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Hester’s First Egg!

Hester the chicken had been grousing and making noise all day long, often jumping up on the water sprinkler control box near the kitchen window to see what Katie and I were up to and let us know she wanted … Continue reading

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Backyard Vines, Bees, Chickens, Okra, Et Cetera

Katie and I worked in the backyard today and took some pictures of the wildlife. This is a bee on our coral vine: Some big okra: The old chickens: The bees are harvesting a fall nectar flow! Video of the … Continue reading

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What We’ve Been Up To

Life on our little homestead continues these days, with some new additions.  We are pleased to announce that we now make cheese and are also becoming flour millers.  Cheese:  So far, we have made two different kinds of mozzarella cheese, … Continue reading

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Chickens and First Blooms on Coral Vine

The big and little chickens: The coral vine beginning to blossom (with pink flowers), which the bees are gonna love.  My apologies for the bad photo:

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The New Buffs!

I picked up our two Buff Orpington chickens from my friend, Jeremy, yesterday! Here is the video of it: Update: I’m getting some error and the video won’t play when I try to start it, so bear with me as … Continue reading

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