by Daisy | Jul 3, 2012 | Fencepost, Work-Alongs
As you may have suspected by now, your task this week is again to TURN your compost. Add water as needed to the dry spots. Remember: “wrung-out sponge.” It’s very hot here now, so I will only turn very early in the morning or after the sun has gone...
by Daisy | Jun 24, 2012 | Fencepost, Work-Alongs
When last we left Idee, on day 16, she was running around the coop, off her eggs. The other hens were trying to get her goose, but she was holding her own. I was in a state, searching the chicken forums for what to do. Should I put her in the dog crate with...
by Daisy | Jun 24, 2012 | Fencepost, Work-Alongs
Brownie When last we left Idee, on day 16, she was running around the coop, off her eggs. The other hens were trying to get her goose, but she was holding her own. I was in a state, searching the chicken forums for what to do. Should I put her in the dog crate with...
by Daisy | Jun 19, 2012 | Fencepost, Work-Alongs
To catch everyone up, so far we’ve made decisions about our bins and compostable materials, assembled the bins and materials, and layered our materials in our bins. We’ve made sure every layer was well-moistened and tried our best to achieve a good...
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...
