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Permalink Reply by igz on May 5, 2011 at 2:53pm

my attempt at a rainwater catchment system.  it started raining 15 minutes after i finished it.  ill check it for leaks in the morning.

 

im still finding easter eggs in the yard, too

Permalink Reply by Suzanne on May 5, 2011 at 4:01pm

Intergenerationally planting corn kernels at our homestead last Sunday on May Day in West Rogers Park, 3003 W Touhy.

Permalink Reply by igz on May 6, 2011 at 3:33am

thanks, noted.  this bin will probably only be a single season receptable anyway.  Winston got to it before i did and the top, specifically the handles, are chewed up.  damn dog.

H3N3 said:

Nice work. I would suggest thoroughly draining and storing indoors in wintertime or they'll be good for about one year before becoming brittle.

Permalink Reply by igz on May 7, 2011 at 1:24pm

some progress on the garden.  stained trellis.  also ran the twine for the hop bines.  peppers are in the ground, mulch paths, corn is struggling but maintaining, and i have more thats still sprouting.  raspberries doing great, sethum is lining the fronts of the beds, baby grass is coming in where my room mate killed it, grass transplants are doing well, lettuces are starting to sprout, herbs like oregano, sage, and rosemary are doing great.

Permalink Reply by Allison M. down Ogden 7.9 mi on May 9, 2011 at 5:53am

So it's not too early for peppers in the ground? Someone told me May 15th for peppers and tomatoes....it's my first season in this zone so I'm new to the time frames...Do you usually put peppers out this early? What about tomatoes? thx

iggi said:

some progress on the garden.  stained trellis.  also ran the twine for the hop bines.  peppers are in the ground, mulch paths, corn is struggling but maintaining, and i have more thats still sprouting.  raspberries doing great, sethum is lining the fronts of the beds, baby grass is coming in where my room mate killed it, grass transplants are doing well, lettuces are starting to sprout, herbs like oregano, sage, and rosemary are doing great.

Permalink Reply by igz on May 9, 2011 at 6:59am

i was a bit ignorant about timing on everything in the garden, truthfully.  the peppers are in the two front tiers of the middle bed. they seem to be doing fine. the only plant im having an issue with at this time is the corn. 

Allison Mackey said:

So it's not too early for peppers in the ground? Someone told me May 15th for peppers and tomatoes....it's my first season in this zone so I'm new to the time frames...Do you usually put peppers out this early? What about tomatoes? thx

iggi said:

some progress on the garden.  stained trellis.  also ran the twine for the hop bines.  peppers are in the ground, mulch paths, corn is struggling but maintaining, and i have more thats still sprouting.  raspberries doing great, sethum is lining the fronts of the beds, baby grass is coming in where my room mate killed it, grass transplants are doing well, lettuces are starting to sprout, herbs like oregano, sage, and rosemary are doing great.

Permalink Reply by igz on May 9, 2011 at 8:57am

Really??? May 30??  whoops.  consider me a bit eager to get started so quickly.  the onset of spring does crazy things to us.

Permalink Reply by Allison M. down Ogden 7.9 mi on May 9, 2011 at 1:43pm

Lettuce, spinach, onions, radishes, beets, chard, kale, and carrots in the ground.

 

Panoramic view!

 

This was taken in early March...I hadn't done anything yet except put in the raised bed.

 

 

And this was taken today.

& the chicks are definitely growing!

Permalink Reply by igz on May 9, 2011 at 4:16pm

Nice. I love the before and after. About how tall is your raised bed? And those are some really hot chicks!

Permalink Reply by Allison M. down Ogden 7.9 mi on May 10, 2011 at 4:10am

It's a foot tall, and there's no barrier between the bed and the ground so it's deeep. Chicks should be movin' outside in the next few weeks! I'm so proud...they're like awkward teenagers now.

iggi said:

Nice. I love the before and after. About how tall is your raised bed? And those are some really hot chicks!

Permalink Reply by Allison M. down Ogden 7.9 mi on May 10, 2011 at 4:11am

I'm pretty sure the gooseberries aren't going to make it...the leaves have mostly all shriveled up. Money plant has been doing great, but then all of a sudden it is bolting and has little purple flowers...are yours bolting yet? (And the raspberries are sooo happy.)

H3N3 said:

Allison, that's really great!

How did the Gooseberries and Money Plant fare? I won't ask about the raspberries-- they're  indestructible.

Permalink Reply by Todd Allen on May 13, 2011 at 4:16pm

Same chickens in both shots, from left to right: Ginger, Swan, Henrietta and Freckles.  First was taken last week of February at age of 1 week and second was taken a week ago.  They should reach maturity in July.

We acquired them as day old female chicks.  But we are starting to suspect Ginger is not quite as female as the others.

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