Was cleaning pantry and found some sprouted potatoes and sweet potatoes. Set them out for a late crop. Hopefully.......
Gardening 2022
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Found a snake in the garden. It was tangled in the deer netting and had died. It was grey. Don't know about grey snakes.
Arcticdude
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We lost 3 hens over the last 2 days. Can't figure out what is killing them. They're alive, bearly in the morning and very little blood on their head. The only thing new here is the wife took in a rooster from her friend. Its a little POS bantam.
Buttoni
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There's a grey ratsnake known to be in Tennessee. Rat snakes are pretty harmless. Did he look like this? Gray Ratsnake | State of Tennessee, Wildlife Resources Agency
We had a ginormous charcoal grey rat snake scurry in a frightened manner underneath our cabin front porch one day. He had been up on the porch eating the eggs from a wren's nest in a potted plant there. He had eaten 2 and left one. He was about 4' long and 1½" in diameter. Biggest snake I ever saw that close. He looked a lot like this photo, but this is not him. Found this photo on the net.
We had a ginormous charcoal grey rat snake scurry in a frightened manner underneath our cabin front porch one day. He had been up on the porch eating the eggs from a wren's nest in a potted plant there. He had eaten 2 and left one. He was about 4' long and 1½" in diameter. Biggest snake I ever saw that close. He looked a lot like this photo, but this is not him. Found this photo on the net.
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I think that is him. Was reading that they were thought to be nonvenomous but they are, but too small of an amount to hurt humans. I guess they can poison small rodents.
Going to cut him out of the fence today. I usually leave them alone so that they decay and scare away others.
Going to cut him out of the fence today. I usually leave them alone so that they decay and scare away others.
Maybe you could make sure they are only in the coop to sleep. Let them out asap in the mornings so that they can escape a fight and don't close them in at night until all is calm.
No idea if the bantam is hurting them or not. Just an idea.
I‘m chitting potatoes for my fall garden too! Looking forward to getting them in the ground the first of September! Fall gardening is going to be a dream compared to this summer heat!
We pulled the last of the early potatos and got another 75 lbs. The tomatos this year are a different type that I do not know. Funny shape and ridges from top to bottom. Almost all of them are going bad on the vine but those which turn ripe are really good. Never got any carrots or parsnips, except about 10 carrots who came up late and are growing at the moment. I only got a handfull of cherries from our tree and will cut it way back this year to get it another "last" chance before pulling it and planting another new one. Apricots all died half way ripe, that tree is going this year too.
My plum tree is going this fall too. Has never really produced much and is 7 years old now. Same with one of my cherry trees. Total waste of space and time.
Didn’t grow any parsnips, but my turnips did awesome! Planted a variety pack of different colors. Man do the bunnies love the greens!! Chickens will eat them, but not with the joy the rabbits do.
Didn’t grow any parsnips, but my turnips did awesome! Planted a variety pack of different colors. Man do the bunnies love the greens!! Chickens will eat them, but not with the joy the rabbits do.
My plum tree hangs over the chicken run so I only keep it for shade and food for chickens. This year, early heavy winds wiped out every plum.
My.container tomatoes are pitiful today. I am watering, but they look bad. I think rain is 3 days out unless we have a pop up shower.
A cold snap killed most of the blossoms in early May. That's OK. Better luck next year. Frequently a bad year means a bumper crop next year, but in a survival situation that could be very bad. We are going to plant potatoes next year. They are so easy to grow and so cheap that I stopped growing them. I am very concerned about food in the near future. 3 years or so. What will people do when they can't feed their families? We all know. That's why we're here. Worse, they say the population will hit 8 billion by this Thanksgiving. There is going to be a reset, and there is nothing that our species can do about it now.
I didnt plant the first time until the last week in May.
DirtDiva
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Harvesting yellow squash, cucumbers, okra. Kraut fermenting, freezing squash and okra. Plans to make dill relish with some of the cucumbers. Lots of tomatoes just not ripe yet. Will have another picking of beans in a week or so if nothing happens. Cantaloupe and watermelon sizing up nicely just not ripe yet. Sweet potatoes running everywhere. Picking blueberries every other day and made 8 jars of blue berry jam day before yesterday. Thus far have frozen about 30 pounds of fruit and jam set up nicely and all sealed. Storm night before last took out one of my peach trees loaded with fruit so I am trying to salvage what I can. Lightning split it all the way to the ground. Squirrels are attacking my immature winter squash fruit so thus far have shot 5. One got away but he'll be back!
I am one man down as Mr. DD has severe case of pneumonia. He is home for the moment but on bed rest. Breathing treatments 4 times a day.
I am one man down as Mr. DD has severe case of pneumonia. He is home for the moment but on bed rest. Breathing treatments 4 times a day.
Sorry to hear your husband is under the weather DD. Prayers he gets better fast. 
Him being down puts lots of pressure on you, please be careful to not over do it, ok?
Him being down puts lots of pressure on you, please be careful to not over do it, ok?
Sorry to hear that DD. 
Hope he recovers quickly!
Hope he recovers quickly!
DirtDiva
A True Doomsday Prepper
Thanks Doc.Sorry to hear that DD.
Hope he recovers quickly!
We have been through this many times. He was deployed many years ago when we were stationed at Fort Gordon not far from you. He managed to catch a nasty case of something that scarred his lungs and ever since he has been particularly vulnerable to pneumonia. We stock a Cpap and nebulizer at all times.
This heat can be tough on him.
CDS nebulizer treatment protocol works successfully everytime for me and everyone I know that has used it. I hope he has a speedy recovery.
I am one man down as Mr. DD has severe case of pneumonia. He is home for the moment but on bed rest. Breathing treatments 4 times a day.
Best wishes for Mr. DD. I still don't have beans to can. Finally, getting some blooms. Any tomatoes I get are a gift because mine never produce for canning. I'm taking the small yellow tomatoes and freezing them until I get enough to process.
