We are excited to be participating in the Sustainable Eats Urban Farm Handbook Challenge this month! Annette Cottrell and Joshua McNichols have written a fantastic new book Urban Farm Handbook: City Slicker Resources for Growing, Raising, Sourcing, Trading, and Preparing What You Eat, which my...
Chickens, Gardening / 06.02.2012
Gardening with Chickens: The toolbox
Let me share with you my tried and true chicken garden "tool box" full of accoutrements. Every gardener with a free range flock must have several devices to protect delicate prized plants from potential destruction. Edibles are a high priority in my garden, however the...
I remember a little over a year ago I turned in the manuscript, pictures and drawings for my book about gardening with chickens, and while it was this huge sense of relief to meet such a monumental deadline, it also made me very anxious. I...
Chickens, Food / 03.01.2012
Miniature green eggs!
Joy: Over the winter holiday break our two youngest pullets finally started laying. This is always exciting for me -- its like the girls hit puberty and have finally graduated into being apart of the mature lady flock. Silly I know, but I hug and...
Chickens, For fun, Gardening / 09.12.2011
IT HATCHED!!
December 9th, 2011 3:45pm Weight: 1lbs 2oz Height: 9" I'm such a proud mama to announce that the stork has delivered my beautiful baby hatchling book! It has been incubating for quite some time now; I've been keeping a close eye on temperature, making sure everyone...
Chickens, For fun / 28.11.2011
Chicken Lover Gift Ideas – 2011 edition
Last year I put together this list of gift ideas for the chicken lover in your life, so naturally, this year I'm doing it again! On the top of my list is of course: this fantastic book! Of course I am shamelessly biased...
Chickens, Gardening, Plants / 11.09.2011
Protecting your plants from chickens
At this time of the year I take a few simple steps to protect specific plants from my chickens. Right now it is tomatoes, which are ripe for the picking...
Chickens, Food, Gardening, Natives / 14.08.2011
Growing Chicken Treats = Red Elderberry
This is one plant that I absolutely love to have around just for my chickens. Sambucus racemosa is a Pacific Northwest native shrub and is super easy to grow, thriving in all kinds of growing conditions (sun or shade, dry or moist soil, etc). Every...
Chickens / 09.08.2011
My Limping Chicken
My chickens don't get injured or sick very often, so when something is wrong, it is very obvious. A few days ago one of my girls started limping. I first checked the most obvious: bumblefoot which is an infection in the pad of their foot. ...
Bees, Chickens, Design, ducks, Food, Gardening, Permaculture / 31.07.2011
Virtual Homestead & Garden Tour
Recently I went on a garden tour extravaganza and was totally inspired! Stay tuned for several blog posts on that event...