Our Journey to a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle
We’ve all been there: It slipped your mind to close the coop door one night, or you slept in one morning and awoke to your flock still stuck inside and squawking to get out. For us, this was too often of an occurrence due to long or late work hours and I found that my …
After reaping the benefits from your vegetable garden all summer long, it is time to do some Fall clean up and prepare your garden for Winter which will in turn, give you a successful bounty next year. Your garden will need to be thoroughly cleansed of insects and disease, and nutrients will need to be …
This year we ambitiously bought a couple incubators and hatched our own chicks. While we were successful at a 70% hatch rate, there were still challenges and many lessons to be learned. Some of those lessons were learned while the chicks were in the brooder and even when they graduated to the outdoor flock. One …