tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45951152528310973982024-03-05T05:17:01.630-05:00AMY'S HARVESTAmy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-37845219872118005542016-02-12T10:27:00.000-05:002016-02-12T10:27:28.286-05:00February 2016 UpdateHello everyone! I should let you all know that the first week of January 2016 all of my greenhouse lettuce, arugula and claytonia died. The temperature got way down in the negatives and it killed all of the plants. Which, to be honest, mother nature was really on my side this year. We have had a very mild winter with very few cold weeks. I just thought I would post a quick update here on my chickens. Here are a few videos:<br />
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In another couple of weeks I will be posting a "review article" on how I've switched to all natural household products. I've been using quite a few new items and will post my reviews of them. Thanks for reading, welcome new readers and stay tuned!Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-31710342643195507522015-12-25T12:25:00.002-05:002015-12-25T12:25:49.554-05:00Christmas 2015 Update!Merry Christmas! Here are some videos of me giving bread to the chickens and also some garden updates. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-88579168602281204512015-11-14T11:54:00.000-05:002015-11-14T11:54:15.956-05:00November 2015 HarvestI just uploaded 3 videos to YouTube so you could see an update on the greenhouse, garden and chickens. Here they are!<br />
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<br />Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-64076481228457730392015-10-17T11:02:00.000-04:002015-10-17T11:02:25.934-04:00Harvest 2015 Update!It has been awhile since my last update! I got my greenhouse cold weather plants planted and they've started to grow. Here is a video on the greenhouse and the hoop row in the garden. <br />
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I am looking forward to harvesting from these cold weather crops! I am hoping to pick all the way through December! I am hoping anyway! <br />
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<br />Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-62454777542586166272015-09-11T15:01:00.001-04:002015-09-11T15:01:28.960-04:00September UpdateLast week I planted a row of winter carrots and beet greens. These are cold weather varieties Napoli (carrots) and Bull's Blood beet greens. I don't have any sprouts in the row yet, but once it sprouts I will then cover the row with a fabric hoop so I can (hopefully) harvest into November and maybe even later. I have a few other greens I will be trying out in my greenhouse also. Red Leaf Lettuce, Claytonia (cold weather green) and a cold weather Arugula variety. I will keep you posted as I go with this project. For now, here are a few videos updating you on the garden and greenhouse. Also one video of Rocco and Rambo the rooster. <br />
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Below are a couple of photos of some of the tomato harvest. We have picked triple this amount. I canned pasta sauce out of some of them. Brandywine, Roma, Grape, and Better Boy tomatoes.</div>
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Dilly Beans I canned 10 pints! </div>
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Here is my farm dog who is also a rescue Rocco! </div>
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<br />Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-43078492083324382832015-07-03T15:44:00.000-04:002015-07-03T15:44:29.013-04:00July Update!Here is an update on our garden! We planted a much smaller one this year. I took some photos and a couple of videos. You can see my rain barrel chicken waterer and also my new Silver Duckwing bantam chickens!<br />
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Roma, Cherry and Brandywine tomatoes!<br />
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Wildflowers. Black Eyed Susans.<br />
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Blueberry bush! I tasted a couple of berries, they're almost ripe!<br />
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Pinwheel the rooster! :)<br />
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Baby Silver Duckwing Bantam chickens!<br />
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Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-4395527328811296122015-05-22T08:28:00.002-04:002015-05-22T08:28:39.716-04:00Chicken Swing!My dad made this chicken swing last year and I didn't think they would pay any attention to it...but they love it!<br />
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<br />Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-61341395738291229642015-05-21T10:31:00.003-04:002015-05-21T10:31:48.919-04:00First StealthCam PhotosI finally got some photos on the Stealth Cam trail camera that are worth sharing. Here they are!<br />
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Plum Tree in bloom </div>
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Crabapple Tree in bloom</div>
