Back in August I asked this question, so we’ve been tracking it on my sidebar ever since. This is what’s happened in a nut (egg?) shell… For a while (read: when we first started this challenge), we were getting 6-7 eggs a day and I was feeling extremely optimistic about our little experiment. Then, the ladies started molting, their eating habits…
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I have a special place in my heart for cast iron pots and pans, but up until about a year ago, we didn’t own any. Since buying a few and being given an amazing dutch oven last Christmas, we have really fallen in love with them! Last weekend Tool Lady took a trip to the Goodwill to see what she…
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The making of Sweet Potato Banana Butter has become somewhat of a tradition in our house each fall and is absolutely heavenly on freshly baked bread. This recipe is from the book Simply Homemade Food Gifts and was requested by a friend this year who said, “You are making that butter stuff again this year, right?!” Well, yes, of course I am!…
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Happy (early) Birthday to me!!! On Sunday, Tool Lady built me a surprise! A Grow Light Stand!!! She got the plans from growgardentomatoes.com, made all the cuts in the garage, brought it into the Living Room to put together (she likes to watch TV while she’s building things) and the whole time I could NOT figure out what she was making!…
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Happy (early) Birthday to me!!! On Sunday, Tool Lady built me a surprise! A Grow Light Stand!!! She got the plans from growgardentomatoes.com, made all the cuts in the garage, brought it into the Living Room to put together (she likes to watch TV while she’s building things) and the whole time I could NOT figure out what she was making!…
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Why the heck are my chickens losing all their feathers and not producing eggs!?!? Are they sick? Pissed? Dying? Hungry? Revolting against the colder temperatures? WTF?! Wait, they’re what? Molting? What the heck is molting and why is it happening while I’m tracking egg production vs. the cost of their feed? After a little research (the internet is truly an…
