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The sedum growing up our front steps. Not bad for a cheap little point-and-shoot!

How to de-worm a chicken in five (ah-hem) simple steps

Chickens get parasites.  This is a fact of chicken life.  At some point, if you have chickens, you will need to de-worm them.  Or, I suppose, pay someone to do it for you.  However, it’s not very hard, and you can certainly do it yourself.

Now, it’s very important to de-worm your chickens on a [...]

Yeasty goodness

Today, I made bread using this recipe.  I tried it before and had only so-so results.  I was hoping today would be better.

I followed it exactly with one exception: I substituted one cup of white whole wheat flour for one cup of the white flour. Here’s what the dough looked like.  Stiffer than what the [...]

Smile! It’s Spring!

Cordy says, "Happy Spring!"

I am NOT covered in chicken crap!I am NOT covered in chicken crap!

And that is cause for celebration!

See, as a condition of our chicken permit, we are required to have the chickens vet-checked once a year.  Today was the day.  That meant me rounding up the chickens, stuffing them in a box, and hauling them to the vet’s.

Rounding them up was the first challenge.  When [...]

My (current) favorite oatmeal

Mmmm.  Oatmeal.  Not very sexy, but very tasty.

This is my current incarnation of it.

Ingredients 1/2 cup rolled oats small amount of dried cranberries small amount of pecan pieces 2 tsps brown sugar 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup milk Directions

In a bowl, combine everything except the milk.

Mmmmm … oatmeal …

Cover [...]

The case of the mysterious flower

Spring!  For real!

Hello. Do you know what I am?

I planted these a few years ago, but I’ve forgotten what they are.  Anyone have any ideas?

The weed eatersThe weed eaters

One of the benefits of chickens that you rarely read about is that they’re perfectly happy to eat your weeds.

Yay! Weeds!

Obviously, you don’t want to feed them anything poisonous, but many of the weeds in the garden are favorites of our girls.  I weeded for the first time today, and the hens [...]