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First year for these pear trees, so I will keep updating on how they're doing.</div>
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Hostas coming up!</div>
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This is a groundcover that my mom has, and its great! But again, I'm not sure what its called.</div>
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Green Onions are coming up!</div>
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Grecian Wind Flowers</div>
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Here are some videos of chickens and some things I was doing today! The weather was so great!<br />
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This is Freebie! She was a free chick in my hatchery order. She's a White Leghorn and she is the smallest chicken I have. She is the most reliable egg layer, she is also the only chicken I have that lays white eggs. <br />
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Below is one of my roosters. His name is Big Boy. He's the largest and definitely the one in charge!<br />
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<br />Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-54697711217262227592015-01-26T14:48:00.002-05:002015-01-26T14:48:42.220-05:00January 2015 UpdateHappy New Year! It has been quite a while since my last update back in September. So far this winter has been going well with the new chicken barn. We had a few very cold nights though, and I decided to get a poultry heater to use when the temperature goes below 10 degrees. I ended up getting the "Sweeter Heater" Poultry heater. I got the side mount 11x30inch model. Below are a couple of videos and also a couple of photos of one of my roosters. His name is Sriracha! I am also starting to get a list of seeds I will need for garden planting. I got a variety pack of heirloom seeds for Christmas that I'm looking forward to planting.<br />
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<br />Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-38606934844035144772014-09-20T14:42:00.003-04:002014-09-20T14:42:53.089-04:00Video Update!It has been a few months since my last update. My garden this year did not produce much. It was very wet here and only my green onions, zucchini and yellow squash produced. I did end up getting a new chicken barn and outdoor pen and here are some videos to update you!<br />
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Here is a photo of the completed barn and outdoor pen.<br />
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Inside the new barn.<br />
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Drainage trench in front of the old barn<br />
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We also just planted 2 bartlett pear trees this fall. I will keep you posted on how they do. The wire around them is so the deer will not eat the trees.<br />
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The lilies are beginning to bloom!</div>
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Achillea Aconitum Agastache Alchemilla Allium Amsonia Anemone Anemonella Aquilegia Arabis Arisaema Artemisia Asclepias Aubretia Baptisa Bergenia Boltonia Brunnera Buddleia Centaurea Ceratostigma Cerastium Chelone Cimicifuga Clematis Colchicum Convallaria Coreopsis Cyclamen Delosperma Dicentra Dictamnus Digitalis Dryopteris Echinacea Echinops Epimedium Eryngium Eupatorium</div>
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Ageratum Alcea Alyssum Asparagus ferns Begonia Brugmansia & Datura Calla lily</div>
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Cosmos Dahlia Dusty miller Foxglove Gomphrena Hypoestes Ipomea Hypoestes Ipomea Lantana Larkspur Marigold Matthiola (Stock) Melampodium Mirabilis Morning glory Myosotis Nasturtium Nicotiana Papaver (Poppy) Pelargonium Salvia-(blue, gregii types) Snapdragon Solanum-Jerusalem cherry Verbena</div>
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Papaver Perovskia Persicaria Physostegia Polemonium Poppy Potentilla Primula Pulmonaria Ranunculus Rheum Rudbeckia Salvia-aromatic types Saponaria</div>
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Iris Kirengeshoma Kniphofia Lamium Lavender Leucanthemem Liatris Ligularia Linaria Lilium Limonium Linum Lobelia syphilitica Lupine Lychnis Matteuccia Monarda<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font: 11.0px 'Bell MT';">This fact sheet serves to</span></div>
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Sedum (some) Silphium Solidago Sweet Woodruff Tanacetum Thalictrum Thymus</div>
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Myosotis Narcissus Nepeta Oenothera Osmunda Pachysandra Paeonia<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="font: 11.0px 'Bell MT';"><b>www.knoxcountyparks.org</b></span><br />
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Fraser Fir Maples Shadblow Serviceberry Pawpaw Paper Birch Hornbeam Cedar Cypress Fringe tree Smokebush Flowering Dogwood Korean Dogwood Hawthorne European Beech Ginko Common Witchhazel American Holly Chinese Juniper Sweet Gum Southern Magnolia Mugo Pine Black Pine Red Pine White Pine Dawn Redwood Black Gum/Black Tupelo Sourwood Norway Spruce White Spruce Colorado Spruce Douglas Fir Oaks</div>
