The Books are Here! (Well, Half the books are here due to a wee mix up at the printers but I am sure they will do their best to fix up this error today and hopefully send them asap. Melissa my copilot is onto it and will let us know how that is going.)
However I think we can gently proceed with the sales while I have the girls here to help with the packaging.
So all those of you who wished to buy the Book: Letters for my Little Sister – on Amazon. It is all set up and ready to go.
I will put this link in the book orders page for you too.
Paypal, cheques and writers can start tomorrow when the Postmistress has done the weighing, etc. I shall put all that info in the book orders page too and let you know here tomorrow. All of you who have reserved a book: your books will be set aside with a card that has your name written on it. They will wait for you.
PHEW. This is exciting in a traumatic kind of way. But I think we did it. We made a fellowship Book. Now I am dying to get posting.
I am also ordering some fall chickens. I have this theory I want to test out.
I usually start them in the spring and they grow all summer, start to lay in the autumn and then down goes the light, it gets cold and dark and they wind back down ,moult and go into their rest period. Effectively losing a seasons laying while they are young.
So this year, I am going to let them do their growing during the winter and they will start laying in the spring. I have a new young friend who is working with me on this and he has a heated shed and a hankering to put in a couple of acres of vegetables to sell at markets. So we are working together. It is pretty cool to have someone nearby who is as enthusiastic about good food as I am and handy with tools.
We had over four inches of rain yesterday. I don’t think we will be cutting hay, the ground is flooded.
I hope you all have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farmy,
miss c
The Kitchen's Garden 
47 responses to “Books and Chicks”
I ordered two from Amazon last night. There were only 8 left! I wanted four, but thought I would not be greedy, and will wait to let others in before I get the other two…I cannot wait to read it!
It’s all very exciting. I will wait for the Paypal link, as Amazon.com is in the US and I am registered with Amazon.fr.
Good luck with timing the chooks starting to lay.
We could do with a bit of your rain – it hasn’t rained here for about three weeks.
love, ViV x
Just tried to order it online, and Amazon US won’t ship outside of America.
I will email, I am finding out today how much your postage will be and Vivs, then I will let you know.. easy enough to sort..c
Will go to Amazon and see if I can pre-order if they have run out already. Looking forward to reading! Well done to you and your co-pilot on a job well done!
I do the shipping and i think you already have a book in my reserved shelf? Just pay for it on amazon and they tell me and i send it.. c
Went to Amazon and all books gone – not sure how to get to reserved shelf?
i used to get chicks in july
they start laying in january, usually
now i use lights on timer in winter.much cheeper than heated poultry palace
No heating in our new chook house either, sounds like this might work. thanks ron
Amazon.com won’t send to canada. ): for your book.
you are coming up as anonymous, so if you email me I can send you one! celima.g.7@gmail.com
Oooh, exciting. Well done you and your co-pilot, and the Farm Fellowship. You’ve produced and published a book. In a short timeframe. That’s wow. I’m a paypal girl, so wait with anticipation. Your book is going all over the world! Nice you’ve found someone local who is also into growing good food and, presumably, some of the digging and weeding.
Oh, these are wonderful news!
I must confess that I had not fully followed your blog over the last months (too busy with my own projects), but the “book” in the title pulled me into the complete blog entry. Need to look for an e-book version of it, as the printed one is probably not good for my bad eyesight.
Congratulations on your new baby – she’s very beautiful, and I can quite see why you’re so excited. I think your Chook Theory may be sensible, so long as you can get chicks the right age and size when you want them. Keep us informed – my new flock isn’t far off, but I’m still enjoying yours vicariously!
YAY! The books are here! They look so beautiful on the shelves in the Coupe. The roses on the cover are perfect. Can’t wait to get mine. There is only one left on Amazon! Pat yourself on the back, C. You have done well. Revel in this accomplishment for a bit. You deserve it. We all deserve it, but especially you.
The amazon numbers are not related to anything actually, i am not even sure how they make a tally when i do the shipping.. but yours is safely reserved!.. c
Good luck with the new chicks! And congratulations on the book.
I can not wait to see all your hard work pay off! Maybe #Oprah can choice it for her #BOOK CLUB 🙂
Woohoo, exciting times, so pleased the books have arrived. Now, please don’t think me a negative Nelly BUT why do their always have to be problems with printers. Why can’t the job get done perfectly the first time after the proofing.
Have a beautiful day C.
🙂 Mandy xoxo
Good luck with the book and chickens 🙂
How exciting it must have been to open that box of books. Again, congrats to you and all participating writers.
I had an impromptu winter brood last year as my mama hen went broody, and I decided that chicks for Christmas would be a fun idea. WOW!! it’s a bit different than hatching in warmer weather months. I worried about those babies more than usual, and it was interesting trying to keep them warm (our chicken house / brooder box is not insulated.) Thankfully, everyone survived….they are a very stout, healthy bunch…bigger than their matriarchs, and very close to the size of, Benedict, our rooster. Good luck and congratulations on your lovely book!!