Thursday, 30 April 2015
Barn Hop 12
Our community here is not only growing in numbers, but were getting to know each other as well. And in just 12 weeks, weve laughed and cried; celebrated and grieved; hoped and prayed; learned and shared.
Please continue to keep one of our homesteading sisters in your prayers... Sherry Lee and her 13 children as they try to move forward with their lives after the loss of her husband (and father) and their home. Ive gone back to her blog several times and looked over those last photos of her homestead where she linked up with us and Ive grieved for them... no more husband, father; no more garden or bees; the window boxes are gone; and the sorghum harvest they worked so hard on is no more. It would have to be overwhelming and swallow them up if it wasnt for the Lord who sustains them. It certainly brings a new perspective to what our pioneer ancestors faced as they tried to settle new lands amidst the harsh elements. (If you would like to help the Lee or Crawford family, click here - thank you for the many who already have!)
If that wasnt enough for one weekend, this guy...
attacked the other end of this...
and somehow killed it without getting bit himself...
My husband grilled it for dinner, but I confess I only tasted a very small amount. Two of the girls loved it and ate all they could while one would not even touch the serving dish to pass it. If I were hungry, I could certainly eat it, but since Im not, I decided Id wait until the need arose. It was something like eating scallops - a bit chewy and fish like in texture. (I would have linked this portion to the Preparedness Challenge as a dare, but that wouldnt be very nice, now would it?)
On a happier note, we have a family of owls living in a tree. The mother seems to come back every year to have her babies in the hollowed out portion, making a nice nest. Last year she had two, but this year there are three! They wont be here much longer as theyre getting big and have actually hopped out onto the crook of the tree. If we go out early in the morning, theyre always awake to catch the action before going to bed for the day.
My beekeeping friend, Lori, shared some of her first honey ever with me this week! And it was unbelievably good! Such a treasure to share with a friend... isnt it beautiful? Im saving it for special treats. Its really exciting to think that I might get some of this from my bees this year!
Whats happening at your homestead? Join me and the other Homestead Barn Hop hostesses...
Jill @ The Prairie Homestead
Kendra @ New Life on a Homestead
Megan @ A Blossoming Homestead
Megan @ A Blossoming Homestead
and Me!
and link up to help cultivate the Homestead Community.
1. Write a blog post about whats going on at your homestead or a post on something youre learning or an item of interest that will benefit the homesteading community. Be sure to add the red barn button and link back here so others can join in the fun.
2. Come back here and enter your information in the Linky. Please be sure to link to your actual post (click your title and then copy the URL above) and not your home page so those participating later in the week can find your post easily.
3. If you dont have a blog, leave a comment and tell us whats going on at your homestead!
2. Come back here and enter your information in the Linky. Please be sure to link to your actual post (click your title and then copy the URL above) and not your home page so those participating later in the week can find your post easily.
3. If you dont have a blog, leave a comment and tell us whats going on at your homestead!
Please Note: As hostesses of the Homestead Barn Hop, please understand that we reserve the right to remove any links that are not family friendly. While this may be subjective, we will err on the side of caution in order to keep our blogs appropriate for all readers. Thank you for your understanding!
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Several elements have to be used into head if you are going in order to build a chicken coop that is strong and safe and sound. One of the aspects you need to take into consideration before you start the chicken coop is the design as well as size. Are you wanting a small chicken coop or a huge one? Moveable chicken coops tend to be popular as it is simple to move the actual coop for you to fresh floor every other few days. Decide how lengthy with chickens will remain in their chicken coop. If they are usually in it full-time or perhaps able to wander on open up land. Preserving the chickens ventilated for the actual changing weather conditions are vital, you may want to think about the way you want your windows and doors to operate, about a hinge or perhaps sliding? How would you lock these people at night for correct protection?