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Cypress Sweet Pepperbush Smokebush Cottoneaster Forsythia Rose of Sharon Wintergreen/Checkerberry St. Johnswort Inkberry Juniper (low grow types) Japanese Kerria Pea shrub Drooping Leucothoe Spicebush Oregon Grapeholly Bayberry Mockorange Firethorn Japanese Andromeda Pieris Cinquefoil Fragrant Sumac Willow Elderberry Spirea Snowberry Lilac Viburnum Chase Tree Weigela Yucca</div>
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Alcea Althea Aquilegia Asclepias Campanula Campsis-trumpet vine Clematis</div>
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Crocosmia Delphinium Dianthus Dicentra Digitalis Epimedium Hemerocallis Heuchera Hibiscus Hosta</div>
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Abelia grandifora Glossy Abelia Azalea exbury Deciduous Azalea var. Buddlleia Butterfly Bush Caryopteris B lue Spiraea/Blue Mist Shrub Clethra alnifolia Hummingbird Summersweet Hibiscus syricas Rose of Sharon Kolwitzia amabilis Beautybush Lindera benzoin Spice Bush Ribes sanguineum Red-Flowering Currant Rhododendron Rhododendron Sambucus racemosa Elderberry Syringa vulgaris Common Lilac (most varieties) Viburnun spp. Viburnum</div>
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<b>The Hummingbird Scene</b></div>
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If you want to attract hummingbirds the natural way, plant their favorite plants. They don’t have a sense of smell; they do have great eyesight, and red is their slight favorite, (but other colors will do just fine). Research has shown that hummingbirds can see the color red, especially a large area of it, from over a half a mile away.</div>
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As you’re planning your hummingbird garden, try to provide a succession of red, orange and pink flowering plants. You’re sure to lure migrating hummingbirds to stop along the way, and you’ll keep your yard filled with hummingbird activity throughout the growing season and well into fall.</div>
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Don’t forget to provide convenient perches nearby, since 80% of the time hummingbirds rest from all that wing action. Shrubs are a natural fit for this job. When the nectar-rich flowers fade, they provide perches, cover and even nesting areas.</div>
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This fact sheet contains some of hummingbirds’ favorite nectar flowers. Happy gardening and keep your eyes on your hummingbird plants.</div>
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<b>Top Twenty Hummingbird Plants*</b></div>
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Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) Beebalm or Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma) Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis) Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis) Red Columbine (Aquilegia canadense) Canada Lily (Lilium canadense) Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica) Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia) Rosebay or Catawba Rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense) Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans) Giant Blue Sage (Salvia guaranitica) Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) Shrimp Plant (Justicia brandegeana) Mimosa or Silktree (Albizia julibrissin) Shrub Verbena (Lantana camara) Butterfly Bush (Buddlia davidii) Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) Cigar Plant (Cuphea ignea)</div>
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* Source: <i>Operation Ruby Throat</i>, the first ten plants listed are native species.</div>
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Ageratum Allyssum Cosmos Gallardia Impatiens Heliotrope Lantana Marigold Morning glory Nasturtium Nicotiana Pentas</div>
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Petunia Queen Anne’s lace Snapdragon Sunflower Thistle Tithonia Verbena Zinnias</div>
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Achillea Agastache Alcea Allium Arabis Armeria Artemesia Aruncus Asclepias Aster Astilbe Aubrieta Baptisia Centaurea Centranthus Ceratostigma</div>
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Chelone Cimicifuga Coreopsis Delphinium Dianthus Dictamnus Digitalis Echinacea Echinops Erigeron Eupatorium Gaillardia Geranium spp. Helianthus Heliopsis Hemerocallis Heuchera Iberis Leucanthemum Liatris Lonicera Lupinus</div>
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Malva Monarda Nepeta Origanum Penstemon Phlox Physostegia Rudbeckia Salvia Saponaria Scabiosa Sedum Solidago Viola</div>
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Anise Borage Catnip Dill Fennel Hyssop Lavender Mints Oregano Rosemary Rue</div>
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Arugula Cabbage Carrot Celery Mustard Parsley Turnip Blueberry Raspberry Peach</div>
