Permaculture Tips and Tricks
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| A Southern Night story | Kirsten | Growing tomatoes in the hot, humid south is an intricate dance of planting in raised beds to avoid floods, dodging diseases and beating the heat. But, the rewards are huge. I spent a decade growing...read more | 07/25/2013 | 0 | |
| Always add vitamins and electrolytes to water for newly hatched chicks! | Kirsten | Always add vitamins and electrolytes to water for newly hatched chicks. If they don't receive enough vitamin E in the first 8 weeks, or so, their brains may not develop properly; they may exhibit...read more | 07/21/2013 | 0 | |
| Automating Your Poultry Coop (De Rerum Automatica) | Kirsten | Kibi78704's (Kirsten's) Preface:Treadle Feeders: Last year, when I started raising chickens, I saw this article on how to build a treadle chicken feeder, like the one advertised at http://www....read more | 08/11/2013 | 0 | |
| Chicken Tractor |
 selwyn |
Build a chicken tractor for your yard so you can direct the efforts of your chickens. It keeps them safe and you can get them to clean up areas of weeds or other vegetation by positioning the...read more | 08/16/2009 | 0 | |
| Chicken Vets |
selwyn |
Here are some recommendations from the austin poultry list for Avian Vets so you can take your chickens in for help. Thanks to Carla for this.My local vet in San Marcos is not an avian vet, but he...read more | 08/9/2013 | 0 | |
| Chickens for newbies |
selwyn |
Check out this cool video for newbie chicken owners at http://www.groworganic.com/omega-3-chicken-forage-blend-irrigated.htmlShe does a really nice job of summarizing how to get started with chickens...read more | 05/3/2013 | 0 | |
| Cleanup small oil spill | Guest (not verified) | If you ever have an oil spill or really anything that isn’t an elemental poison (lead, mercury, cadmium, etc.) in an area near where you’re growing food drench it with molasses and water or, if it’s...read more | 08/25/2010 | 0 | |
| Controlling mites and lice on chickens |
selwyn |
This is one way to control mites and lice on chickens. The chickes can be reinfected by wild birds visiting your coop. They are easy to get rid of. Buy (any pet store including HEB or any online pet...read more | 01/8/2013 | 0 | |
| Farmers Trees |
selwyn |
I gathered together some recent messages from the austinperm listserver:Kirby commenting on permablitzes:Each blitz usually consists of us building 48 to 120 linear feet of berm and swale, planting...read more | 07/17/2013 | 0 | |
| Fire Ant Control |
selwyn |
Here are some interesting ideas for fire ant control in the back yard:From Dale Barnard:I had billions of fire ants throughout a compost pile and tried all the liquids mentioned, from boiling water...read more | 05/12/2014 | 0 |
