The temperature is in the seventies here in South Carolina today, and I let the chickens out while I moved their pen. They haven’t had
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A Book for the Chicken-Loving Gardener: “Free-Range Chicken Gardens” by Jessi Bloom
As I have bemoaned many times in this blog, chickens can make a mess of your flowerbeds. They remove the mulch from around plants with
Plan Your Asparagus Patch
A meal of fresh asparagus picked from the garden and brought into the house for a quick sauté in butter and a sprinkle with salt
Poor, Poor, Mr. Cuteypants, You Crazy Guinea
I wish my guineas, The Pearl and Mr. Cuteypants (named by my 6-year-old daughter) would learn to fly on purpose. It shouldn’t be that hard,
“Uh-oh, Mommy, I Breaked the Egg!”
Hens lay fewer eggs when they days get shorter; their bodies tell them it’s time to rest, just as we feel the need to stay