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Aesculus - Yellow Buckeye Azalea spp. - Azalea Asimina - Common pawpaw Buddleia - Butterfly bush Caryopteris cvs. - Blue Spirea Celtis occidentalis - Common Hackberry Chaenomeles cvs. - Quince</div>
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Clethra - Summersweet Cornus spp. - Dogwood Cottoneaster spp. - Cotoneaster Hibiscus - Mallow Ligustrum spp. - Privet Lindera benzoin - Spicebush Liriodendron tulipifera - Tuliptree Prunus sargentii - Sargent Cherry Prunus serotina - Black Cherry Rhododendron spp. - Rhododendron Salix spp. - Willow Sassafras albidum - Sassafras Syringa spp. - Lilac Viburnum spp. - Viburnum Weigela spp. - Weigela Wisteria spp. - Wisteria</div>
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<b>Beauty on the Wing</b></div>
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A complete habitat for butterflies includes more than pretty flowers that have the nectar most desired. They need mud, water, sun and a plant to lay the eggs that will feed the caterpillars. The list of plants in this fact sheet, probably far from complete, will attract and keep butterflies in your yard. Butterflies choose the flowers they desire by smell, not by color.</div>
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<b>Fast Garden Butterfly Basics</b></div>
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Flowers, flowers, flowers. You cannot have too many from the butterflies point of view. If they have favorite colors, red would be at the top of the list.</div>
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Plant in large groups or clumps rather than individually.</div>
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Choose the sunniest spot in your garden to plant your nectar flowers.</div>
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Plant groups of similar colored flowers together.</div>
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Make sure you have plants that will flower throughout the season.</div>
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Avoid the use of chemicals and pesticides.</div>
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Butterflies like to bask in the early morning sunshine on sun-warmed rocks, bricks or gravel paths.</div>
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Caterpillars are hungry. Provide plenty of host/larval plants for them to eat. Make sure provide the correct plant (i.e. the ones that butterflies native to your area will lay their eggs on).</div>
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Consult your local library for books on gardening for wildlife.</div>
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Actaea pachypoda - Baneberry Adiantum pedatum - Northern Maidenhair Fern Amorpha canescens - Lead Plant Amsonia hubrichtii - Blue Star Anemone canadensis - Meadow Anemone Anemonella thalictroides - Rue Anemone Aquilegia canadensis - American Columbine Arisaema draconitum - Green Dragon Arisaema triphylla - Jack-in-the-Pulpit Asarina procumbens - Twining Snapdragon Asarum canadensis - Wild Ginger</div>
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Asclepias incarnata - Swamp Milkweed Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly Weed Aster divaricatus - White Wood Aster Athyrium felix-femina - Lady Fern Callirhoe involucrata - Winecups Caltha palustris - Marsh Marigold Calylophus serrulatus - Prairie Lode Cassia hebecarpa - Wild Senna Chasmanthium latifolium—Northern Sea Oats Chionanthus virginicus - Fringetree Cimicifuga racemosa - Black Cohosh Coreopsis auriculata Nana - Tickseed Coreopsis tripteris - Prarie Tickseed</div>
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Corydalis sempervirens - Harlequin Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchman’s Breeches Dodecatheon meadia - Shooting Star Dryopteris marginalis - Leatherwood Fern Echinacea paradoxa - Yellow Coneflower Echinacea tennesseensis -Tennessee Coneflower Eryngium yuccifolium - Rattlesnake Master Erythronium americanum - Dog Tooth Violet Eupatorium perfoliatum - Boneset Euphorbia corollata - Flowering Spurge Filipendula rubra Venusta - Meadowsweet Goodyera pubescens - Rattlesnake Orchid Helianthus microcephhalus - Smallhead Sunflower Helianthus salicifolius - Willowleaf Sunflower Hepatica americana - Round Lobed Hepatica Hesperis matronalis - Dame’s Rocket Hydrastis canadensis - Goldenseal Iris pseudacrus - Yellow Flag Iris versicolor - Blue Flag</div>
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Jeffersonia diphylla - Twinleaf Juncus effusus - Soft Rush Liatris aspera - Rough Blazingstar Liatris ligulistylis - Largehead Gayfeather Liatris microcephala - Smallhead Gayfeather Liatris spicata - Gayfeather</div>
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Lilium superbum - Turk’s Cap Lily Linaria vulgaris - Butter and Eggs Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal Flower Lobelia siphilitica - Great Lobelia Lotus corniculatus Plena - Birdsfoot Trefoil Matteuccia struthiopteris - Ostrich Fern Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells Mimulus ringens - Monkeyflower Oenothera lamarckiana - Evening Primrose Oenothera missouriensis - Missouri Primrose Opuntia humifusa - Prickly Pear</div>
