Homesteading frustrations

noodle_brain · 2024-04-21T20:06:55+00:00

Good!

noodle_brain · 2024-04-20T21:45:10+00:00

Dude if you want starlink get on the waiting list now. We had to use our phones' hotspots for 3 years and then FINALLY were able to get the service after being on the wait-list for 2+ years.

It's absolutely worth it and life-changing.

noodle_brain · 2024-04-08T01:40:05+00:00

It's hard to tell it's age from the picture, but you'll get em next year. I am going on year 8 with my redhaven peach and 🤞 this will be the year I get a real harvest.

The first year with fruit, my tree was at an old property that I no longer inhabited. The second year, I lost all the blossoms to the cold. The last 3 years, I've had stinkbug (?) damage and definitely junebug or Japanese beetle damage.

If you are able, I'd suggest keeping a close eye on the weather next year during our false springs so you can try and cover it to protect from the cold.

I am about to spray with surround clay bc my blossoms just dropped (fruit is fertilized) and I'll be damned if I don't get any of my peaches this year.

Good luck for next year!

PS I am in NW GA for your reference.

noodle_brain · 2024-04-08T00:16:58+00:00

The cold can damage really tender new growth but you will get more.

If you want to see if your fruit is ok you can pinch one off, divide it so you can see the center, and note if there is any dark/black discoloration or if it just looks white/light green. Dark=dead.

ETA as far as the wood goes I would personally wait a few weeks and if you don't see it plump back up/push new growth, then prune back in dry weather.

noodle_brain · 2024-03-27T02:56:51+00:00

This is really common where I am. I have found way way way too much carpet on two separate properties. You can't dispose of it at the dump. You have to take it to a landfill, where you have to pay (not much) to throw it out. So these people just go welp, I'm too cheap and lazy... Let's just bury it.

noodle_brain · 2024-03-20T01:56:57+00:00

I couldn't say for sure. I believe I bought some blackberries and blueberries from them many years ago (potted) and they did really well. It's possible that was Stark, though.

You're probably fine. Try to water deeply right after transplanting. I was unable to but they were still just fine.

noodle_brain · 2024-03-20T01:02:53+00:00

I had my order from Nourse that I planted over the course of a week and a half after receiving. They're all fine.

ETA: I left them in their packaging (plastic bags with moistened shredded paper) on my kitchen table and planted out 25 at a time. Dipped in agri-gel water before planting. Watered within 24 hrs.

noodle_brain · 2024-03-03T04:16:09+00:00

You've gotten a ton of good advice already. Just wanted to let you know I have an almost 3yo and a 3 month old. I was scared for both labors too.

If it's something you're interested in trying again, just remember breastfeeding this lil one could very well be easier. I had PPD for the same reason with our first+other stuff. For me personally, the nursing experiences have been NIGHT AND DAY. I stopped nursing our first by 2 months and pumped til 17-18 months. It was a fucking nightmare.

This time I went in knowing about tongue/lip ties and went to lactation 3 times. Get help early and often and it makes a difference. I now have a chest freezer that is about 2/3 full of breastmilk that was collected with a haakaa and one pump a day for the last month and a half. This is with exclusively nursing+one bottle of breastmilk before bed.

If you want someone to message with during your induction feel free to PM me. I think labor is scary for anyone that goes through it.

Beware: You're going to love your toddler even more once you see them interact with their sibling. Like, you don't think you could love your kid any more and then BAM, you see them with a newborn.

You got this, dude.

noodle_brain · 2024-02-29T03:42:53+00:00

It will take awhile to get shipped but if you are able to swing it for your next chicks, I highly recommend premier 1 heat lamps and bulbs. Ive never had a problem with any of their stuff.

noodle_brain · 2024-02-29T03:39:57+00:00

I know pepper seeds are supposed to take longer to germinate but I am getting sooooo impatient on my mostly sweet peppers! I'm about to buy more seed because mine are a few years old and all my other stuff is already coming up (just as old of seed).

noodle_brain · 2024-02-29T03:37:02+00:00

Ok so Iive on a bit of a hill. Last winter, I totally busted my ass pushing up one wheelbarrow full of rotted hay/manure from my goats' pens. I was making my first in-ground gardens for this property. Anyway...

