Come meet the backyard chickens and hear about our garden plans for the year! In between chicken cuddles, we’ve been planning out our largest garden yet. We’ve already started our first round of seeds, and it may have been a mistake…
00:00 Meet the backyard chickens
07:26 Garden Plans for 2023…always growing…
12:09 Seed starting mistakes and cautious optimism
Our chicks hatched in November, and we’ve been nurturing them over the winter, patiently waiting for our first egg. Aside from providing fresh eggs, they are going to help with managing food scraps and supporting our compost system, as well as working on pest control and bringing so much life and joy to the garden. They are truly adorable and ridiculous creatures!
It’s going to be an epic year – we’re going on a grand adventure with our six Barred Rock hens, growing so much food in our garden that I’m not even sure how I’m going to handle it. The goal is to grow enough produce to eat fresh, but also to preserve for the darker months, and give us enough protected space that we can overwinter a wider variety of produce than we have in the past. To help in that effort, we’re looking forward to incorporating low tunnels, no till / no dig and permaculture methods, plus grow bags into our already organic garden.
We jumped the gun a little bit for our area in the Pacific Northwest (zone 8b) and started quite a few plants already. Right after we started seeds we had a cold snap and they are the most leggy frostbitten seedlings I’ve ever seen. Hopefully most of them will survive!
All of this will tie in with our kitchen projects – featuring an amazing abundance of produce right from our yard. We’re truly going all in on this experiment and I invite you to join us as we move through the seasons and share triumphs, failures and amazing recipes.
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14 Comments
I am guilty too of pushing the limits when putting my seedlings out. I learned my lesson couple years ago. Lol
I really enjoyed your video. I hope you have a bountiful year.
Your chickens are beautiful! I always like a cuddly chicken willing to jump up into my lap haha 😀😀😀-Cara
I am also in the PNW. What city are you located in?
Why american find every thing's exciting
Is there any other word in dictionary
And alternative
Try to use it
Its bland
You might say naf
But I love you chickens
I think they are one the
Best of beards
They are very chickeny
If there is such thing
That another word
Awesome how about
Booldy good
Depending on your locality
4 letters good
Spiffing
Jolly good show hay
Titily ho
Splendid
Can you see the mistake
You need to ad lime to the soil not much it work with cucumber when the grow slow done
Yes there a nutcase in uk does this. there better ways
Think about
So
you are amateur then
hay
Adding ash to the soil change the colour. Of the soil black
This will raise the temp of soil by 5 degree centigrade
Not Fahrenheit
Dont forget to add u on the colour
Oh hey, those babies are looking great! They were so cute back in November. It's Cecily, by the way. Dad told me about your channel
I was considering using an aquarium heater to keep our water from freezing… Is that a good idea? (Asking you and your audience)
them chick's looking great. we ar3 thinking about getting a couple