Happy Monday everyone! Last fall, we decided to let our two raised beds/hoop houses in the front yard rest for the season. We had planted them out continuously for two straight years and decided it might be best to give them the winter to just be. Instead, we planted out one of the newer raised beds in the back yard…
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Our newest set of Newbies has officially been moved into their outdoor brooder and are very happy for it. I think our indoor brooder was getting a little too cramped for them because they have been incredibly busy meeting the neighbors, pecking around, giving themselves dirt baths and exploring their new digs. They have their own water, food and a heat lamp…
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Happy Monday, everyone! It’s been a while since I have written a Harvest Monday post simply because there hasn’t been much to report besides eggs, eggs and more eggs. Really though, honestly, I am incredibly grateful for all of our eggs! The color, the taste, the ability to harvest them from our own chickens in our own backyard! Yes, I…
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A couple of mornings ago I walked to the coop to give the Ladies some leftovers and noticed, out of the corner of my eye, one of our Ameraucanas on the outside of the coop, right by my feet! Thoroughly confused, I let her into the coop. I couldn’t, for the life of me, figure out how she escaped! Maybe…
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Happy Monday, everyone! Welp, it’s that time of year again…warm days and chilly evenings followed by snow on the ground and the reminder that it really is still winter, despite the Spring Fever that keeps tempting me to put some seeds in the ground on the sunny days. Soon enough, though…soon enough! Until then, though, at least our old stand…
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I’ve been kind of out-of-sorts for a couple of weeks now. Full-on sick (kidney infection first, then the flu), as have Tool Lady and Fish Girl (just the flu for them…horrible, no good, very bad, long lasting flu). It’s hard to focus on anything when your body hurts and you can’t breathe. We’re doing better now, though still on the…
