Linking up to the 2012 Color Photography Project hosted by An Offering of Love and Insert Metaphor
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When we got our first batch of chickens 2 years ago, we really had no clue what we were doing. We got 5 Ameracaunas thinking that we’d wind up with 3 (after looking at statistics we found online we thought that maybe 1 would be a rooster and maybe 1…
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UncategorizedBlue Corn…
Last spring we tried our hands at growing blue corn. It grew well…strong and tall…and we wound up harvesting about 15 ears from our tiny experimental patch. The thing about blue corn is that you don’t eat it fresh, you dry it and then grind it up into a flour.…
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UncategorizedHarvest Monday
Happy Monday everyone! This week I’ll be posting two weeks worth of harvests since I didn’t make it into this space last week. Even still, trust me, there’s not a lot to post about 😉 Just a few greens, some spinach and a few carrots (yep, again) to report this…
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UncategorizedSunshine and New Feathers
Today it is absolutely gorgeous outside! The sun is shining, the sky is bright blue and there is very little wind. We thought it was the perfect day to let our newest Newbies have some time in the sunshine! So, out of the brooder they came! At first they were…
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UncategorizedIndependence Days
Happy Independence Days! Plant something (under the grow lights): 3 broccoli 24 green bunching onions Harvest something (veggies & basil from under the grow lights): 2 oz mixed lettuce 1 oz spinach a couple of basil leaves 20 eggs Preserve something: We froze a half gallon of red chile purchased…