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taking stock of the yard and house post-windstorm. Nothing damaged aside from the loss of a few shingles!
Why did I put the filter bog and pump pond on the north side of the #poolpond? This is why!! 😝 💨 🍁
The hazelnut is stripped of its leaves. Ill just need to gather them out of the water
with the big plastic rake.
Greenhouse got a little soggy inside but nothing serious. It's already drying out in the breeze.
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Quick note before I forget it: when I worked in a pet store we had pond supplies (and koi,) one of which was over-priced plastic netting with pictures on the box of it being draped over ponds to prevent leaves falling in.
But one of our pond people said it was much better to put a layer down on the bottom, and lift it in the fall to pull up everything which somehow falls into the pond. (They transferred their koi into a non-freezing pool for winter, and the net made it easier.)
@Amgine omg! That is such a great idea!! I will see if I can find some netting that might fit that!
Definitely enough room for some chickens! Need to find our ramp that normally attaches to the end of the little run.
The big black fence is actually meant for a bike shelter but we just decided that since it lives in our yard most of the year between “events” we might as well use it for something! So making a larger chicken run is cool!
Come to think of it… looking at this picture, I might move the entrance gate for the run to the corner closest the grey shed so that maybe the coop and egg box can be more protected from the elements. That would be nicer for both the future residents, and going to collect and tend to them!
Note the @alberniweather sensor stations mounted on the little run. Next time the weather is cooperating I will take them off there and mount it up on the greenhouse! The white temperature and humidity thingy will go up high, the rain catcher will stay low to try to stay out of the wind.
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@chris
Backyard chickens are awesome! I miss ours from when we lived in 100 Mile.
What’s not to like about a pet that poops breakfast?
“Raking” the water to get the leaves out is weird, but strangely efficient.
Most of the leaves are out of the pond and either into the garden beds or spread around the edges. I don’t really like the gravel and rock border but it is necessary until the edges are planted with shrubbery ( 😆) so this will help soften it and start to create some mulch.
Then it was time to put up the bike shelter-turned-chicken-run and move the coop!
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