[Ag-eq] Winter protection

[Jewel]

Horse eggs hard to pick up!  Have a go at cow pancakes, and then see what you think of the former!

       Jewel

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From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 9:24 AM
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Winter protection

Tracy:

What is the little greenhouse made out of?

The cold frame sounds like a great idea.  Yes, I have plenty of horse manure,
sure wish I could share it with you.  Cruiser and Jed make it pretty easy and
tend to go in the same couple of places.

Goat manure is very good fertilizer, but much harder to pick up.  Rabbit manure
is also very good.  My great aunt and uncle keep a few rabbits just for the
manure.  They have a very nice area for the rabbits and I believe the
grandchildren play with the rabbits.  The rabbit house is next to their garden
and my uncle talks to them while he works in the garden.

I'm starting to build some more raised beds, want to have them ready by the
spring.

What is everyone else up to?

Nella
Quoting Tracy Carcione via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:

> Hi Nella.
>
> I really like my little greenhouse.  It's a Flowerhouse Dreamhouse, 8X8X6
> feet, big enough to sit in on sunny days.  It is warm during the day, but
> doesn't have any inside heat, so isn't much warmer than the outside at
> night.
>
> A lot cheaper alternative, if you want to try some late fall/winter
> gardening, is a cold frame.  I got one on Amazon that snaps together like
> Leggos.  I put it up in the fall, then take it down, take it apart, and
> store it when the weather gets warm again.  It's about 4X4X2 feet.
>
> It's supposed to work real well to get some fresh horse manure, which you
> have, you lucky duck, and bury it in the garden 12 inches down.  Cover it
> with soil, put up a cold frame, and the heat from the rotting manure is
> supposed to keep anything in the cold frame nice and cozy.  I'd love to try
> it, but don't have any fresh manure.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
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