[Ag-eq] Winter protection

[Jewel]

Spring it is!  October, certainly, lived up to its reputation for being  windy!
The last couple of days have been, compared to the, somewhat less than, gentle zephyrs we have had 
for the past few weeks, relatively calm and the daytime temperatures have been mild:  between 12 and 
20c.

         Jewel

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From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 1:57 AM
To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Winter protection

Jewel, is it spring there?

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

> WHOOPS!  pardon my slip.  I thought that you said that it was horse manure
> that was hard to pick up,
> but upon rereading, I see that there was no excuse for my thinking that you
> had!  Shall I make an
> excuse for myself by saying that the juxtaposition of horse leavings
> followed, immediately by goat
> ditto got confused in my poor raddled brain.
> If you don't accept that as a reasonable excuse, I won't hold it against you!
>
>           Jewel
>
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> From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 2:01 AM
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> Cc: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Winter protection
>
> Jewel:
>
> Horse manure is pretty easy to pick up, it's the goat manure that is hard.
> It
> is so small it falls right through the manure rake.  When I shovel out the
> goat
> stalls I end up scooping up a lot of the dirt and bedding to.
>
> I really don't like how splatty cow manure is, very messy compared to goats.
> It
> seems to smell worse to.  They also seem to constantly be pooping.  It is
> good
> fertilizer though.
>
> It cracks me up that we are having a discussion on manure.
>
> Nella
>
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Jewel via Ag-eq <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>:
>
> > 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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