By “chickens” I mean birds in general. Of which we have many right now. Of multiple species and varieties–turkey, chicken, and quail. One hundred and eighty-three individuals, if I counted correctly. And 72 quail eggs in the incubator that are…
Our stream had visitors. Bruce’s brother Joe (second from the right) is getting a PhD in some kind of fish biology studies. I’m not clear on all the details. But part of his research involves this team in waders studying…
Make that 72. Not in a bush, in an actual incubator that I bought at the Rockingham Co-op. I’m going to try to hatch out these little blue gems and raise my own baby quail! Quails! I’ve had quail (or…
After painstakingly preparing a plowed field for planting teff, we neglect it for a week. Guess what happens.
No. Real Farmers work ten hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. If they want to take a break, they invite a bunch of people over and have a work party. We’re not Real Farmers yet,…
Quick update on our asparagus patch. This week we added the recommended four inches of mulch to discourage weeds and to maintain moisture. Baby asparagus need an inch of water per week. We kept this in mind when we chose…
This happened today. Three. Blue. I’ve never been so excited about quail as I am right now! But I’ve only known about quail, personally, for a few weeks. Did I mention we have 20 quail in our garage? Is it…
…I said to Bruce when I got the notice from UPS that our 100 dry-root asparagus crowns had shipped. “What’s an asparagus ho?” said Bruce with interest, completely taking my comment out of context. Maybe he was referencing an asparagus…
I love farming. No one is more shocked than I am, not even my mother. She used to have to goad me into doing anything physical as a kid. I think I was a pretty unmotivated child. Some might even…
It’s time to move the chickens. Our 40 chickens diminished to 37, and then last week we found another dead one so we’re down to 36. Then Bruce saw this black snake sprawled across the brooding box trying it’s luck.…