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Showing posts with label Farm Report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farm Report. Show all posts
Saturday, January 12, 2013

Goodbye to Herbie, Last of the Spice Dogs

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We took our 17 year old Chihuahua, Herbie, to the vet today, to be euthanized. His health had been steadily deteriorating, and this last we...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Oh, Deer! What could the matter be?

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A few days ago, we had a back-yard visitor: She seemed VERY interested in the fresh greens we had growing under netting. Fortunately she co...
Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Corriander, our beloved Chug, is no more

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She was a Chihuahua - Pug mix, so we called her a "Chug". She was 16 years old, which is something like 115 in dog years. She di...
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Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Our August Surprise. Actually, seven of them.

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Every year, the Bantam chickens try creating secret stealth nests to hatch out chicks. We don't want any more Bantams, so each year I f...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Born Yesterday...

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Actually, it was the day before yesterday. And "hatched" might be a more accurate description. There were four chicks in this bat...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

How quickly they grow. And fly too!

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I had published this photo previously, taken on Easter Day: Here is how the little babies look today: They have gotten so big, that they jum...
Monday, April 12, 2010

Farm Report: New Chicks and a Rooster Coup

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Here is a photo I took of our new Leghorn chicks that we got from the local Feed Store. They were about two and a half weeks old when the p...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

Farm Report: January and February Egg Counts

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We're letting three of the feathery-foot daughters of Turendot, our Cochin hen, have their own babies this year. So far I've counte...
Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Farm Report: "Chickenblogging" disappointment

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When I bought my DV movie camera, I had high hopes of making short videos about life on the farm, and putting them on my blog. It hasn'...
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Sunday, December 06, 2009

Super Christmas Lights, VS my paltry effort

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Amazing Grace Techno - Computer Controlled Christmas Lights from Richard Holdman on Vimeo . It's quite a Light Show, music and all. (...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

"Feathery Foot Club" adds nine new members

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Seven of the new members can be seen here. The other two are being sat on by their mother. This will be the last bunch for the year, if al...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Is "Urban Farming" a new and growing trend?

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Apparently Urban Farming isn't all that new; it's been around for a long time. What is new is the renewed interest that people have...
Sunday, August 16, 2009

Farm Report: Queen of The Night, Grape Arbor

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We have a large "Queen of the Night" orchid on our back porch. It has large blooms that open during the night, but each bloom ope...
Sunday, August 09, 2009

Running out of Runner Ducks; Fond Memories

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Miss Dilly, under the apple tree, April 2009 Our Indian Runner Duck, Miss Dilly, died Wednesday morning. She was listless and not eating fo...