The chickens have been without scratch for several weeks but today I got a 50lb bag of it to mix with their regular food. Yes scratch is essentially empty calories but it has lots of corn and seeds mixed in to generate warmth. Delilah needs it as she is quite low on feathers. I put them away early so they could make some heat inside the coop. ( Read more... )

I am getting an unwanted less in how to worm chickens. Betty is the one I think whom is the most infested chicken but two others I think have some worms as well. Tapeworms which are hard to get rid of if you just leave them. She has always been a slim chicken but going into winter with worms along with being pecked at by Deliah is probably ( Read more... )

Whew! It has been a while since I have updated so let me do so now as I do have a busy day today ( Read more... )

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WELL! Everything is coming along good. The tomatoes, cucumbers and okra I planted are starting to show some growth signs as well as the explosion of the pumpkins. They have flowers on them now! Alas the watermelon has gone to the ghost I think but I will try again. We have enough warm days that a short grower like sugar baby can be done before Oct ( Read more... )

Deliciously satisfying and fulfilling work that toughens the hands and tires you out. I got the fencing I needed along with poles and a post hole thingie to push them down into our cement like ground. Now the back area is sealed off from the chickens. Sunday if I am up for it I will do the same to the garden and front raised bed ( Read more... )

As I like to do occasionally I update what is going on in garden de la Desert Plum. So far the tomatoes are just...proving they like being green until yesterday. I was poking around after getting home from the gym when I discovered on one of the heriloom plants a single growing tomato!!! Imagine how pleased I am to finally see something ( Read more... )

It is suppose to get into the 100's today so the chickens have been "banished" to the coop as there is more deep shade in there and they stay closer to the water. I know its heating up out there so I am thinking of putting ice in the water along with putting a frozen bottle out for a sort of "swamp" cooler. As much as they would like to get out ( Read more... )

Its been a while since I have updated my planting journal so here goes ( Read more... )

Although I was earlier today! Got some sun and plenty of fluids; even took a long nap. However late this afternoon I swallowed the wrong way and have been coughing ever since. Again I am flooding my system with herbs, teas and the like. This also means my usual talking about what I've seen online has to stop so my throat, which is really really ( Read more... )