by Daisy | Jun 18, 2012 | Fencepost, Reviews
Most of what I read is purely practical these days. Not much deep philosophy. It’s hard to fit in between all-day canning sessions, compost turning, and refereeing less-than-philosophical debates like “that’s my cheap plastic doohickey-no...
by Daisy | Jun 15, 2012 | Fencepost, Work-Alongs
–continued from here– We continued to wait. Idee continued to set. She’d already been broody a good couple of weeks before the hatching eggs arrived. Now that she was on “real” eggs, she seemed more determined than ever to see this...
by Daisy | Jun 11, 2012 | Fencepost, Work-Alongs
All right. By now, we’ve decided on our bins and materials (Week 1), and hopefully gotten our bins and materials ready (Week 2). This week it’s time to put everything together. As this is a hot compost which will be turned weekly, it doesn’t really...
by Daisy | Jun 10, 2012 | Barnyard, Laying Hens
We have one hen, Idee, who goes broody at least twice a year. That’s her, in the middle, with the floppy comb. Like many of her breed, Buff Orpington, she is a dedicated sitter of unfertilized eggs, or of nothing, usually, because we remove the eggs every day. ...
by Daisy | Jun 9, 2012 | Fencepost, Reviews
We wanted to let you know about a lovely book giveaway going on over at Destination Nature. In conjunction with National Get Outdoors Day, seven outdoors/kids-oriented books are up for grabs. Destination Nature is a cool new blog dedicated to helping you and your...
