Well, after last weekends post about our broody hen we decided to put Blondie in solitary confinement for a couple of days. We decided to use our brooder (Version #2) and put it in the garage where the temperature this time of year is still pretty cool. (We’ve had a couple of laughs about using the brooder for the broody hen!) She went…
I tried my first braided (circle) bread a couple of weeks ago and, as simple as it looked, I really struggled with it at first! So, while baking some more bread last weekend I decided that maybe a photo tutorial might help someone else who has either thought about braiding their bread in this way (but might be intimidated) or…
Alright, so maybe growing watermelon in the high desert isn’t the best idea, but they’re so incredibly good! There really is no proper substitute on a hot summer day! We’ve tried to grow watermelon a couple of times with no luck. I think it might have been a mixture of our super poor (past) soil and some bad (old) seeds.…
Happy Monday everyone! Not a ton to report today in the way of actual harvests as we’re nearing the end of our greens and there’s a bit of a break between them and my spring plantings. I still haven’t mastered this whole succession planting schedule but there is a lot growing in the garden right now and I just planted…
We have never before had so much green happening in our yard at this time of year! I think part of the reason is our exceptionally warm winter and spring and part of it is all the seed starting we did this spring under our grow lights. It is very exciting to me to see so much promise in our…
Whelp…we have our first broody hen. This is Blondie (called that because of all her yellow coloring…all our other Ameracaunas have a rustier coloring to their feathers) and she’s officially gone broody over the past week. Being that she’s a little over a year old and it’s spring, I guess she’s right on time with her instincts, but really…I could…
