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The hatch is over and there are fluffballs in the brooder. It’s been a few days, and the chicks are growing fast – some have even gone to new homes already. Let’s look back at how this hatch went and visit with one chick who needed a little extra help.
Continue reading “Post-Hatch Recap: Lavender Ameraucana #1 – And Chilly’s Story”
After a recent (severe) windstorm, the areas under our trees were littered with small broken branches. I picked up some straight branches to use for the poultry – they make good roosts for tractors and brooders – but had other ideas for the pine branches that fell: water kefir.
Continue reading “Winter Wildcrafting: Working With Windfall”
If you’re like me, you’re a rice pudding fan: it’s creamy, rich, and lightly sweet, and just a little goes a long way. It’s a treat that, at least to me, epitomizes hygge – comfort in a bowl. Making it in an Instant Pot is quick and easy, too!
Continue reading “Under Pressure: Easy Rice Pudding”
It’s been warm and rainy here and the ground is thoroughly saturated…which means lots of mud: sucking mud that tries to swallow your boots and coats surfaces with slippery goop that invites spontaneous acrobatics that sometimes result in getting up close and personal with said mud. While farmers may not like the mud, worms sure do. And it wasn’t difficult to tell that the worms had come out en masse overnight because they left telltale “calling cards” everywhere.
Continue reading “Around The Farm: Copious Castings And Curious Caverns”