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The Higgs Boson Blues ~ Nick Cave

That kind of sums it up in 5 words.

How is the drainage of your soil? And how compacted is it? Could be a lack of oxygen to the roots, and that can present as a nutrient deficiency. Not because your medium doesn't have what's needed, but unhappy inefficient roots can't supply it when and where needed.

Indeed. We built her a coop. We couldn't find any eggs. She preferred the basket on the back of a scooter.

Can confirm. I was wondering why hens lay an egg every day. I thought that maybe we had bred them to do that, so I looked it up. Each hen wants to get to around 7 or 8 eggs, and then sit and brood on that clutch until they hatch. That's the number of baby chicks they can handle to rear to...

Yep. Have done. But it's not slugs. I occasionally find the odd little one here or there in my worm bin where it's reasonably damp, but never out in the garden. It's ripping into peak summer here, and my plants are all on the paving by our pool ... the nearest grass is a good 10-15 paces yards...

My biggest annoyance has been the hen realising that I'm the 'worm guy'. I've got a corner of the garden with my growing shit, which included 5 tubs with earthworms pre-processing my soil and amendment mix. Those all got emptied onto a tarp on the lawn and hand mixed with my homemade garden...

I've been looking up recipes.

Hmmm ... I just did a pest patrol, and I discovered a small green grasshopper or locust on one of my plants. Not one of the the same plants with the existing damage, but close to them. I am still keen to hear if anyone else has had chicken or bird damage ... not conclusive as yet.

I have just experienced some very similar symptoms Young seedlings (6 weeks) - outdoor summer - browning leaf edges - some brown spots in the middle of a few leaves ... some becoming holes - some necrotic leaves low down But the odd thing was that all my new growth is a healthy dark green At...

Has anyone ever had any experience of chickens pecking at their cannabis seedlings or plants? Or any other birds? I have some leaf damage on my plants - young seedlings about 12" / 30cm tall - 1 gallon / 4.5 litre planter bags - outside in the garden - ground level on the paving The damage...

It looks like you have the space and time and ingredients. As a suggestion for making your own amendments, you could consider making up some nutrient charged biochar. 1. Burn wood in the absence of oxygen to make activated charcoal - a process called pyrolysis 2. Nutrient and microbe charge the...

Yes. I hate those f--kers. If you have one confined to a planter pot, they can seriously reduce your root mass over a grow. Don't worry about having a coop for it to live in from the get go. We just built a coop for our hen at home, and she used it for 3 weeks, then she decided she would...

@Cappuchino Big ups for those links. And to anyone interested in Living Soil & Organics ... those are worth a watch. Proper science that ties all the forum posts and speculation into a clear understanding. And a note especially to people like me who normally get frustrated with the pace and...

Spotted in my local suburb ... Obligatory Legal Disclaimer I am neither the 'concerned citizen' who put up the signs, nor part of the problem that the signs are trying to highlight.

Thanks. On some plants I am seeing little bumps behind the stipules - not quite clear what they will develop into as yet, but they should show fairly soon. Like many things, it is confusing as all **ck 1st time around, no matter who explains, or what you read in tutorials or see in pics And...

That went off in a couple of odd directions. I am bringing it back on track so that it does not confuse other folks who may be reading this thread. No offence intended by any of my comments. Peace out. - - - I'm looking for pre-flowers to sex out the females from my seeds of unidentified...

Nice to know about the stimulation of microbes. I'm planning a LAB ferment of that too. Just waiting to collect fish guts and heads and remnants from my local friendly Chinese takeaway. Yes, I'm a cheap ass bastard - foraging for my own kelp, or bumming leftovers from restaurants or horse...

How did that work out for you? I'm doing the same by foraging fresh kelp washing up locally, then slicing and dicing up to compost in small doses through my worm bin. This year, I've discovered the wonders of lactobacillus for rapidly breaking down the structural parts of input amendments, and...

More bro science. Not recommend, doesn't improve your buzz.