Recently I have been getting a lot of new gardeners asking about the basics. I can’t stress enough how important it is to make / use good soil!! Not only do you know that your plants are getting enough nutrition, water, etc, it makes weeding easier and all the gardening years to come much less [...]
Last year we made a PVC chicken feeder and posted about how we hoped it would fix our problems with our messy ducks (they brought water in all the feeders we purchased and made our feed into paste). As the ducklings grew up, they quit dribbling into the food so much and we went from [...]
Some days our guys just aren’t enthusiastic at all about our urban farming endeavors. But now for those days when I’m just not feeling the love at home, I’ve found a place I can go: http://www.kissmyaster.co/2012/01/hey-girl-garden-series.html and here http://www.kissmyaster.co/2012/01/hey-girl-part-2.html and here http://www.finegardening.com/item/21881/hey-girl
This is the first time either of us has ever butchered and cleaned a chicken. We got our instruction from Dave, Leah’s friend, who was kind enough to butcher a chicken and show us all the steps along the way. We also read from “The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla Emery. My experience as [...]