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Over the weekend I was able to work on Chicken Fort Knox, and I must say I am rather pleased with the results so far. Not one chicken has escaped. Not one. Nada. At this point it’s still looking a bit ghetto with the downed logs at the base of chicken run, but I’m making Read More >>
It’s been over a month since I have posted photos of the baby chicks we brought home around mid- Februaury so I thought I would give you an update. My Oh My have they grown! Big Martha {Barred Plymouth Rock} 2 week assessment: Big Martha is amazingly calm. Nothing seems to bother Big Martha. I Read More >>
Yesterday it rained, and then it hailed, and then it rained some more. So I stayed inside, read emails* and baked all day instead of working in the garden like I had planned. If Mother Nature does not deliver a roasting hot summer this year to make up for our chilly, rainy, and unpredictable late Read More >>
Yesterday, as I opened the garden gate, I could not believe what I saw. Buff the Wayward Chicken and her band of merry makers hooligans had escaped. Not only had they busted out of the more than adequately sized chicken run, they had dug, scratched, and pulled up nearly everything in sight in the lower Read More >>
With sunny skies and temps in the mid 50’s, Sunday was a perfect day for planing spring crops. This time around I planted French Breakfast & Crimson Radish seeds as well as Monstrueux de Viroflay Spinach from Botanical Interests Seed Company. The French Breakfast Radish is a new one for me. I’ve seen these yummy Read More >>
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