This year, during April vacation week, I finally pounded fence posts in around the garden and put up an almost respectable looking fence -- a necessity since getting chickens and newish neighbours (it never hurts to make your garden and property...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Sunday, April 24, 2016
April Vacation Week: Dandelions
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What a week for April vacation -- warm, sunny, and perfect for high productivity. I took advantage.
With all the dandelions making their appearances, I decided to take Saturday afternoon to pull -- and pull and pull. Our front...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Eggs, Dried
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How to preserve eggs is a big question for those with chickens. Chickens will lay and lay and lay throughout spring and summer, then when they molt, they will stop. My chickens lay steadily for about 7 months, during which time...
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Homegrown Cornbread
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It's a wonderful feeling to make something to eat with ingredients you grew or made yourself. This week I made a delicious blender cornbread with corn* we grew in last year's garden, eggs laid by our own hens, kefir we made from local...
Monday, April 4, 2016
Winter Improvements
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It's a still, quiet morning. The snow outside is dampening the sounds of the few cars on the road, and the birds have left off singing their spring songs. It seems a good day to look back on the three major improvements we made...
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