goat dairy) in snowflake has some of these dogs. they were wonderful. According to the owners, they had coyote problems before which promptly disappeared upon arrival. very calm/good with the kids, but very aloof.
they were defini…
Composting Class with Vynnie McDaniels at Madcap Theaters, Tempe
December 17, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm
Composting Class with Vynnie McDaniels
Requested donation: $10 (Cash or check only)
FREE Parking: The best place to park is at a free lot on 5th street & Ash (just west of Mill). Then walk toward the tall CenterPointe condo building and you'll see…
Container Gardening with Edibles with Vynnie McDaniels at Madcap Theaters, Tempe
November 19, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm
Container Gardening with Edibles with Vynnie McDaniels
Requested donation: $10 (Cash or check only)
FREE Parking: The best place to park is at a free lot on 5th street & Ash (just west of Mill). Then walk toward the tall CenterPointe condo building…
Bill,
We got some chicks through a friend for now, but might want some delawares or Wyandottes in the future.
thanks,
Chris
What kinds do you have right now?
Am possibly looking soon but want heavy breeds, RIR's BR's or especially australorps.
thanks
Hello,
I have A question. I would like to bring my older children, (ages 13 and 14), would I need to pay for them as well?
thank you,
Chris
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- 39 years old married, 5 children. Construction Manager, LEED professional.
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I didn't get a chance to thank you Doreen but this was VERY informative, a must for all newbies!
So I cooked the first of the rabbits we processed last week. Fried it like chicken. What went wrong is I have never fried chicken and I cooked it too long resulting in rubber rabbit so I popped it into the crockpot for three hours and it was divine…
I was just reviewing John Jeavon's book How to Grow More Vegetables and in it he mentions planting Mexican marigold (Tagetes minuta) for controlling nematodes.
Hi Brittany,
Now is sure the time to be making Kombucha since it's been gone off the shelves for a few months now. I so miss it! I hope and pray that the issues get resolved and it comes back.
I've had some really good success with making Kombucha…
Hi Chris - I don't have a PH tester. I've always just added bagged composted mulch, steer manuer and Starbucks grounds to my existing AZ soil to ammend. Some years my spring tomatoes are really good and sometimes not so good. Is there anything in ad…
Thanks for the heads up. When should transplants go in? It's so stinking hot out there! I have an area preparred and ready to go but dragging my feet in fear of the heat.
Sustainable KIDS! ~ Finally... a kid-friendly, family FUN class! with Christy Grace at private farm near Tatum & Dynamite in North Phoenix
September 11, 2010 from 10am to 11:30am
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I attended the volunteer meeting in August and would like to volunteer to help at this event. Will someone contact me regarding this? Thanks
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