We butchered 7 meat chickens on Monday, June 20 and left the rest in their pen for our second butcher day on June 24. I knew that something had been prowling around them at night, so I was extra careful to make sure the bricks were in place to hold down the chicken wire. Nevertheless, [...]
So after we had big hail, I kind of avoided my yard for a couple of days I wasn’t sure what was going to make it and didn’t want to see all the destruction. However, I finally got my butt back into gear and cleaned up all the broken dividers (plastic blinds), broken plants, and leaves [...]
It’s been very rainy for our area of Colorado this year. We had more rain in May and June than normal (in fact, as I write this, I realize I watered my lawn for the 1st time this year yesterday!). I was feeling like the gardens were doing pretty well and were mostly self-sustaining most [...]
I think part of being a traditional farmer is learning how to do things from the previous generation. While I highly value and respect what others have learned in the process of farming, we’re also finding that sometimes people get so set in their ways that change is hard. Part of being an urban farmer, [...]