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Osmunda cinnamomea - Cinnamon Fern Osmunda claytoniana - Clayton Fern Osmunda regalis - Royal Fern Pachysandra procumbens - Allegheny Spurge Panax quinquefolia - Ginseng</div>
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Phlox divaricata - Sweet William Phlox Physostegia virginiana - Obedient Plant Podophyllum peltatum - May Apple Polystichum acrosticoides - Christmas Fern Pycnanthemum virginicum - Mountain Mint Ratibida columnifera - Mexican Hat Ratibida pinnata - Prarie Coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida - Black Eyed Susan Rudbeckia maxima - Giant Coneflower</div>
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Rudbeckia missouriensis - Missouri Coneflower Rudbeckia triloba - Three Lobe Coneflower Ruellia humilis - Wild Petunia Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot Sanguisorba canadensis - Canadian Burnet Silene regia - Royal Catchfly</div>
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Silene virginica - Fire Pink Silphium integrifolia - Rosinweed Silphium laciniatum - Compass Plant Silphium perfoliatum - Cup Plant Sisyrinchium angustifolia - Blue Eyed Grass Smilacena - False Solomon’s Seal Solidago caesius - Bluestem Goldenrod Solidago cutleri - Cutler’s Goldenrod Solidago rigida - Stiff Goldenrod Sorghastrum nutans Sioux Blue - Indian Grass Spigelia marylandica - Indian Pink Spiranthes odorata - Fragrant Ladies Tresses</div>
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Acer rubrum - Red Maple Acer saccharum - Sugar Maple Betula nigra - River Birch Amelanchier canadensis - Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis - Allegheny Serviceberry Aronia melanocarpa - Black Chokeberry Asimina triloba - Common Pawpaw Campsis radicans - Trumpet Vine Carpinus caroliniana - American Hornbeam Cephalanthus occidentalis - Buttonbush Cercis canadensis - Redbud Celtis occidentalis - Common Hackberry Chionanthus virginicus - Fringetree Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood Cornus racemosa - Grey Dogwood Gleditsia tricanthos - Honeylocust Gymnocladus diocia - Kentucky Coffeetree Hamamelis virginiana - Common Witch Hazel Ilex verticillata - Common Winterberry Juniperus communis - Common Juniper Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar Lindera benzoin - Spicebush Liquidabmbar styraciflua - Sweet Gum Liriodendron tulipifera- Tuliptree Malus -Crabapple Myrica pensylvanica - Northern Bayberry Oxydendrum arboreum - Sourwood Parthenocissus tricuspidata - Boston Ivy Physocarpus opulifolius - Common Ninebark</div>
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Stylophorum diphyllum - Golden Wood Poppy Thermopsis caroliniana - Carolina False Lupine Thermopsis lanceolata - False Lupine Tiarella cordifolia - Foamflower</div>
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Trillium grandiflorum - Giant White Trillium Trillium luteum - Yellow Trillium Uvularia grandiflora - Merrybells Verbena hastata - Blue Vervain</div>
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Vernonia noveborecensis - Ironweed Viola pedata - Birdsfoot Violet Viola pubescens - Downy Yellow Violet</div>
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Prunus virginiana - Common Chokecherry Quercus alba - White Oak Quercus bicolor - Swamp Oak Quercus coccinea - Scarlet Oak</div>
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Quercus palustris - Pin Oak Quercus rubra - Red Oak Quercus shumardii - Shumard Oak Salix discolor - Pussy Willow Symphoricarpos albus - Com.Snowberry Thuja occidentalis - Arborvitae</div>
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Tsuga canadensis - Canadian Hemlock Viburnum dentatum - Arrowwood Viburnum Viburnum lentago - Nannyberry Viburnum Viburnum prunifolium - Blackhaw Viburnum Viburnum trilobum - American Cranberrybush</div>
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Ohio’s native plants have had about 8,000 to 10,000 years to get it right! Since the last glacial event, the plants that thrive in Ohio’s climate and soils have coex- isted with all of our insects, diseases and for just a short time...all of us. They are true survivors, well suited to the rigors of our local landscapes. Species native to Ohio are able to provide the very best habitat for local wildlife and require less fertilizer, less water and less effort in controlling pests. (Translation: less worry and maintenance!)</div>
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</b>Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-20314175920069714592014-05-30T15:25:00.000-04:002014-05-30T15:25:03.880-04:00Garden Update and Baby Chicks!Hello! Since I last posted we have had a successful hatch day! We also finished up a lot of the planting. I took some photo updates and a couple of short videos. <br />
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This first photo is the squash. Zucchini and yellow squash.<br />
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I bought these cabbage plants, since cabbage takes quite a long time from seed.<br />
