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Chickens Food Gardening Holidays

Caged Birds

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 Stefanie

I discovered this week that there is something lacking in the intelligence of sparrows. Last week on Sunday James was testing the heating lamp for the chicken coop and when he went out he chased several squirrels and a bunch of sparrows out of the run. The squirrels were no

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Culture Gardening Seasons

Infuriatingly Wasteful

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 Stefanie

In typical Minnesota fashion we went from 60F/15.5C on Thursday, to plummeting temperatures Friday and a chance of snow overnight. It did not snow. But we did finally have not just a frost, but a hard frost. We won’t make it out of the 30s for a high temperature until

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Gardening Skills

Weaving on a Loom

August 20, 2023August 20, 2023 Stefanie

Earlier this year I took a beginning drop spindle class. It was great fun! I’m still spinning, a little her and a little there. I have tried a couple different spindles, top whorl, bottom whorl, supported. So far I like the top whorl the best. My top whorl spindle is

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Gardening

Garden Casualties

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023 Stefanie

While Professor Plum has survived and is growing by the day, there have been some garden casualties. One of the black currants had begun leafing out a little early during the April heat wave and when it got cold again a few days later, all of the little buds died.

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Chickens Climate Emergency Skills

Variety Pack

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Stefanie

We are in the midst of a thaw, and over the weekend I spent a day and half sniffling and sneezing and feeling blah, wondering whether I had COVID/a sinus infection/a cold before I realized it was allergies. Generally it takes a near complete snow melt before the allergies start

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