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Category Archives: chickens
The Garden Gargantuan
OK, no stories cause there’s too much going on. Instead, photo overview of happenings ’round the homestead. Click on each photo to see it enlarged.
Cherries!!! Another few weeks and they’ll be ripe – but I’m snacking on them already.
Posted in bottle fence, chickens, cucumber, eggs, vegetable garden
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Attack of the Black Spot
When I first started planting this spring, I thought the 1-mm-ish black spots appearing on my plants were alive. I.e. fungus or other biological agent of destruction for my young seedlings. However, although they continue to appear on plants young and old, they do not grow Continue reading
Posted in bugs, chickens, pest control, update
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Chicken Proselytizers
(photo from the West Seattle Blog!)
On Sunday, Scott and I volunteered at the Sustainable West Seattle Festival. I think we were the only booth not staffed by a business or nonprofit – just the two of us with our chicken passion. I got a little worried when we arrived to the colourful banners at all the other tables, but we put up a hasty hand-drawn sign, replete with cartoon chicken, and the people came anyhow Continue reading
Posted in chickens, education, Scientific, Sustainability
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Spring in Seattle…continued
The first asian pear blossom!
Spring has Marched through April to May, and the flower parade continues. I’ve never been into flowers, but as they appear for the first time to adorn our yard, I find that I love the splashes of impossible colour. They will stay Continue reading
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