Keeping chickens over the past few years has been quite the adventure in both the actual keeping of chickens and in the human response to the fact that we keep chickens. Conversations are either based around confusion or excitement! I get questions all the time like; You can keep chickens in the city? Is it expensive to keep chickens? I’ve…
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Seeds are, in my mind, such a magical thing. The fact that an itty bitty seed contains the potential for so much life (and sustenance) never ceases to amaze me. Ever since we began on this urban farming journey of ours, I’ve been doing my best to learn how to save different varieties of seeds properly. Especially, tomato seeds…I have…
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Well, we fixed our dryer yet again! This time it was the heating coil that busted and it was considerably more expensive to fix than the $4 part we purchased and put in two years ago ($75 with shipping), but it was more than worth it! Let me back up a bit. About a month ago, after the dryer finished…
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It is officially the Time of Bounty again. You’ve sown your seeds, cared for their sprouts, transplanted and top dressed the healthiest growers and are now harvesting a bounty of tomatoes and squash and corn and maybe even peppers from your garden several times a week if not every day. This wonderful process leaves you full of pride while feeding…
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Teeny, tiny flies…tons of them…in our chicken scratch. We’ve been keeping chickens for a few years now and I have never seen this before! I first saw them on Saturday when I went out to feed the Ladies. I opened up the Scratch Bin and noticed a few tiny flies, but didn’t think anything of it. Then, as I scooped…
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Today I will talk about Every Day Carry Bags, but first, I just want to talk a bit about the process of preparing for SHTF/emergency situations…When I first started looking at our preparations for potential SHTF situations, I felt quite comfortable with the process, thinking we were pretty prepared, but the more that I think about it, the more I…
