Entries from Geeky Gardening tagged with 'ducks'
So how'd all that work out?
I last wrote back in June, so long-lost readers may be wondering how this turned out, if at all. The main story in the garden turned out to be the animals. The chickens, ducks, and eventually rabbits and bees consumed...
Ducks and electric fences
Wow - it's been a long time since I've posted here. It's easier to blog about the planning process in winter, when writing is just kind of an aid to thinking things through, than when you actually need to be...
The incarceration of Darth Duckling
When we realized that we had eleven chickens instead of ten, we joked that all of our problems were the fault of that 11th duckling. As it turns out, we weren't entirely wrong. After the ducklings had been outside a...
Duckling difficulties
When I'm not helping with Sungiva, I'm trying to keep up with our chicks and ducklings. I think I may have overreached in ordering the ducklings. I'd like to blame my problems on the week I lost to the flu...
They're growing
Despite my spending last week in bed with the flu, the chicks and the ducks managed to focus their attention on growing. Ducklings in a pile. Chicks hanging out. The two groups have mostly separated, though I think it's because...
Red light district poultry party
Sounds racy, doesn't it? Even though this is New York State, in spring 2008, it's not, really. Chicks and ducklings under the heat lamps I was supposed to have a nice box for the arriving chickens built Sunday, in a...
Predators
On Saturday, Angelika and I walked down to the Cornell Herpetological Society's show in Varna, and got to see some snakes, lizards, and frogs. One of the more interesting creatures we heard about - but didn't see - was the...
First seeds arrive; how many ducks?
Somehow, the first set of seeds to arrive came from the furthest place, Territorial, out in Oregon. I don't think any of these were seeds I was planning to start indoors, so they'll just have to be patient, but I...
Ordering things to grow
I managed to order the list of seeds, plus a few extra ones. (I added a few items for a polyculture from Gaia's Garden that I'd forgotten to include.) Total costs came to $21.25 for Territorial (though I added some...
Poultry places
Josh Dolan came by today, with some plans for possible homes (and expansions to homes) for our chickens and eventually rabbits and ducks. This year, it looks like the main things we might do this year are add a second...
Cayuga
Anyone have experience with Cayuga ducks? I'm thinking about getting those, and they seem to have originated near here, so should fit the climate. Quiet and docile sound good for my first ducks as well....
Duck pondering
Back when we put in swales, we wondered how much water the back-most one would hold. Water comes down from the hill above us, sometimes in huge quantities but often at least a trickle. It seems to stay pretty full...
More on ducks
I'm contemplating how to fit ducks into our garden. The swale at the top of our hill is pretty full of water, and often is except around August. I'm contemplating waterproofing part of the swale so it stays more pond-like,...
Animals and winter
We're flying today, but that's lots of time to read. I'm still reading Four-Season Harvest, while Angelika's exploring Storey's Guide to Raising Rabbits. I'm thinking about vegetables and ducks, while she's thinking about furrier creatures. All of these things, though,...
Thinking in four seasons
Deliberately starting a gardening year in January is a tricky thing. There's plenty of snow on the ground, plenty of cold in the air. There isn't a whole lot growing - though that's largely because I hadn't planned for anything,...
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