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Another factor may be the location of ones coop. Sadly many people have a tendency to side stage this step and they also end up with inundated coops. Constructing your own coop in higher floor near a water flow system could save you from inconvenience down the road. Building your own coop along with a slight incline towards the door enables for built up water/waste to empty properly furthermore. Litter selection is another design aspect to avoid conditions, pine particles and found dust appear to be the most popular since they are cheap along with absorb scents quickly. Everyday stir the actual mulch while a way of recycling where possible used thick mulch for the more clean much at the end. Build your house 10 sq ft every chicken to avoid overcrowding as a result your litter box control far more controllable.
Several backyard chicken coops need heavy-duty chicken insert to keep unsafe animals from nesting chickens. Digging a pit one feet deep could be the minimum level required to build a chicken coop. kind of depth will guarantee safety through snakes and other credit predators. To hold other pets such as pet dogs and foxes coming from getting underneath the fence, putting cement brick at the lower chicken wire can be a good discouraging factor. Do not forget your own roosting post that needs to be 4 feet up and running and if possible dark, celebrate it a quiet environment for your own hens to put their offspring. The size of the therapy lamp depends on how big your hen chickens, they should be in a position to stand up within the box without having effort.
Last but not least if you reside throughout a climate that will tend to difference in seasons, your chicken coop is a ought to. To keep the price low cardboard boxes and a warming up light is extremely good for the winter weeks and hay in the more comfortable months in order to freshen the particular smell, and look after the temp. Recycling aged structures functions too should you be pressed for time and cash. Have an previous shed or perhaps baby entrances? You can easily rely on them to build a chicken coop in a single day with similar steps. Chicken coops are generally easy to build use not be concerned an expert side is not required, just endurance, and the proper tools.
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A Week in Farm Photos December 22nd 28th
week Christmas came and went, and all the hustle and bustle of baking and visiting with family and friends has finally settled down. We unveiled a brand new blog design this week that we hope is cleaner and crisper and easier for you to navigate, and comes complete with new coordinating profile photos and banners for both of our Facebook pages Fresh Eggs Daily and Ducks Too as well.
Happy Winter and please enjoy these photos from our farm!
[continue reading]will the listing help
Much of the response to the polar bear listing -- from many sides -- seems to involve a viewpoint justifying incomplete information and exaggerations. Heres a column thats at least cool-headed and seemingly well-researched about the potential impact of the listing. Its by Chanda Meek, whos working on her PdD at UAF.
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Wednesday, 29 April 2015
My Back To Eden Experiment
Over the last few years, Paul Gautschi has replicated something similar to the "lasagna method" for his vegetable garden, with much success! Of course, he lives where it would seem hard NOT to succeed, but that aside, I think his ideas have merit. And although he was an experienced gardener prior to moving to his current location, his vegetable garden was not as successful as he would have liked.
His orchard was.
prompted him to inquire of the Lord as to why the vegetable garden struggled and the orchard thrived despite being on the same property. The Lord reminded him of a forest floor, which was similar to the ground around his fruit trees, and he then sought to replicate the soil conditions in his vegetable garden.
Here is where you might think, oh, yes, this is the lasagna method; didnt work for me (or perhaps it did). But the difference is Paul uses mostly one layer... wood chips of varying sizes all over his garden (not wood shavings, bark, or saw dust). He chose this medium for several reasons (and Im sure Ill forget something!)...
• The wood chips naturally decompose over time; the smaller pieces decompose faster, the larger pieces slower.
• The decomposing chips, made from tree branches that contain leaves, wood, and bark, provide both green and brown material, thus supplying the three major items found in fertilizers (NPK - nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus) and thus negates the need for crop rotation.
• The chips must be in varying sizes to create air space and to prevent compaction of soil.
• You can walk on the wood chips and it distributes your weight and prevents soil compaction.
• The wood chips keep the area underneath moist and attract earthworm activity, which also keeps the soil from becoming compacted while adding natural fertilizer in the form of worm castings.
• You can easily part the soil and plant in the chips that have decomposed more.
