Category Archives: update

One is the loneliest number

Posted on April 26, 2012 by jkmcintyre

This morning I found a beautiful, perfect, dead baby chick in the nest box with the fertilized eggs. Down still matted, eyes still shut tight. Calamity Jane, the would-be mother hen, was sitting on a clean empty nest next door. … Continue reading →

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Keeping the Hot Tub Hot

Posted on March 15, 2012 by jkmcintyre

This fall I wrote about our insulation woes and our high electric bill.  Although we built storm windows, “…our electric bill did not go down appreciably. But that is another story…” This is that other story. We have lived in … Continue reading →

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Baby Chickens now 4 Months

Posted on July 14, 2011 by jkmcintyre

At four months, our babies look like small versions of their adult selves. [Watch their progress here and here.] Calamity Jane, the Dark Brahma, is still the runt, but she is big on personality.  She is bold and assertive with … Continue reading →

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More Composting Fences

Posted on July 6, 2011 by jkmcintyre

SustainableScientist has been getting a lot of traffic this past year for the composting fence we built in 2009.  A lot of that traffic comes over from Willi Galloway’s DigginFood site, where she featured our fence during its construction. Currently, … Continue reading →

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