Why buy bedding for chicks at the store when you can make it yourself? As a gardener back in the District of Columbia this Flowtron “leaf eater” was one of my favorite tools. Aside from the goofy name, it did a great job of turning fallen leaves into a component for compost that I could […]
It’s that time of year again. A trip to the post office where a friendly clerk hands me a box containing 50 newborn Freedom Ranger chicks. If you think that’s considerably more than we ordered last year, you would be right. We had great success selling our broilers, so this year we are increasing production. […]
With each passing day the snow melts away, revealing a landscape I thought had been lost to last year’s memories. For me, the sensation of winter giving in to spring is a physical one–my body literally un-tenses with a sense of relief. No more sub-zero mornings in the dark. No more frozen water lines. No […]
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