• Although you must water initially while seedlings are sprouting, afterwards the soil maintains enough water for the plants since the wood chips cover the bare earth. (Im thinking in really arid locations like the Southwest might have to water, just less frequently - still a nice plus!)
• At first, you will need to maybe add some fertilizer until things start breaking down. Also you will need to add more layers of wood chips; more in the beginning and less each year. Over time, you will build the right kind of soil; thus each year you should see more improvement than the year before.
• Weeding is not a big issue because they easily pull out from soil that isnt compacted. Also, there just tends to be less weeds overall.
• For some reason, his plants really soak up water and are flavorful and full of water. So much so that the pests which are looking for cellulose seem not to be interested in eating as much of the plant. Paul says its just too much water for them.
Thats all this brain can remember right now. Im sure if you watch the movie, youll pick up on more. But its the basics.
The big no-no that is so difficult for us all is the concept of NO TILLING. It just seems so counter to what we know and think about soil. But isnt this like God; to work counter to what we think? His wisdom is not our wisdom (Isaiah 55:8-10).
8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
So this year, Im going to conduct my own experiment with the no-till wood chip method. Im going to give it a try and report back to you what worked and didnt work. It may take me more than one year since I suspect that Ill struggle a bit at first as I build up my soil with wood chips, but if it works here in the arid Southwest, in the mountains where we have more than our fair share of wind, and plenty of cool weather and very little light, then Im sure it will work just about anywhere!
weekend I started covering my garden with newspaper to eliminate the weeds (which nearly consumed my garden last year - oh the hours of weeding!). I need to get LOTS more paper, but this is a start.
TIP: Be sure your newspaper is wet when you lay it down, especially if there is wind!
I laid down newspaper and hay a couple of years ago and it worked great for keeping the weeds at bay (see Preparing the Garden Path). My mistake was letting the chickens on it before it had finished composting in. There was bits of paper everywhere after awhile. But despite that, it kept the weeds down everywhere I had laid newspaper. So dont let the girls rummage through it too soon.
You can see one section completed (minus the wood chips) in the photo below, but Ive got a long way to go since our garden area is really large. I plan to do the entire space, including the pathways (I just wont put manure in those areas).
If you think you might want to try this method, start hunting wood chips now! Its not that easy to locate them. At least not for me, but I have found a couple of leads and I have one definite source if Im willing to use my own chipper and make my own. My husbands says Ill be chipping til the cows come home!
Earth911.com has a locater where you can plug in what youre looking for and your zip code to find a recycling center that might take green waste and sell or give away wood chips. Just remember, you need to find them in varying sizes and with green leaves from branches; not saw dust or wood shavings or wood bark.
Have you had any experience with this method? What were some of your thoughts after seeing the movie Back To Eden?
eating local
I decided a month ago that I wouldnt go to Fred Meyer in October. Im a sucker for silly challenges, and I was feeling like my life wasnt sustainable, with all its driving and consuming. I wanted to know what I could do without and where things came from. Not going to the supermarket might not sound like much, but Ive more or less gone every few days for the last several years, and its become a part of life.
I figured I would mostly eat "local" in the sense my sister coined -- from ones own supplies. (How fitting is this print someone just gave my friend Christina!) My sister has tried this herself at times, but I think her real inspiration comes from our mother, who always says she has no food in her house, to which my sister always replies, You could eat for months!
I wanted to test that theory. I wanted to drive less and shop less, and I thought it would be a fun experiment. What could I get locally? Would I eat better, or worse? To the extent that I did shop, I chose, somewhat arbitrarily, to buy locally produced food from locally owned stores.
One of the first things I learned is that the local beer is actually pretty good. I happen to live within walking distance of Silver Gulch (the northernmost brewery in the US), which is closer even than the spring where I get water. Years ago I decided I didnt care for their beers, but I tried again and quite liked the Pilsner. I mention beer because I remember Bill McKibben saying hed switched to local beer. It cost twice as much, so he drank half as much, and it all worked out. Even better when you can walk there.
