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Raising Chickens in Your Backyard with Chris Buyers
December 3, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm – Madcap Theaters, Tempe
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Chris, I was just outside looking at the fig tree that shelters our chicken coop. There are a bunch of new shoots coming out from the bottom of the tree that are currently fruiting. I didn't realize it until now, because there are no noticeable fl...
Making and Canning Salsa with Chris Byers at Near Glendale Ave & 11th Street
November 22, 2009 from 10am to 11:30am
Making and Canning Salsa with Chris Byers
Near Glendale Ave & 11th Street
(we’ll email you exact address when you RSVP)
15 participants total
Requested donation: $10 (Cash or check only)
Have a beautiful bounty of fresh vegetables from your garde...
I get emails about Grit magazine as I have a subscription to Mother Earth News Magazine- by the same publication company. Great articles~! Thanks so much for sharing
I tried sweet potatoes back in june...they started out with a bang...until i had to go away for a week...and no one in the fam knew what else to do....
Raising Chickens in Your Backyard with Chris Buyers at Madcap Theaters, Tempe
December 3, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm
Raising Chickens in Your Backyard
Instructor: Chris Buyers
Requested donation: $10 (Cash or check only)
FREE Parking: The best place to park is at a free lot on 5th street & Ash (just west of Mill). Then walk toward the tall CenterPointe condo b...
Reading Grit magazine online for awhile and realized this would be a big help for a lot of people in our area. They have a great article on sweet potatoes, one of my newest desires to grow lots of for myself and possibly others. Here is the link a...
Chris - my neighbor has a fig tree that hangs over the wall and we have Thompson seedless grapes. They did better before our neighbor put in the block wall, but the plants are old and well established. Let us know if you want to come by...
Bummer about the grape vine. :(
And I wonder why the lot was so wet. Is it still getting irrigated?
Here is a pic of the stuff I got the last time I went, so you can see what the figs look like ripe:
I forgot that there was also some mint the...
we have thompson grapes and red flame you can take cuttings off of. 35th ave and peoria. we are also going to see you at the class on sat, so remind me and i'll bring some cuttings. we also have grapes growing on one of the vines. this particular ...
LOL! That was my second visit. So I knew enough to change my shoes, but not enough that I thought to wear jeans.
Sounds like a really cool experiment. I hope you'll keep us updated.
Oh and let me know if there are any figs on that tree. I haven'...
Of course you can come take from our Peter's HOney Fig anytime....Cactus and the 101 area. Give Michael and jingle.
And.....did you find out how to generate new plants...the one Greg from Urban Farm gave us....bit the dust. Put in sandy soil with...
Just ran across this on Craiglist and thought of people making soap.
have 250 gallons of raw glycerine from biodiesel production (unfiltered or processed).
We use KOH (potassium hydroxide).
Glycerine has many uses:
* Road dust control
* Make soap...
I can tell you where you can get both -- at one of my foraging spots. It's around 19th Ave and Bethany Home. It's overgrown, so wear long pants and hiking shoes or boots. I've also encountered a homeless man sleeping under the fig tree before. He'...
Looking for people willing to let us take some cuttings off of fig trees and grapevines. The variety does not matter, just looking for people willing to allow trimming some pieces to see if I can generate some new plants from cuttings.
Last night (10-23) these blossoms opened on our yellow crook neck seed planted mid September. So we are at six weeks from planting, looks like squash soon. Yellow crook-neck Dixie Hybrid.
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The profile photo is Violet, recently pass on, the world's best friend in my opinion and the most missed companion in my life. My wife and I will always treasure her love.
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- At 2:03pm on October 22, 2009,
alia said… - hi chris, the frog was down at the san pedro river...i think maybe it is a leopard frog but i'm not entirely sure.
i don't think i'll be at the meat bird class, but do you know when your next raising chickens class will be?
- At 7:53pm on October 21, 2009,
Mary Hislop said… - oh Chris..glad to hear your daughter's alright, though it must be a very difficult time for you. Sorry to hear about Violet, but I think you're right, maybe the universe made a trade? I'm sure Violet would be very happy with the outcome, and thrilled with continuing to give you joy I often wonder if our pets are here to help us remember just how short life is, and to remind us to look for the joy that's available, every day....
