Leigh Hauter said he never saw it coming. “I didn’t realize it was getting that cold,” he said of the afternoon the Big Freeze descended. “We went for a walk and the water in the boiler was already frozen.” The wood-fired boiler in question is the one that heats farmer Hauter’s greenhouse and his thousands [...]
Tags: Bull Run Farm·chickens·eggs·greenhouse·seed starting·spring·winter
I took my usual walk to the Dupont Circle farmers market on Sunday and was surprised to see that the West Virginia farm family from whom we buy eggs had dropped the price of a dozen 75 cents to $4. “A sign of the times?” I asked the farm wife. I thought perhaps demand had [...]
Tags: chickens·eggs·farmer's markets·free range·local farming·organic
As promised, we have been making inquiries about whether it is legal to keep chickens in the District of Columbia. It seems we are not the only ones interested. Through our network of contacts, this portion of the D.C. Code surfaced: Except as provided in this subsection, no person shall import intothe District, possess, display, [...]
Tags: chickens
We are engaging the concerns of a hungry planet--slowly--right here in our kitchen garden in the District of Columbia, about a mile from the White House.
What's in your turkey? We killed and butchered more than 80 birds on the farm of Mike and Michelle Klein in Prince George's County. Thankfully, Michelle did the gutting. Unfortunately, Mike bought his turkey chicks earlier than usual and they did not stop growing. Our prize for helping was a carcass that weighed nearly 40 pounds. It barely fit in the oven. Here, Mike is subjecting a slaughtered bird to the "magic fingers," a machine with a nubby, rotating barrel that removes most of the feathers. 
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