October started warm, so one day I went looking for lowbush cranberries. I didnt find any on the ski trails, so I rode my motorcycle 35 miles to a spot where Id seen good ones while looking for moose in September. A gallon of gas to my gallon of berries seemed both outrageous and not that surprising. I could have biked there, I thought after. It would have been a hilly ride, and taken all day, but probably been a pretty good day.
About a week in, I realized I was crossing a threshhold. I started to finish off the easy, sweet, and fatty foods -- the bread and cheese (and all its variations); the yoghurt, fruit, and granola; the Nutella, mac and cheese, and hot chocolate. Ordinarily I would have just replaced these foods. Instead, I started eating oats, honey, pasta and rice. When the raisins disappeared, I stopped grabbing a few every time I walked past the counter. I had lots of frozen blueberries and cranberries, but turning them into something sweet took just enough effort to discourage snacking.
It became clear to me that eating local would take more time (coming from someone who fairly regularly ate instant camping food at home). Two weeks in, I went caribou hunting up north with some friends. It was the kind of trip that normally would have sent me to Freds for ramen and mashed potatoes, candy bars, and some kind of meat. time I cooked up some energy bars with molasses, oats, and peanut butter and dried moose jerky on top of the wood stove. (Then I mooched cheese from a friend and ate most of his tortilla chips. Sorry Mark!) It all tasted good, but it took time. I started to appreciate things like canned beans -- theyre already cooked! But I also realized that some things I never make because I think theyll take too long, like muffins and cornbread, are actually super easy.
As things ran out, I got creative. I allowed myself milk from Delta Junction (you can get it at the feed store), but when I ran out one day and wanted something sweet, I mixed blueberries, maple syrup, and a chunk of frozen banana into coconut milk. It wasn’t bad. Another night, I made real popcorn (Ive had those kernels for years) for dinner, with nutritional yeast.
I tried to think broadly about buying local. None of my friends need firewood this year, so instead of going into the woods alone with a chainsaw, I went to the local sawmill and paid 35 bucks for a pickup load of planer ends -- dry wood, cut locally, milled in town. Its the same place I got the wood for my cabin. Their commercial cuts outside town are unsightly at first, but turn into pretty good moose-hunting spots after a few years.
One night I bought a beautiful hand-made book of poems from a friend; another night I so wanted to read a particular novel that I didnt wait the few days to order it through the local bookstore and got it at Barnes and Noble instead. I used the ATM from a local bank, and probably could have figured out which gas stations sell gas refined in Alaska. It occurs to me that how far you take it, and how you choose to do it, depends on your goal. Youll take one path if you want to reduce your carbon footprint and probably a slightly different path if your main goal is to keep your dollars in the community.
It shouldnt have come as a surprise, but the pressure to shop was impressive. I bought some glue from Michaels (I needed it), and they gave me a coupon for 40 percent off my next purchase. The Sunday paper is heavy with similar coupons and ads. How can you afford not to shop?
I realize there are many people who do without by no choice of their own, and I don’t mean offense to them. But I think Im a sucker for the quaint and totally unAmerican idea of not shopping, or at least buying things used. I wonder if Rev. Billys Church of Stop Shopping, which became the Church of Stop Bombing in the early 2000s, ever switched back.
My friend Ian pointed out the other day that biologically speaking, Alaska is not particularly productive. But I have salmon, moose, and caribou in my freezer, along with rhubarb, blueberries, and those late-season lingonberries. One night I made a stew with some moose my friends dad shot in their yard and carrots Ian grew next door.
Ian and I now have chickens that give us seven or eight eggs a day.
That said, there are many things one cant get locally. I havent found local cheese, nor would I really want to, when the world is full of delicious cheeses. I can buy good coffee roasted in Anchorage (or Fairbanks, for that matter), but I already miss my Café Bustelo espresso, its yellow can reminding me of New York. I miss my Bonne Mamman jam and the memories it brings, even if I have some delicious jam from a friend. I will miss my Thai chili paste with basil leaves.
