The Chicken Dance

The Chicken Dance

by | May 14, 2010 | Chickens, Farm Blog

This week we’ve been shuffling chickens around the farm, doing the chicken dance.  The chicks are now 7 weeks old, and ready to move outside! Before we could move the chicks, we first had to relocate the older hens.  The past couple of weeks we’ve been...
It’s Not Easy Being Greens

It’s Not Easy Being Greens

by | May 10, 2010 | Farm Blog, Garden, Vegetables

Growing anything here is a challenge, and vegetables are no exception.  This last weekend was rather interesting, and informative for us.  While outside, working on the new chicken ark, a very fearless doe was browsing less than 20 feet from where we were working for...
Roo, and the Ark

Roo, and the Ark

by | May 7, 2010 | Chickens, Farm Blog

It’s ‘Fowl Friday’ again, and we have good news, and some bad news.  So we can head into the weekend on a brighter note, we’re going to start with the bad news. ‘Roo’… Our favorite hen, ‘Roo’, died Thursday...
Calochortus albus

Calochortus albus

by | May 3, 2010 | Farm Blog, Flora and Fauna, Native Plants

Our recent April showers have brought us some beautiful May flowers!  We’ve been watching a plant growing on our hillsides since late winter, wondering what it would prove to be.   It’s taken a very long time to reveal its true identity, but we now know...