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The next two photos are tomato plants. This year I have heirloom tomatoes, and Roma, Beefsteak and cherry.</div>
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The whole garden before we put up electric wire around it.<br />
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Dad and I beginning to put up the electric wire! This is to keep deer out. We have at least 12 in the back of the field.<br />
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I just planted these seeds. Jalapeno, Chile Piquin, New Mexico Hatch and Serrano! In the greenhouse.<br />
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The bamboo next to the garage is getting big! It's at least 6 ft high at this point.<br />
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The next two photos are Cilantro and Basil sprouts that I planted in the sponge! I had never heard of doing this before. My mom found these natural sea sponges that can be used for this purpose and they've sprouted!</div>
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Here they are! My 12 baby chicks that hatched in the incubator a couple of days ago!</div>
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<br />Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-63233049934423329812014-05-22T08:46:00.000-04:002014-05-22T08:46:48.496-04:00Unusual Foggy SunsetI took some photos last night when I went out to close up the chickens! It was unusually foggy so I took some photos and a short video. I don't remember the last time I saw fog around here in the daytime! Check them out!<br />
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This video looks like the beginning of a scary movie!<br />
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<br />Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-90984250236905226312014-05-21T14:11:00.002-04:002014-05-21T14:11:59.026-04:00May Gardening UpdateHello! I thought I'd post another update on how the garden is coming along. I am in the process of getting a new chicken barn and we've been clearing space for it. We "candled" the eggs in the incubator (holding a light up to them) to see if any embryos were forming and there are at least 6! I didn't check all of the eggs, but I wanted to make sure we at least had something forming. Hatch date is the 27th! They could begin hatching a day or two early. I have gathered all of my baby chick supplies and just need a large box! Here is a photo of the chick supplies, feeder, waterer, brooder light and thermometer.<br />
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Another project I just started is a sponge herb garden. My mom got these two sponges for me and they say you can plant seeds in them without soil. So, I am experimenting with Basil, Flat Leaf Parsley and Cilantro. Here is what they look like, the seeds are already in them! I'll take more photos if they sprout.<br />
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Here are a few things up in the garden. Onions (top photo), Zucchini (2nd photo) and Radishes (bottom photo)<br />
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Here are some photos of what the green house plants look like at this point. They're leaning sideways because we had to bring them inside due to a frost warning. They'll straighten up now that they're back outside.</div>
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The cabbage I bought, I don't usually grow that from seed. <br />
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The next few photos I took while outside today between clearing the area for the barn.</div>
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This is a photo of the bamboo we have growing on the side of the garage. My dad got a start of this from someone and it gets huge every year. I am considering starting it in other places also.</div>
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I've shown this to you all before its dad's farming rig.....1946 Farmall Tractor. We have another tractor we also use to mow the field with.<br />
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Below is my farm rig. ha ha Not too big but that's OK. I use that cart to haul all sorts of things. Water jugs for the chickens, bags of chicken feed, rocks, bricks, cement blocks and we've put tree limbs in it also. It looks small but it can haul 800lbs of stuff!</div>
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I will update in about a week, there should be some video of day old baby chicks to post! Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-41407588803048857652014-05-09T13:28:00.000-04:002014-05-09T13:28:56.786-04:00May 2014Hello everyone! It's been a couple of months since my last update. Many things have happened. This was a very hard winter and I had lots of problems with my chicken flock. I had a couple I lost to sickness, and a fox got 6 of them. My buildings are starting to really shift in the ground since they are close to 80 years old. We are getting a new small barn this spring and I got 2 dozen hatching eggs to hatch! Here are a couple of photos of the hatching eggs and one of them in the incubator! Our approximate hatch date is May 27th! Exciting! Blue egg customers will be happy, 8 of the hatching eggs are blue! If those hatch there is a chance those chickens will lay blue eggs! This incubator is the same one we used when I was a kid!<br />
