Everyone loves itty bitty chicks and their fluffy butts, right? Well, it’s officially that time of year…the time when all us urban farmers are scrambling for our next flock of backyard chickens! You either get ’em while they’re itty bitty and hand raise them up or you wait until they are pullets and much closer to laying age. If you…
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A couple of winters ago we decided to turn one of our raised beds into a hoop house in an attempt to extend our season a bit. So we purchased some supplies, threw it all together, planted a few spinach and kale seeds and expected magic in November. No, I’m not joking. We got a really late start that year…
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So, you’ve asked yourself all of the questions and you’ve decided to jump into backyard chicken keeping with both feet? Awesome! You’ve created your brooder and have it ready with clean litter, a heat lamp and some food and water. You’ve picked your breeds, come up with a number you want to start with and you’re bursting at the seams…
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Install a stake in the ground with a gate hook on it that hooks into it’s respective eye hole on your gate. I’m telling you, it’s a super simple, low cost way to save yourself a lot of trouble with the opening and closing and opening and closing of your gate (either by yourself or at the hand of the…
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Once you’ve checked your allergies, checked your codes and checked your motives, the next step in your beekeeping journey is to start making some serious plans to set yourself and your bees up for the greatest success possible. Before we get into the details about your bees hive and home, I’d like to encourage you to research beekeeping groups…
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If you’d asked me a decade ago if I’d be writing a post on urban gardening I might have laughed out loud, and yet here I am now. Who knew? Growing up, my mom always had a tomato plant or a few carrots or herbs growing in some patch of soil. She had the greenest thumb and could really make…
