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@@baiersbotanicals thank you! I’m hoping to have it finished soon that would be great 👍

Thank you! We’re actually going to see how well the ice box works and if it holds temperature well enough we can use that as a fridge. Will make for a good video anyway as I test it out!

@@onceuponatinyfarm I had NO IDEA the ice box was anything more than a beautiful cabinet!! Testing it out will make a great video! The texture and white color of the walls look so nice with the rest of your decor.

Appreciate that!

Yes! The ones in my front raised bed garden weren’t attacked by deer and did great. The asparagus greens just turned brown so I’m going to trim them all very low and hope they grow a lot more next year.

Thanks, he’s a good boy!

Baker Creek has them! They don’t always have them in stock so I joined a waiting list and bought them when they were back in stock again

@@stephencameron1709 me too! I’m pretty sure it would have spread more this year if we actually got any rain

That’s a great deal!

@@qaanitvogt170 yes that’s why I make sure to cook them, in fact I probably over cook them so they’re very mushy they seem like prefer it that way

I’ve been feeding them cooked rice for over a year now and they’re just fine

@@JohnDoe-id9hi I got these on Amazon 6 mil plastic, but the best tarps are at farmersfriend.com

@@REDonFIRE you could probably just feed them the chicken wheat and mealworms and black soldier larvae. I would add corn and sunflower seeds for additional protein and fat sources to help them over the winter. But you could absolutely just feed them the wheat, it would be even better if you soaked the wheat in water overnight before feeding it to the chickens.

@@onceuponatinyfarm i’m only gonna do a mealworm farm because the black soldier fly farm is much more complex with flying objects around lol I’m doing this set up in my basement because they breed when it’s warmer a lot more. I live in Ohio. So other than what they can forge in their run, I plan on feeding them, the wheat, and mealworms I raise. I’ve heard people before talking about mixing wheat with water or fermenting. I’m not sure why people do that yet. I plan on giving them a big feeder so I have to feed it less often and I don’t know if I could do the wet food and that.

@ that’s awesome! Fermenting the feed is really easy and good because it increases the amount of nutrients the chickens get when eating them. It also causes the wheat to expand the longer it’s in the water and they will double in size, giving you more weight to feed them. So in theory fermenting the feed lets you get more value for your money because the feed will last longer.

@@onceuponatinyfarm would I be able to put a bunch of fermented feed into a large feeder? Or would it start to mold because it’s wet?

@@REDonFIRE yeah I only do small batches of it at a time to prevent it from going bad. I use 5 gallon buckets and measure out how much I need for the birds. You could have 3 separate buckets and use one for 2 days and then have another one started with 2 days worth of feed and so on.

Thank you didn’t realize that 👍

@@onceuponatinyfarm no problem

Thanks! If I didn’t try to organize all my garden plans and ideas I would be so stressed out!

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That market goes up until the last Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I’m actually going to be selling this winter to a new farm to table grocery store in Pottsville, Pa that is opening soon. I’m excited about that. And yes drip irrigation was a lot of work to install but now that’s it’s done it makes my life way easier.

@@onceuponatinyfarm A Farm to Table grocery store is exciting just to shop in. Selling your own produce there is FANTASTIC! The row covers with drip line ought to give you lettuce, radishes, carrots, leafy greens all winter to sell. It sure would be a LOT of work to water under the row covers by hand.

Haha it worked! Thanks

@@raymondduarte6078 they swallow them whole!

@onceuponatinyfarm thank you for responding

I have had a few holes the shape of deer prints through the frost fabric which is very thin, but with the thick greenhouse plastic on top they can’t step through that stuff so I hope they leave my crops alone now!

Yes this is a great system. My DIY hoops i think were also too wide and the plastic always got swept up with the slightest breeze no matter how many weights i put down. I'm glad i invested in these but it definitely wasn't cheap, but compared to what full sized tunnels would have cost to cover the same amount of rows would have cost me over $10,000 so this is great for me.

