Chickens
Suburban Chicken Lays First Egg!
Which came first? After two and a half years of working to free the chicken in Carbondale, Illinois to do what chickens do best we have our first egg in the backyard! Of course we are eggstatic and looking forward to over easy? Hard boiled? Sometimes it is so hard to make a decision, eh?
Two Bows, the Chickens are Growing and So Is Everything Else, and a Walk in the Woods
Finishing up the first steps shaping hickory and oak bows. The chickens are growing at their usual pace: quickly! And so are the plants. Nothing like a long walk in the spring woods with the family…
Abundance Comes in Bundles in the Burbs
The baby chicks are now in their new home! My daughter was ecstatic during the transfer. Scored some plants today from a neighbor: celandine, variegated Solomon’s seal, monarda, fennel, black raspberries, alpine strawberries. Brewing up some compost tea…
Just Add Chickens…and Flowers!
Ready for the chickens. Ready to reap the harvest…
Just Add Paint and Chickens
As our baby chicks grow they are chomping at the bit for more luxurious climes, something in the order of a Waldorf Eggstoria. My daughter chose olive green and a milk chocolate brown for trim. The primer is on. Tomorrow the family will paint and set things up for a burst of eggs in the [...]
Suburban Eden
Baby chicks, building the coop, kombucha, wheat grass, fruit coming on, etc, etc… Abundance! All in all not a whole lotta work, but whatever work there is is so dang satisfying, and so real… And to think that this is on one sixth of an acre with a house footprint of 1200 square feet smack [...]
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