Jessica Chambers

My favorite incubator

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Cool huh? She was trapped in wire. A relocator came and got her she was unharmed.

Thank you I love it too! The bee balm is one of my of the things I feel so proud of. There was barely any when I started here and no red gallardia or pink primrose, those have both shown up since I started chopping and dropping ragweed and spread compost on the dry-lotted barren fields.

I absolutely love my bantam rooster but I wouldn’t say he’s quieter. I do have a bantam/Java mix that is around 11 lbs. He is quite frankly the best rooster I’ve ever seen. He has a small harem of 4 to 5 hens and will protect them at all costs. And his male offspring will be decent meat birds although not as heavy as a “broiler”. He keeps my girls as safe as possible in a free range situation. Quiet he is not.

Here’s a field that had dry-lotted horses on it for four years. Also sandy and bare. I spread rye clover and winter peas but not much of that came back up however it’s covered in bee balm and other wild flowers

Thanks for all the replies! It’s good to get a little validation. Everyone but permies just think Im too lazy to shred. 🤨 I haven’t been to any design classes except watch a video course so I really only have my own research to go on. And this s a very daunting property for me with just a part time teenage helper and a low budget. I really appreciate y’alls input!

As of now no grazing aside from chickens and ducks. I don’t have fence for other livestock. I’m going to chop some and leave some as I can see them reseeding right now. There are deer and I think they may be grazing it. Several stalks look nibbled on and we have loads of deer which is why I have to cage the young trees.
The owners plan is for food forests. It’s a bit daunting as she’s got 5 acres planted, 8 swales and two fields planted with fruit trees but I am doing my best to move forward with permaculture principles! We’ve got turnips re-seeding themselves on several swales but there is a lot of grass on the swales which I’d like to replace with pollinators, perennial veggies and clover. She says she tried comfrey and it didn’t do well but I’d like to try again.

When I first started working at this property two years ago, there was a field where a previous tenant had dry-lotted several alpacas. It was packed hard, sandy, and barren. My boss put several trees on the field with a basin style planting. That fall I planted clover, winter peas and rye to try and get some vegetation going which worked well. Cut to this year and it worked SO well the whole field is chest high in clover, bee balm, and wildflowers. Of course that beats packed sand! My question is do I keep letting it go crazy or should I chop and drop the clover? As of now I have to wade through it to even get to my trees. Picture of bee balm/clover jungle to show you what I’m dealing with.

Thanks!