Rural Gardening: New here 2, 0 by choppertai

choppertai wrote:
Thnx for all the welcomes. We've been planting about 300 acres of corn and soybeans and our veg garden been busy. Where to start. I'd plant a concrete fence about 12' high between you and the "neighbor". Or just get some denzili long crowers lol! I will include a pic of Herkey our Iowa blue roo. He is gorgeous, but a mean lil bugger. Will get a pic of Ia. blue hens. Wish you could have chickens too makshi! I'd be happy to help you out with that.lol. I love the BLRWs they are a big beautiful bird. Got a few from McMurray and some locally. They are really large birds, hardy; although the ones from McMurray were a little mean tempered. Nice eggs too. I could probably get you some hatching eggs in the late summer- will have to pen those breeds off separately as they are in the general population right now. Selling eggs-- we sell eggs at two farmers markets, directly at the farm and I am in the process of getting my "egg handlers License". You have to get tested on egg sanitization, candeling, cold storage, etc.Then we can sell to grocers. We take the eggs to farm markets in a small chest refridgerator that we plug in at the market. Have to keep them at or below 45degrees. We just put the chest in the back of the pick up and use egg trays then carton them at market. It works pretty good. Coolers work too with ice in plastic bags. Get a refrig. thermometer. Wish you all could visit ;) Here's Herkeys pic.