@@onceuponatinyfarm Low tunnels like yours also hold the heat better than high tunnels. I experimented with tunnels 2 ft high and 6 ft high, had thermometers in both and I was surprised at how much warmer the 2 ft tunnels were.

@@judithrola8841 it’s cheaper to find them in bulk. Walmart sells an 8 pound bag of pinto beans for like $6.88 and then find a big bag of rice for a good price and that will feed them a long time

@@Karen-np1kb awesome! Can’t wait for spring to plant them!

@@stephencameron1709 thanks! As long as I can keep the deer away I think it would work great

@@anniebancroft1175 I try to do the same it’s more fun to grow things you can’t find in stores!

@@anniebancroft1175 Azure is really great, I didn’t even realize they had seeds until recently when I had a really hard time finding these Anasazi corn seeds. Most of the companies selling them were based in Australia for some reason and then I saw Azure had them and I was excited. I do think they grow pretty tall but I’m planning to grow them closer to our house next year so I can keep a better eye on the deer. I’m also considering getting some more greenhouse tunnels just to cover my corn rows too which will keep other pests out as well.

@@onceuponatinyfarm The poultry nutrient balancer looks very interesting. I've had similar issues with my hens that you're having. I did add a led light bulb to the coop that increases their "daylight" by a few hours and that has helped!! I also added grains, like you have. Since I'm retired and lots of time, I'm also sprouting the grain, Hens LOVE that!

@@anniebancroft1175 so I have a few of my hens in a tractor that has a solar light kit on it and lately it turns on around 5:30 pm when it t gets dark and stays on for a few more hours until maybe 9 pm and those chickens have been laying eggs every single day. I’ve never tried adding light before but I figure that has to be the reason they’re the only ones consistently laying now. Kind of cool.

@@imcubanb2870 I thought about doing that as well but I’m pretty sure the beans need to be cooked so they aren’t toxic for the birds and I’m not sure if soaking them removes that toxic element from the the beans.

@@skylarsartnphotography3450 awesome! You’ll love it

@@stcstwwlove I’ve actually made a video where I did ferment the rice and beans too!

I have expanded their setup, they now have tunnels that wrap all the way around the edge of our property right behind our garden rows.

I’m pretty sure I’ve had food allergies all my life too. Making our own sourdough bread from organic flour has definitely made me feel better and sleep better! I’ve read that even people with celiacs can eat sourdough because of how it’s fermented which is interesting

@ I’m allergic to wheat and have celiacs

@@lynneg.308 you could probably look into gluten free sourdough recipes. I’ve seen some you could make with rice flour and I bet Azure standard sells that as well. That’s why I love Azure standard and Thrive market too because my kids and I have food sensitivities and we can search specifically for items that don’t have what we’re trying to avoid. Like snacks without food colorings for the kids, etc.

Yup my chickens must be Puerto Rican because they love rice and beans 🤣

@ it’s a great meal that was the first thing I learned to cook when I was young it’s was easy.

You just put it at the bottom take all the trays out and pour some water according to what you are hatching read the instructions for more info

I just pour the water in when I first put the eggs in and then again after candling them on day 18 before locking it down for the hatch. I’ve messed up my hatch rates in the past by opening up the chamber to add water causing humidity loss, so I find it’s better to keep it closed as much as possible to hatch the most chicks

@@onceuponatinyfarm you are right i meant before you start the process, should have elaborated it before my bad thanks for correcting me cheers bud.

@ this incubator came with instructions on how much water to put in the chamber so I just followed what it said. I’m sure each brand of incubator will tell you how much water it needs

Woot woot!

Thanks so much! I’m used to being upstaged by both my children lol

Thanks so much!

Good question, and honestly I think I set this up too late in the season because the temperature has cooled so much that I don’t think there are any black soldier flies at the moment. I will update this bin again in the spring when the warm temperatures and humidity return.

@@robgrey6183 it was actually perfect for just my wife and I before having kids