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Month: December 2008

Road to the Chickenhouse

13 Dec 200810 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Snow banks

In bits and pieces, with no one storm to take the credit, the snow has been steadily building up. Regular barnyard clearing is fully underway, by blade-on-truck and then the big tractor, with snow banks appearing in all the usual … Read the rest

Categories Fieldwork, Weather Tags snow, buildings, chickenhouse, Autumn 1 Comment

Chickens love eggs

7 May 20139 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Today, a bit of an egg disaster, around 20 eggs down, by far the biggest single egg loss in my brief egg-collecting career. The girls choose to do most of their laying in one nest box (there are six in … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Animals, Harvest Tags chickens, unusual, eggs, Autumn 11 Comments

Hitting the books

7 May 20137 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The first new seed catalog came in three weeks ago, but the first from the two seed companies I mostly use arrived on Friday. Today, I took a quick look, checking to see what’s new, but mainly making sure that … Read the rest

Categories Veggies, Seed & Seedlings, Planning Tags seed, spinach, corn, eggplant, beet, broccoli, catalogs, Autumn 6 Comments

News, off!

8 Mar 20166 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Tiny farming tip: to be happier, healthier, and more productive, in and out of the garden, stop following the NEWS! I quit around three years ago, and never felt better. I got sucked back in last September by a tasty … Read the rest

Categories Cooking & Eating Tags distractions, unusual, Autumn 14 Comments

Chickens in snow

7 Dec 20084 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)

These chickens like snow! The eight remaining roosters have been out and about in some fairly wild weather, making their way through 6″ (15cm) blankets of snow, gusting winds and absolutely freezing cold. They always have the option of heading … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Animals, Weather Tags snow, chickens, Autumn 9 Comments

Hardy berry

1 Nov 20113 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)

These guys are pretty impressive in the low maintenance department, definitely the toughest, hardiest potted plants I’ve known. They arrived out of the blue last January, about 20 of them. After a bit of coddling under the fluorescent lights along … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Flowers, Weather Tags wintergreen, Autumn 6 Comments

Stacking cages

6 Dec 20082 Dec 2008 by Mike (tfb)

The backdrop of snow turned the puzzle of sorting tomato cages into a bit of  abstract art. I don’t use these exclusively, most of the 500-600 plants each year are tied to stakes or sprawled. But the cages get used, … Read the rest

Categories People, Fieldwork, Tools Tags fall clean-up, snow, tomato, staking, Autumn, Winter 8 Comments
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