Ive proved no good at rationing, which I actually see as a good thing. My father had a habit of saving special foods for special occasions, which resulted in decade-old condiments and freezer-burned wild game. I eat the best things first. Why not?
Ive been fairly flexible, allowing meals out, mooching, and the occasional vending machine candy bar. Its been a good lesson in doing without, an impetus to cook real food, and a way to clear shelves of stuff I never eat. Ive been surprised at how much one can get locally. I certainly havent lost any weight.
Others are taking the experiment much more seriously, and its fun to think about an all-Alaskan diet. Fats would have to come from animals (rendered from waterfowl?), but could include lots of fish oil. Sweets would be berries, maybe apples, honey, and carrots. In a sense, this is the question of what would happen if shipping to Alaska were somehow interrupted and supermarket shelves went quickly empty.
With a few days to go, things are getting interesting. I have pounds of rye flour left, dried beans, udon noodles, whey protein powder, and a bottle of clam juice. But Im out of butter and peanut butter, and I could use some fruit. Yesterday, craving fresh food, I ate a pint of salsa from Anchorage. (While the tomatoes probably came from California, I imagine that eating locally prepared foods and eating out are great ways to keep money in the community.)
If I invited someone to dinner now, Id be tempted to say I dont have any food, but it wouldnt be true. Theres plenty of moose in the freezer, a little oil to fry it in, and salt and pepper to season. My sister was right.
Inspiration Friday Its Fall Yall!
Well, technically, tomorrow (Saturday, September 22, 2012) is the first day of autumn. Lets just pretend for a moment, shall we? I adore fall and I want to get in every moment that I can!
Im strolling through my pin collection today and sharing a few favorites with you. And Id like to invite you to follow my Pinterest page. Just scroll down the right side bar and look for the section on "Follow". Please feel free to pin Homestead Revival photos; I just ask that you double check that they link back to my site. Thank you for being so kind! (I always try to do the same... sometimes I spend half an hour tracking back a photo to the original source!)
Lets get this party started...
is one of my own photos... a favorite fall picture I took of a couple of my "girls". Thats an apple tree in the background... dont you love it! Flowers in spring, fruit in summer, golden leaves in fall... lots of bang for my buck! Definitely plant some apple trees for your garden next year... bare root is best.
Speaking of apples....Nothing says fall like apples and pumpkins. Here on the mountain, we grow lots! The view when driving back and forth to town is amazing... orchards dot the valleys with row upon row of apple trees, all for our autumn cooking and decorating.
Apples for apple crisp...
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Just because its a bit cooler, doesnt mean you cant dine alfresco. An outdoor lunch in the fall is divine! And depending on your local climate, you could even host Thanksgiving outdoors.
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While youre out and about, autumn is a great opportunity to take advantage of lower rates on cabins and campgrounds, hotels, and rentals. Just take plenty of gloves, scarves, and hot chocolate so you can bundle up and take a hike! (Top 10 Fall Foliage Destinations)
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after all... autumn does not last forever. Time is fleeting and winter anxiously awaits its own arrival...
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DIY Brooder Box Herbal Sachets
When chicks or ducklings are hatched in an incubator and then brooded in a brooder instead of under a hen or duck, many of you like to put bean bags, stuffed animals or eye pillows in the brooder for the babies to snuggle up against.
They really do seem to enjoy a soft bean- or rice-filled pillow to snooze on. Instead tho, why not combine the security and comfort of a soft pillow with the health benefits of fresh herbs and make some brooder box herbal sachets.
[continue reading]Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Now Is the Time
The cats may be thinking its time to take a break and just enjoy the sun, but for the rest of us, now is the time to DIG! Although spring has begun, were still getting snow off and on. But in between are beautiful days and plenty of sunshine! Just what Ive needed to cure those winter blues and get some vitamin D, while getting a jump on my garden! Amazing what a few hours outdoors does for the spirit!