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So far we have some tomato, pepper and cucumber seeds started in the greenhouse! Here are some photos. We also planted kale, swiss chard, beets, carrots, radishes, lettuce and dill. We still have many rows to fill.<br />
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Ok, here are some various photos of just things happening around me. Some of these are just blooms from trees, some hyacinths, a succulent ground cover my mom has, and some mushrooms I found. Also, I had this decorative haunted house birdhouse my sister gave me.....during the winter, a mouse was in it inside the house! I put the house outside and now a couple of wrens have started making a nest in it! I took some photos of that! Yesterday I found a robin's nest! The robin isn't too happy as we pass by and often times swoops down at our heads. Enjoy the photos!<br />
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I will update again soon with some more photos of what we have planted in the garden and how the plots look so far. I got rained out today! I was going to take some video! Enjoy the photos!<br />
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Despite the cold weather, the chickens have been troopers....I have gotten lots of eggs!<br />
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This is Freebie, she is the only one I have who lays white eggs! Many of which are double yolked!<br />
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When the temperature was in the minus range for days on end, I had to mix up some treats for the chickens. This was to reduce pecking at each other, since they couldn't be outside. I also added a lot of straw to their coop and as you can see, they enjoyed that!<br />
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This was a mix of laying feed, sunflower seeds, crushed eggshells, cracked corn and molasses. Baked at 350 until brown and crisp on the top.<br />
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Because its been so cold we've had visitors that are not out usually in the daytime...this was an obvious worry. This one is only a baby, but a baby can kill all of your chickens. There was also a really large raccoon out by the pen earlier that I didn't get a photo of. I had to close up the chickens early both days. He's cute though.<br />
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This one I call Baby Beard. One of the chicks hatched by Big Mama. All grown and laying brown eggs!<br />
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I call her Rainbow, because she has so many colors. These chickens are mixed breeds. It has been fun seeing what they would grow up looking like.<br />
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This one is also one of the babies.<br />
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Me and Big Mama chicken.<br />
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Me and Blackbeard, one of my blue egg layers!<br />
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Soon I will be planting vegetable seeds and flowers! I also plan on starting some greens for the chickens in the greenhouse as soon as temperatures permit! I will give you updates on those things soon! Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-67426264088813083012013-11-29T09:43:00.003-05:002013-11-29T09:44:29.730-05:00First Blue Egg!Yesterday, after Thanksgiving dinner I went outside to close up the coops and found the first blue egg! Which means, one of my Easter Eggers has started laying. I took a few photos so you can see how small a pullet egg starts out, and how it looks nice in the carton with the rest of the brown and speckled eggs I have. I also combined both flocks of chickens today. I will maybe take some video if it warms up above freezing.<br />
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Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-67602383938628938102013-11-23T16:56:00.003-05:002013-11-23T16:57:21.657-05:00DIY Plastic Tote Chicken Nest BoxJust thought I'd post a quick update. The chickens I got this summer are about to start laying eggs. I haven't combined both flocks yet because I haven't had a couple of days off in a row so they can be monitored. In case they begin laying eggs before I combine flocks I've made them a temporary nest box out of a plastic storage tote. I didn't come up with this idea on my own, I found it on YouTube. A couple of different videos. I took a couple of photos and videos. Here they are!<br />
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<br />Amy Blairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751653114477402731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4595115252831097398.post-60742974739184243692013-11-12T11:01:00.001-05:002013-11-12T11:01:14.555-05:00First Snow!I thought I'd post a couple of photos from our first snow! <div>
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