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<blockquote data-quote="Tony" data-source="post: 169695" data-attributes="member: 1">Not 3 stroke (not sure how that would work lol), 3 cylinder. It's a 4 stroke, 3 cylinder Yanmar diesel engine that is in the tractor. As for my coop, we have actually expanded it just a bit so the chickens have more room to run. We did that so that we could get more chickens. As for the cut worms, you just rotate your crops. Every year, we never plant in the same place twice. If you do, the pests from last year will have a hold and they will tear you up. For me in my garden, it's squash bugs (stink bugs). They will destroy a squash plant in a matter of days if you plant in the same area that you did the previous year. Move it over about 20', and it will take them longer to gain a hold. Just long enough for you to douse them with some seven or other pesticide (I am not an organic grower, I don't want to work that damn hard...) and kill them off when they are young. We still need to plan out our garden this year. There are some plants that help others. If I remember correctly, you can move potatoes over to where your beans were, you can move your beans to where your tomatoes were and you can move your tomatoes to where your potatoes were. Don't quote me on this, but it is good to have a 3 year rotation. 1. it keeps the pests down. 2. it keeps the plans from stripping the soil of nutrients. I think that answers everything... Just woke up lol.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony, post: 169695, member: 1"] Not 3 stroke (not sure how that would work lol), 3 cylinder. It's a 4 stroke, 3 cylinder Yanmar diesel engine that is in the tractor. As for my coop, we have actually expanded it just a bit so the chickens have more room to run. We did that so that we could get more chickens. As for the cut worms, you just rotate your crops. Every year, we never plant in the same place twice. If you do, the pests from last year will have a hold and they will tear you up. For me in my garden, it's squash bugs (stink bugs). They will destroy a squash plant in a matter of days if you plant in the same area that you did the previous year. Move it over about 20', and it will take them longer to gain a hold. Just long enough for you to douse them with some seven or other pesticide (I am not an organic grower, I don't want to work that damn hard...) and kill them off when they are young. We still need to plan out our garden this year. There are some plants that help others. If I remember correctly, you can move potatoes over to where your beans were, you can move your beans to where your tomatoes were and you can move your tomatoes to where your potatoes were. Don't quote me on this, but it is good to have a 3 year rotation. 1. it keeps the pests down. 2. it keeps the plans from stripping the soil of nutrients. I think that answers everything... Just woke up lol. [/QUOTE]

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