Roger Korthase

William Bronson wrote: Yes, this paddock idea is very  cool.
I think you could plant them under mesh and let them grow up through, thus keeping the tuners themselves safe.

Also,I've read about people blanching/ forcing them in darkness and eating the resulting sprouts themselves.

I was thinking about just taking some lower  leaves off (having them in a  totally separate area) for 'forage' items

Thank you, you gave me some good ideas!

I see this is an old thread (from 2017 or so).

Looking to find a high yield  crop, beneficial to our chickens and rabbits and ourselves.  

Wondering if Sunchokes might be an answer

Timothy Norton wrote:Welcome to Permies!

I'm a part of the garden/chicken combo of Permies around here. Turkeys sound like an interesting expansion to get into. If you do pursue it, I'd love to hear about it in the future!

We have someone local (about 6 miles) who raised Blue Slates (along with several breeds of chickens and pheasant).  That is who we are planning on getting them from.  

Su Ba wrote:Since I only use homemade fertilizers and grow an insane amount of fruits and veggies, I’d say that I’ve had some success at it. But having said that, I use poo in some of it. By poo I mean horse manure, cow manure, chicken manure, and sheep manure. Although I could make suitable fertilizer without these manures, it is a fast way to get to my target of food abundance.

Why don’t I use manure all the time? Because it takes a lot of my time to collect it out of the pastures. There is no place around me where people make manure piles or have manure lagoons. And the rabbit and goat breeders price their bags of manure way beyond what I am willing to pay for it.

My non-poo fertilizers consist of poo-less compost, plant teas, and fermented fish solution. Grass clippings are used in place of manures. I use my lawnmower to grind up just about all the various vegetation that I use for compost and teas. The fish trash is obtained from local fishermen, soaked in a trashcan of rainwater until it’s good and ripe. It gets churned up once a day, and when the stench is right, it gets diluted and used.

Question…….is there a reason to avoid "poo". Actually, animal manures make marvelous fertilizer. There are a lot of micronutrients and microbes in there that the plants respond to in a positive manner.

Have you considered using urine? Or is that in your "poo" category? Urine is a marvelous fertilizer too.

Not avoiding it, we have a pet rabbit who is 'prolific' in his poo production (which is side dressed on plants and used in teas) but our main poo producers are our chickens, and it is too hot until it's composted.  We grow some things (lettuce, spinach, radishes and the like) inside our house. and really don't want a poo smell inside

Been lurking on and off for a while, figured I would say "Hi"

My wife and I are in Gratiot County, Michigan, we have been here 15 years or so.  We live in 120 year old fieldstone house on 3 acres.

We have a small (but getting bigger) garden and a small flock of chickens.  In the past, we have had turkeys (which we may get again next year, heritage breed this time), ducks and rabbits.  Perhaps Contreaux quail in a year or two.

Discussing hatching out some of our eggs next spring, as a sustainability project (hence the heritage turkeys).

We are adding some fruit bushes and trees along with expanding our garden (see above) to about half an acre.

Got some windows (48" tall by 60" long {x5  of them, for free}) for a small greenhouse to go alongside our chicken coop, I just need to come up with a roof...

I've taken enough of your time, looking forward to information!

Just wondering if anyone has had good luck with homemade fertilizer (made with bonemeal, bloodmeal, green sand, banana peels, etc, not poo).

Thanks in advance!

Roger

My first post here, so Hi everyone.

 Jumping a vehicle won't hurt it, and most auto parts stores have a device that they can put on a running vehicle and tell you if it is a bad battery cell, a bad alternator, or something else.  Good luck!