I lost my cat of 18 years last week-end, fortunately I was able to hold him in my lap outside in the sunshine and say goodbye as well...Too bad we're not as able to deal with our own passing when the time comes..
Take care of yourself and your family...Thanks for including me in your friends list.
Cheers,
MARY
- At 12:07pm on October 21, 2009,
Mary Hislop said…
- Thanks Chris...It's a pic of the herd that comes through the 'yard' regularly...I use the term yard loosely, as they eat almost anything new that I introduce, so I stopped introducing..I like having em come through, so it more than makes up for the lack of new plant material..Cheers, MARY..and who's the noble looking wild animal in your pic?
- At 7:08am on October 17, 2009,
Michael and Lylah Ledner said…
- Thanks Chris!
- At 6:38am on October 17, 2009,
Michael and Lylah Ledner said…
- very helpful. Thanks! i'm posting pics of our present garden yard and will post the blank sheet pics - hoping to invite some creative ideas from this guild - great group of folks here.
have a wonderful day!
- At 6:14am on October 17, 2009,
Michael and Lylah Ledner said…
- Hey Chris....Michael and I sure appreciate all your advice. Question: how many chickens do you have and what's your housing look like?
Also - we're moving to a new property - very excited about the new clean slate, if you will. Second question: the place where we'll garden first had those sticker bushes - loads of goads - dry ones even now. For years round up had been sprayed on the land too. When we walk on the property end up with the goads in shoes. We'd love some suggestions as to what to do with that first. We'll also used raised beds like we have where we currently live.
Thanks! lylah
- At 7:41pm on September 26, 2009,
Doreen Pollack said… - Chris - so nice to meet you today as well. I would be honored to be your friend!
- At 6:01pm on September 23, 2009,
Anita Mahaffey said…
- Hi Chris,
We got our bamboo for the chicken coop from our neighbor's yard. They have a huge stand and have been very gracious to share the mature culms with us. We also repaired a part of our fence with some of the bamboo by wiring it up to the cross beams. We have lots more plans to use bamboo around the yard in the future!
- At 8:07pm on September 21, 2009,
Jeff said… - Hey Chris,
Thanks for the friend request and participating in the energy discussion. Hope to see you around!
Jeff
- At 6:23pm on August 25, 2009,
Monica said… - Hi Chris!
Thank you for your thoughtful, thorough and supportive answers to my weevils question. I deeply appreciate that you took time to help. I think I averted disaster and I am trying to figure out how to reach the feed producer, which I thought I would just find online.
I'm sorry you lost your dear Violet. We lost our Shepherd mix Apollo 3 years ago... and bought our very first food producing plant, a lemon tree to remember him.
Welcome to the guild!
-Monica
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Hands-on Herb Potting Class with Doreen & Maya at The Farm at South Mountain
December 5, 2009 from 9am to 11am
Hands-on Herb Potting Class with Doreen & Maya
Class Fee - $25
Class limit 25 people – you must RSVP to attend – no walk ins
Learn how to create and actually make an herb container garden for yourself or to give as gifts for the holiday. This ha...
Hi Lynn - one pot big enugh for three herbs. One that is about 15 inches across at the top would work perfect!
I get those too. I think they're cabbage loopers.
Other than picking them off by hand, I'm had also been spraying the leave with bT.
My latest strategy is to spread out some diatomaceous earth atop the soil and plants. Hoping that will help.
I just went out and bought more frost cloth today as it is usually December we get our first frosts. Last year was so mild though I have been wondering how this year will be!
Sue, great! My swiss chard is just starting out and I can't wait for it as it is one of my favorite veggies! I often wonder whether to leave things longer to see what they will do, your swiss chard being a great example of that!
You know, I don't know exactly what it was but was rather surprised that it grew so big because it didn't bear any resemblance to any of the pumpkins I seeded! We didn't eat it, but saved it to carve for Halloween. It held up pretty well too for t...
My swiss chard is amazing, it was good during the summer, but it has gone crazy since its cooled off. I jumped the gun and pulled out my zucchini plants, sorry I did that now, reading what others are experiencing.
Oops, sorry about your zukes Dana. I am getting many tomatillo's now, they seem to like it cooler because in the summer they grew big, had lots of flowers, but produced no fruit. Feast or famine right? :)
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