If you plan to move any plants around your yard or garden, plant trees or shrubs, add fencing, or change the terrain of your land, now is the time to do so while the ground is moist and soft! In fact, its so soft at the moment, even in our High Desert Mountain range I can easily slip my shovel down into soil that would normally be hard as a rock!
week Ive already started digging out a trench to build a retaining wall in my terraced vegetable garden, planted four trees, and Im about to plant 8 more. Next I need to dig some post holes and add some fencing for some berry plants and transplant them from their original home (which will now be the new goat yard). I have a couple of blueberries to plant as well. And before its all said and done, I think Ill move a couple of perennials that would do better in a different location.
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If you plan to move any plants around your yard or garden, plant trees or shrubs, add fencing, or change the terrain of your land, now is the time to do so while the ground is moist and soft! In fact, its so soft at the moment, even in our High Desert Mountain range I can easily slip my shovel down into soil that would normally be hard as a rock!
week Ive already started digging out a trench to build a retaining wall in my terraced vegetable garden, planted four trees, and Im about to plant 8 more. Next I need to dig some post holes and add some fencing for some berry plants and transplant them from their original home (which will now be the new goat yard). I have a couple of blueberries to plant as well. And before its all said and done, I think Ill move a couple of perennials that would do better in a different location.
One of the things I did this winter was to save a bit of money aside for my garden. That way, when my local nursery got bare root fruit trees and other items in stock around January and February, I could purchase a few at a much better price. Some of these were planted in a large plastic container until I was ready to get them in the ground. My nursery also held on to some that I paid for until I was ready (all you need to do is ask; my nursery was more than willing!).
If you missed bare root sales at your own nursery, add a note to your calendar or tickler file to remind you next year to plan ahead, because immediately following bare root sales is soft dirt season in the garden! Time to plant!
And if Im AWOL from my blog, youll know Im out in the garden!
Healthy Chicken Treat Guide
Chickens are true omnivores. They are not vegetarians. When left to their own devices as they have been for generations on family farms, they will seek out a wide variety of weeds, grasses, seeds, grains, fruits, vegetables....and yes even 'meat' or protein, usually in the form of bugs, slugs and worms. But woe to the lizard, snake, mouse or toad that ventures into a chicken run. Farm chickens have also been known to drink fresh cow or goat milk.
[continue reading]grayling
Fish in the news! The NY Times has a story about grayling in Montana suffering from warming stream water. Up here, these are beautiful fish, and dumb enough, or naive enough to humans, that you can catch them with dental floss, a hook, and a bit of tin foil -- or so I hear. Ive caught them with lures, but I wont tell you which ones.
Oh, and Deborah Williams, head of Alaska Conservation Solutions, had a column in the ADN calling for passage of the renewable energy bill, HB 152, and SB 289, which helps implement the weatherization and energy efficiency programs already funded in a budget bill.
On another note, it looks increasingly like the Legislature isnt going to do anything this year with the recommendations of the AK Climate Impact Assessment Commission. The sessions only 90 days, and there are less than two weeks left.
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Oh, and Deborah Williams, head of Alaska Conservation Solutions, had a column in the ADN calling for passage of the renewable energy bill, HB 152, and SB 289, which helps implement the weatherization and energy efficiency programs already funded in a budget bill.
On another note, it looks increasingly like the Legislature isnt going to do anything this year with the recommendations of the AK Climate Impact Assessment Commission. The sessions only 90 days, and there are less than two weeks left.
NASA focus
In his talk last week to the Fairbanks chamber of commerce, University of Alaskas Buck Sharpton gave a broad overview of and outlook for research funding. NASA, he said, has "reduced dramatically" its support for scientific research in favor of a push to put a man on the moon in 2018.
In other NASA news, theres apparently a difference of opinion between NASAs head and some of its researchers on climate change, which NASA studies along with space. Heres the enviro rag Grists take on the subject.