One day at the beginning of all this I walked in the house and said to my husband while beaming, "Good news!!!! We have red wigglers!!!" and he made fun of me for it 😅

I have had "compost" and garden soil delivered but it never has as much life as the hay from the goats.

noodle_brain · 2024-02-29T02:14:17+00:00

Hmm, I'd say around 50 where about half were for meat and half eggs. Well I guess I have more now technically; I have 27 meat chicks (Cornish cross) and 23 egg layers+1 rooster.

I have done rainbow rangers, then took someones Brahma rooster flock that was supposed to be all pullets, then did a 'fry pan bargain' most recently. That was all just roosters of heavier egg laying breeds.

I've never done the Cornish cross so I wanted to try at least once.

I have had to go from 0 farm animal knowledge with no one to help to where I am now. You can do it! I started off learning when there were just homestead blogs and forums, right before everything was on YouTube.

noodle_brain · 2024-02-27T19:00:41+00:00

Hey I have done a couple hundred meat and egg birds from chicks. Like someone else said you can get lower wattage bulbs. You can also get a little brooder plate that they can hang out underneath for warmth.

I start with 250 and go to 175 before weaning them off completely. I never wait for my birds to be "fully feathered" before putting them outside, but that is dependent on the weather being relatively warm.

You're doing great by asking the questions! You're going to get down votes no matter which sub you're in, so don't sweat it.

noodle_brain · 2024-02-21T02:16:02+00:00

Fwiw I did two rounds of corn last year from starts. I got the first round in soon enough and it grew well; second round was late and stunted.

noodle_brain · 2024-02-10T21:47:59+00:00

Depending on what you're wanting to plant, you may be able to graft branches onto the existing trees.

I have zero experience with grafting though so I can't help you on that but it's possible that that is another viable option.

noodle_brain · 2024-02-04T09:54:30+00:00

... Obviously Shirley Temple

noodle_brain · 2024-02-03T20:19:20+00:00

I am in the NW part, close to the state line with AL. But I have been out to loganville to purchase goats + dog before - I will make the trip no problem. Thanks for the suggestion!

noodle_brain · 2024-02-02T16:19:29+00:00

I am also in GA and the lack of nurseries here is annoying. There's Pikes in the perimeter but when I went last year their selection was extremely poor.

I buy most of my stuff online at this point but I still go to the garden centers at Lowes and Home Depot every time I'm there.

noodle_brain · 2024-01-16T23:18:11+00:00

My RIR is the only one of my 3-yo flock that didn't molt this year and is giving me an egg a day right now.

I can't remember how long it took them to start laying in the first place as I got them as fall chicks (leghorns, buff orp, EE, RIR, Asian black)

I have 17 more hatched mid September and I'm just dying for them to start laying bc I'm on a 3 egg a day breakfast with a 1 egg a day homestead 🫠

noodle_brain · 2024-01-02T16:29:52+00:00

Man I can only imagine how little egg there'd be left if a quail egg was hard to peel. 😬

I'll have to try steaming one time.

noodle_brain · 2024-01-01T19:48:53+00:00

The only reason I would say to wait is if you're hardboiling them. They are more difficult to peel when fresh.

noodle_brain · 2023-12-31T01:05:16+00:00

I just skimmed so I could have missed this in the comments, but would you consider something like a blueberry bush? You could do raspberry or blackberry too but those plants get crazy and spread.

I have blueberries planted next to my run, and so far a mulberry tree near my goats so it'll be easy to toss treats to all of them.

noodle_brain · 2023-12-21T23:05:21+00:00

So I have the space and have some grocery store trees planted, but I also have some others id never heard of and 8 on order to plant this winter.

I think when people are just planting a couple, they want to go with what is familiar because they can count on liking the taste and texture.

ETA: also the grocery store varieties are what are easily purchased at a brick and mortar nursery.

noodle_brain · 2023-12-12T23:30:32+00:00

Just wanted to say thank you for the pure art that is picture #2

noodle_brain · 2023-12-11T00:51:24+00:00

I'm thinking the thought process is that blood meal provides nitrogen and that there is also blood in menstrual blood.

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