Summer and Winter Squash, making friends. The potatoes have almost completely recovered after their battering by the hail a week ago! Thank goodness! The tiniest sunflower EVER… …See how tiny it is in comparison to the morning glory??? I love the variety our chickens give us in the size, shape and color of their eggs! Our very first Brandywine!!! It…
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When you keep chickens, you have to take care of them. You have to water them, clean out their coop, feed them and collect their eggs. You can also ooohhh and aaahhh over the chick cuteness, pick them up, pet them, give them treats and laugh at their antics, but those are happy options and not necessities. We jumped into…
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How the heck do you find hope in chicken poop?!?! A few years ago I read the book Harvest For Hope by Jane Goodall and went back and forth between feeling very overwhelmed by all of the madness we have created and feeling very empowered and quite capable of making changes in my day to day life to help our…
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Ch-ch-changes! How do you go from eating very little organic foods, eating out a lot, using paper towels and taking really long showers to being kinder to the earth and to yourself? One step at a time. However, change is not easy for me. I am a creature of habit. I like to have all my ducks in a…
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Alrighty then…here’s my very first posting! Yay me! Cheers to the beginning of my blog about our experiences growing food and chickens (and hopefully bees soon, too) on 1/8 acre as well as all of our joys and stumbles along the way! I thank you (my imagined reader) in advance while I figure this whole blog thing out. What better way to start…
