This post was updated (just for you) in November of 2016. Enjoy! My hens are troupers. They are contented egg-laying machines, even through the coldest months. Though the temperatures have…
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Last week we had our first snow. By many accounts, it was a long time coming. A certain 7-year-old boy that I’m intimately acquainted with mentioned it quite often, how…
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Last week we had our first snow of the year. We got about 6″, and it came down softly and silently during the night, which meant it was absolutely breathtaking…
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My chickens surprised me this week. That happens, from time to time, believe it or don’t. Chickens–though they are single-minded eating and dust-bathing and bug catching machines–are apparently capable of…
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This week, Old Crabby Man Winter gave us a preview of what’s in store for us for the next few months to come. Oiy. Sigh. Ack. Harrumph. After a delicious…
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