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How old are the trees skinner?
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Payne or anyone else for that matter.......
What do you use to kill ant beds that won't hurt the chickens? I've got several ant beds around my chicken coop and garden and I'm afraid to use anything that would harm the chickens or contaminate the eggs. I know you can use Cinnamon around bee hives to keep ants away and it doesn't bother the bees.
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Payne or anyone else for that matter.......
What do you use to kill ant beds that won't hurt the chickens? I've got several ant beds around my chicken coop and garden and I'm afraid to use anything that would harm the chickens or contaminate the eggs. Boiling water would be a good start.
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What do you use to kill ant beds that won't hurt the chickens? I've got several ant beds around my chicken coop and garden and I'm afraid to use anything that would harm the chickens or contaminate the eggs. Boiling water would be a good start. I read that bolinig water would do the trick, and tried it with my propane fish fryer, with 2 pots. It didn't work for me.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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Anybody do fruit trees with any success? Was thinking about a peach and apple tree. I've read you have to do them in pairs for cross pollination though.
The wife was eyeballing an orange tree but how do those survive winters?
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Anybody do fruit trees with any success? Was thinking about a peach and apple tree. I've read you have to do them in pairs for cross pollination though.
The wife was eyeballing an orange tree but how do those survive winters? Early peaches do real well in my area. Plums do well. Several people have tried apples without success. My neighbor had a grapfruit tree that did well for several years, then it froze.
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 I have around sixty trees in my orchard. Figs, plums, peaches, pears, apricots, orange, lime, lemon, grapefruit and persimmons. I can't get apples, cherries, olives or avocado's to grow. i have some banana trees but they don't produce either.  I also have grape vines. 4 Venus, 2 Flame and 2 Thompson.
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Get the self pollinating fruit trees and you won't need a pollinator.I don't think orange trees survive winters up here unless you can keep them from freezing and keep the frost off.I just pulled over 30 small peaches off this one as I want it to grow and develop good root system. 
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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Skinner, If the orange tree is less then three years old, I would pull every one off the tree to give all the energy to the growth of the tree.
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I have Peach, Apricot, And Apple trees. The Apple trees are delicate. The chilling requirement for them is hard to get in my area. The apple trees I have were on the place when I bought it, and all I know about them are that they are of one of the green varieties. The Ranger peaches do very well for us if the freezes dont get them. I still have not planted my Tomatos or peppers mainly due to wet soil, but that is good considering we had a 29 degree night this week with a medium frost. 
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How long is your growing season Cobra?
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04/06/13 11:33 PM
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I have Peach, Apricot, And Apple trees. The Apple trees are delicate. The chilling requirement for them is hard to get in my area. The apple trees I have were on the place when I bought it, and all I know about them are that they are of one of the green varieties. The Ranger peaches do very well for us if the freezes dont get them. I still have not planted my Tomatos or peppers mainly due to wet soil, but that is good considering we had a 29 degree night this week with a medium frost. Texas is a big state. It would really help if everyone listed their area on this particular forum, as Cobra does on this post. I think this is the best share your information thread on the forum.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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South Central near the coast..
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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Lavon is in my sig and it's just east of Wylie,Tx.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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04/07/13 12:56 AM
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How long is your growing season Cobra? Usually from early April to mid October between freezes. Last year was nice with the last freeze in Mid March. I had one of my best gardens in terms of yields.
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I've seen your setup, it's a farm not a garden 
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Payne your property and the amount of work you put in, continually blows me away.  Bill and I finally have a small garden going. Nothing much. Raised bed with carrot's and onions. Tomato plants are in 5 gallon buckets.
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Payne your property and the amount of work you put in, continually blows me away. Bill and I finally have a small garden going. Nothing much. Raised bed with carrot's and onions. Tomato plants are in 5 gallon buckets. Agreed, beautiful property.
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Payne your property and the amount of work you put in, continually blows me away. Bill and I finally have a small garden going. Nothing much. Raised bed with carrot's and onions. Tomato plants are in 5 gallon buckets. Agreed, beautiful property. +1
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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Skinner, If the orange tree is less then three years old, I would pull every one off the tree to give all the energy to the growth of the tree. Sorry Payne....I don't know how old they are but they're not very old. They came from a nursery in South Louisiana last year & I just put them in the ground a few weeks ago. Oh, & those weren't baby oranges all over they are blooms. Lots & lots of blooms.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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04/08/13 11:50 AM
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Thanks y'all
Skinner, I would pick any fruit you get this year and next year. It will promote the growth of the tree.
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Are your chickens free range? They are in a coop, but I let them out in the evenings for a couple of hours to free range.
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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If they are a little aways from your coop & garden. I would use over & out and water it in then let it dry before I let the chickens out.
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Uncles neighbors garden tomatoes far and I think cukes near.  corn, lettuce, dill some grape vines in the back   Uncles garden tomatoes  dill, corn, green beans, lettuce, cucumbers and bell peppers  meh they live in the city  
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Re: THF Gardening Thread
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How are those tomato plants so big already? Also, with my growing lights, I turn them off at night and turn them on in the morning. Could I keep them on 24/7?
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