[Ag-eq] Winter protection

Sun Nov 8 17:06:28 UTC 2015

It has been windy here the past month and more rainy.  It has been fairly warm,
hasn't gotten below freezing yet.

I finally had the bull dozing work done and had a giant load of gravel put in
front of the milk barn and the old barn.  He built up some burms to keep the
water from next door coming over and a y shaped ditch to move water over the
hill and into the large drainage ditch.  We also spread gravel in the pathways
that the animals have made.  They have a path worn from the gate and between
the 2 barns.  Hopefully this will cut down on the amount of mud.

I planted rye grass in all the areas that got dug up, it is supposed to grow
quickly and in the winter.  In the spring I will plant clover and orchard
grass.

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

> 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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Nella Foster via Ag-eq" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2015 2:01 AM
> > To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > 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
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > 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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