Checking In
I had planned to check in last weekend but everything is topsy-turvy right now and I am just reaching a …
Category Archives: chickens
Screaming Chicken
At the beginning of the week, before the New Year, we got several inches of heavy, wet snow. By late …
Success!
We have apple cider vinegar! It was so easy to do too. We will definitely be making this on a …
Settling in for Winter
We’ve put the final winterized touches on the Dashwood abode—extra bedding in the coop and straw on the ground in …
Just When I Thought . . .
Marianne’s feathers have pretty much all grown back in after her molt. She still has some fluff left, but she …
Winding Down in the Garden
While the temperature is still all over the place—a few days hot, a few cold, then a hot day, and …
Where has the month gone?
Silly question really. A good deal of time has been spent in the garden and on my bike. Then there …
Putting the Weed in Milkweed
About six or seven summers ago when I finally realized that a certain plant coming up in my garden was …
It’s Springing
There is still ice on the lakes and patches of snow in shady corners, but spring is here. Melody Maple …
Literary Chickens
What a delight to page through Literary Chickens by Beth Moon! There is nothing literary about the chickens in the …
