• DIY - Grow

    Greens and Grow Lights

    When we first set up our grow lights, we planted a few flats of greens, sprouts, micro greens and wheat grass just to see what would happen.  Well, it’s actually been really great!  We’ve harvested enough for several meals (salads and greens for sandwiches) and have juiced wheat grass several…

  • Chickens

    Do Our Chickens Pay for Themselves?

    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…

  • Chickens

    The Chickens are Molting!?! Now What?

    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…

  • Chickens

    Preparing the Chickens for Hibernation

    It’s only a matter of time until the ground is frozen over, all the green is gone and covered by a blanket of white.  I enjoy winter.  I really do.  I just wish it wasn’t 3 months long. I could be happy with just Spring, Summer and Fall…you? Right now,…

  • Everything Else

    The Urban Farm Fall To-Do List

    So, the summer veggies are in swift decline, the weather man is teasing us with “chilly weather” ahead and my Fall To-Do List just keeps growing and growing. Clear the Beds – Tomatoes, carrots, beans, potatoes, corn, cucumbers, bell peppers and jalapenos all still need to come out of their…

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    Garden Happiness(es)

    So many tomatoes still on the vine!!!  Yellows and greens and … …gorgeous reds! The ladies do love their Scratch! Lemon cuke, Brandywines and Pole Beans Love really is all around… This is the only one of it’s kind in our yard… …but the Morning Glories have officially taken over…

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    Distraction Crop Turned Snack

    What do you do with a failed cauliflower turned distraction crop when it’s just freaking you out too much to stay in the front yard???  You put it in the chicken coop in the backyard and give the ladies a tasty, protein rich snack! Mmmmm…yummy aphids!!! I haven’t taken a…

  • Chickens

    A Clean Coop is a Happy Coop

    Chickens are dirty birds.  They poop everywhere and then they kick their poop everywhere else while scratching around for food and bugs.   We probably don’t clean out their coop as often as we could (I’ve read that some people clean out their coops every single week while we do…