Chicken Combs

Chicken Combs

Mr. Curbstone Valley here bringing you this week’s Fowl Friday post, as we take a look at poultry genetics, and how it relates to the various shapes of chicken combs.  We never thought much about comb shapes before we increased the variety of chicken breeds on the...
Eriogonum grande rubescens

Eriogonum grande rubescens

Earlier this spring, in April, we attended the Going Native Garden Tour along the Peninsula, and after visiting some of the native Bay Area gardens on the tour, in the late afternoon, we met up with Town Mouse and Country Mouse, and Christine of Idora Design. ...
Peach Jam

Peach Jam

A perfectly ripe peach, fresh from the tree, is one of summer’s great gifts, and of the fruits you can grow yourself, there is nothing more perfect, or more flavorful, than a homegrown peach. Unlike pomme fruits however, peaches cannot be stored for long in...
Transforming Turkeys

Transforming Turkeys

The last few Fowl Fridays have been all about the drama in Frodo’s world, but what happened to our turkeys?  Our four turkeys have been at the farm for twelve weeks, and are now 17 weeks old.  There have been some significant changes since they arrived at the...
First Year Review…

First Year Review…

A year ago ‘Mr. Curbstone Valley’ had a bright idea, and suggested that I should start a blog.  My response was ‘why, what on earth do I have to say that anyone would want to read?’  Then I realized that it didn’t really matter if anyone...