After a December that shattered all records for heat in Upstate New York–by a lot–we finally got a couple of inches of snow to greet the new year. But it quickly turned to a slushy, icy mess that did little to improve the landscape and just made navigating our driveway that much more treacherous. The […]
Last winter I didn’t have hay feeders for our critters, I just spread bales on the ground. Consequently, a lot of hay never got eaten. In fact, it wasn’t till a few weeks ago that we finally got around to scooping up all that wasted hay with the tractor and moving it to the compost […]
I moved our mobile chicken coop from the orchard to an area next to the main paddock to be closer to water and electricity for the winter. Our Rhode Island Red laying hens made themselves right at home–except for two, who seem to prefer the confines of the neighboring paddock. Chickens might range, but normally […]
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