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In other NASA news, theres apparently a difference of opinion between NASAs head and some of its researchers on climate change, which NASA studies along with space. Heres the enviro rag Grists take on the subject.
Monday, 27 April 2015
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While looking for any workable chicken house plan, there are many other factors that youll want to consider.
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Although you may need to raise chickens for many reasons, you will have to check out precisely how realistic the theory really is. First as well as foremost youll want to make sure that your city even enables for raising chickens. Not almost all towns perform! You will need to look at your local laws and rules regarding elevating chickens.. You may have to acquire special makes it possible for to meet health and/or zoning rules. You do not want among the local tin gods via city hallway paying that you simply visit...........penalties, etc. Oh yeah boy, thus not well worth the hassle!
Then theres the sound factor. If anyone plan to have a rooster as well as two, therell be some crowing" happening in the pencil. So you need to be certain that youre not only achieving your local sound ordinances, yet meeting your personal and possibly the neighbors noise limits. So where you track down the chicken coop or even house is very important. You wouldnt like your new activity to annoy friends as well as neighbors, and also yourself. Of training course letting other people know that refreshing eggs could possibly be in their upcoming, maybe even totally free eggs can soften their own concern.
The amount Is Planning to Cost Me?
Its not a factor being taken softly. Even wood is not cheap nowadays! (I know is not aint inside the dictionary ...yet sometimes it simply seems to match!) Yes, your initial costs for development materials, chicken nourish, the chickens themselves as well as maintenance items may be a considerable sum, for the way big the coop an individual plan to have.
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But when the little buggers (what a technical expression for those of us in the industry!) start installing those plantation fresh offspring, and delivering incredibly refreshing meat, these types of costs can be insignificant. doesnt include however the fact that your current flock will provide you with more rich garden soil and they keep farmville farm pests from exploding and your your lawn trimmed!
What number of Chickens Do I Need to have?
Well, that is obviously an essential question to reply to. What are you about to do with your current chickens. Hobby? For the family? Are a person planning to offer the products for extra cash?
Whatever your reason, you must learn that chickens tend to be social creatures (another technological term), and also you must have at the very least two hen chickens in order to keep these people happy. And naturally the more your merrier as much as the chickens are concerned. The rooster wont mind both, if you get my personal drift.
Should your family enjoys eggs, the general rule is two birds per loved one. If you plan to present some apart or market them, you will require even more hen chickens.
Now for the current Stupid Chicken Ruse!
Why do the chicken result in the broth ?
Because it leaped out of cluck !
Remorseful about that one particular!
Ok, ample for today. I expect this article has made it easier for to make deciding on a chicken house plan a little easier. In the subsequent article I am going to discuss what kinds of chicken you should purchase.
Join The Great Bee Count This Saturday!
For all of you who ever thought about beekeeping...
For all of you who wished you could...
For all of you who are newbie apiculturists...
For all of you who love bees and want to seem them flourish...
When should you tune in?
7 am - 10 am US Pacific
8 am - 11 am US Mountain
9 am - 12 pm US Central
10 am - 1 pm US Eastern
2 pm - 5 pm GMT
4 pm - 7 pm Italy
And... The Great Bee Count contributes to the Great Sunflower Project, a national bee census. More than 100,000 people have committed to spending 15 minutes in their backyard and gardens counting bees!
If you would like to participate in the count next year, take a few minutes to read over the requirements which include planting a specific sunflower variety that produces a good amount of both pollen and nectar. That way youll be familiar with what to expect next time. Then you can record your findings in two 15 minute segments on a sheet like the one below and report in on the Bee-o-Meter!
Link Up Your Bees!
In celebration of The Great Bee Count, Im inviting everyone back to Homestead Revival on Saturday For a BEE PARTY Blog Hop! Take a photo of your hive and upload it on my blogs Linky. If you dont have a hive of your own, just snap a great shot of a bee visting your garden. After all, youre helping out our bee friends by offering pollen and nectar!
I cant wait to see all your bees!
Viva le api!
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