- Banana Fingerling
- Chieftain
- Purple Majesty
Here's the poop from the backyard chicken coop ... keeping tabs on the girls and checking the garden to see what's for supper. Now that's LOCAL!
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Saturday, March 27, 2021
Potatoes Planted
Harvesting the end of the winter garden
We returned this past week from a road-trip to Colorado. We had to go to see something very special that's been growing out there ... a new baby grand daughter! We returned to spring, and a garden that is still producing deliciousness.
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Second Harvest Broccoli |
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Fresh Parsley |
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Chard & Lettuces foreground; Kale & Mustard background Notice Sugar Snap seedlings in Chard bed |
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Cabbages |
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I guess the herb bed has become a mint bed! |
Saturday, March 20, 2021
Hen house no longer a 'safe zone'
The raccoons have put a hurt on our little flock of chickens. In August, Rouse trapped out three of the hungry critters, removing them to a piece of property we have near the river. Things stabilized for awhile. We were down to five hens. They were providing us with plenty of lovely fresh eggs. Then, over a short period of time in late winter, an assumed raccoon found it's way into the hen house multiple times, through multiple weaknesses in the fencing, and wiped us out. With each loss Rouse attempted to shore up the aging chicken wire enclosure, but in the end the old structure failed. The current design has served us well since 2007, but before we raise up another flock we will have to rebuild the chicken yard fortifications.