Larsen Poultry Ranch - homesteading journey

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

I ordered two mouse-inator traps to the local TSC. Hopefully those will do the trick. I think they are supposed to arrive this weekend.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

I ordered two mouse-inator traps to the local TSC. Hopefully those will do the trick. I think they are supposed to arrive this weekend.

They are shipped! Arriving on Sunday

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Pretty easy to propagate - I just take a cutting and stick it in dirt and water. So far it's worked every time.

I have way too many types of figs because they are so easy to root. There's a couple places online that sell them for $3 a cutting, some varieties are more. I have 5 baby figs from last year, on top of the 15+ I have from the past few years.

I think this winter might actually be the winter we get them in the ground in the orchard.

 

[Mini Horses]

That's a tremendous amount of fruit, once they are a few yrs old ...maybe sell a few that are a couple ft high. Around here, the fruits sell for a good price! BUT they ripen fast!!! Over ripen day 3. So sell, process or plan on a lot of bee, wasp, rodent (ground drop). Woohoo, they are tasty.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

That's a tremendous amount of fruit, once they are a few yrs old ...maybe sell a few that are a couple ft high. Around here, the fruits sell for a good price! BUT they ripen fast!!! Over ripen day 3. So sell, process or plan on a lot of bee, wasp, rodent (ground drop). Woohoo, they are tasty.

I am hoping once we get fencing and pens and shelters up, we can get pigs. Then we can just give all the extra/damaged produce to the pigs instead of throwing it away. Could give it to the chickens too. I am going to try to have mulberry trees growing in/over the chicken pens for shade and the chickens will clean up the dropped fruit.

I need to continue with getting the garden in order, once I get it better organized I can start working on growing plants to sell or give away.

 

[fuzzi]

I am hoping once we get fencing and pens and shelters up, we can get pigs. Then we can just give all the extra/damaged produce to the pigs instead of throwing it away. Could give it to the chickens too. I am going to try to have mulberry trees growing in/over the chicken pens for shade and the chickens will clean up the dropped fruit.

I need to continue with getting the garden in order, once I get it better organized I can start working on growing plants to sell or give away.

Mulberry trees are very messy. I had one removed that had grown too big, and fell on top of my old shed.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Mulberry trees are very messy.

They are, but I love my mulberries. Mine are in the back and the chickens do clean up duty. They love them as much as I do. Thye'll stand around while I'm picking and grab the ones I drop. If there are any close to the ground they'll jump up to try and harvest their own.

 

[Baymule]

White mulberries aren’t as messy. Maybe they are, but there’s no purple blobs of bird poop.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

The volunteer zucchini are the most productive thing in the garden.

 

[Baymule]

Volunteer vegetables are free!