Tag: farming
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I am thankful for every day
For all my American friends – have a lovely Day of Thanks. I am thankful for every day I have here on this magic planet. It is cold this morning – as is befitting the season. I have been looking back over some old posts – choosing a few to use for our retrospective posts…
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A Bad Worker Blames His Tools
If I waited until I had the proper gear for each of my ventures I would never get anything done at all. Instead I use what I have lying around. Like this stock trailer. I put a big iron hog house inside this trailer, filled the in-between space between walls of the hog house and…
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All Bark and No Bite
It was a wild looking storm yesterday with significant winds and quite the chill but after a few hours, the temperature rose again, it eased off and the farm was left a gray sloppy mess. I still love snow though! If you would like to watch the snow falling go HERE. I loaded one of…
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Keeping Food out of Dumpsters
I am working through my list, getting the last things ticked off before I leave for the antipodes in a couple of weeks. The winter wall has gone up for the hens. This is an old ping pong table we found that fits almost completely across the lower front of the chook house. It took…
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Sharing The Puddle
For some extraordinary reason – puddles have better water than bowls. Especially in the rain. The retirement home for chooks is growing! Though this one black chicken in the front of the above shot is a layer. When we sort out the hen house she will go back in. Some of the roosters are being…
The Kitchen's Garden 