Marc Dube

While not wholy intentional for the purpose of biochar humans have also been using fire for grasslands all around the world and when grass burns quickly like that it turns to char dust.

I prefer bareroot for trees because I haven't seen a potted tree that didn't have circling root bound roots in the pot. For perennials potted is just fine.

I just finally built one this year. I went with a wood frame as it was 1/3 the cost of metal ribs.

Anne Miller wrote:I wonder if sprouting the grains or fermenting them would be easier for the chicken to like the hulled oats?

I did ferment the oats in the summer and it was much more palatable for both the chickens and pigs.

I've fed both chickens and pigs hulled oats before and it does well mixed with other foods.

Dry, chickens don't particularly like it and will pick at it a bit. Pigs will eat it then shit out the empty hulls so it looks like it wasn't digested but most of it was. Chickens love oats after it went through a pig... and I mean love.

Yes but only in the winter. Sunflowers and home rendered suet from deer and elk mixed with Sunflowers. The suet mix is poured into large holes drilled into logs and then the logs are hung as feeders.

William Bronson wrote: Hounds Tongue seems kinda nasty.
How well does burdock grow in your environment?
It has burs , like hounds tongue, but it's not poisonous but actually edible.

I don't advocate for bringing Burdock into an area that it's not currently in as future generations would be cursing you.

But I use Burdock extensively since it grows prolifically on my property, I use it exactly like most use comfrey. Chop and drop, mulch, weed tea, even animal feed.

I steam eggs from a cold start and start timing when it starts boiling and steam for 10 minutes. Then into the fridge until cold. I dont have an issue peeling fairly fresh eggs this way.

One big thing I do for broilers is I feed and water them as far apart as I can to force them to exercise. I feel this raises strong healthy birds with some texture in the meat.

Basically I'm doing the opposite of a factory farm which feeds and waters 2 feet apart and that is all those chickens ever move.

Spring was late to get here, finally the majority of snow had melted and it was looking nice, until yesterday when it snowed 2 feet. Luckily it doesn't seem to be long lasting and already on its way out.