Homestead

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May 18, 2012

How we make compost in 3 days

I’m almost as obsessed with compost as I am with food. Well, they are related, right? Living out here has taught our family how...

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April 20, 2012

Chick Update: 15 Days Old

It’s been so quiet the past couple of days (taxes done, manuscript submitted, Scott out of town, kids at school) — unnaturally quiet until...

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April 6, 2012

New Baby Chicks Arrive in Mail!

When we first decided to get chickens, my intention came from an omnivore’s point of view….FRESH EGGS! Little did I know that these little...

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April 2, 2012

Chickens Take Baths!?

I’ve come home early from speaking at IACP in New York City….ehh….to be clear, that’s International Assoc of Culinary Professionals…..NOT Intl Assoc of Chief...

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February 23, 2012

Mason Bee House

I’ve always kept my distance from bees, I’ll blame it on a horror movie that I stupidly watched by myself when I was home...

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February 16, 2012

The Palace Chicken Coop

  Hey guys! It’s Scott’s (my husband…otherwise known as the “.com” of Steamy Kitchen) first post! ~Jaden When Jaden brought home 5 fluffy new...

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January 19, 2012

Fierce

Coco *loves* the hens….she considers them, “things to chase around” — the hens don’t like Coco much and normally squawk, freak out and run...

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January 5, 2012

Our first egg

We have it marked on our calendar the very first day we came home with the 1 week old baby chicks, to mark their...

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December 15, 2011

The Fight for Clean Air

Help clean our air by learning more about the Mom's Clean Air Force.

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December 5, 2011

Click and Cluck

My husband’s been working hard the past couple of weeks building the new Chicken Palace for our 5 birds who have quickly outgrown the...

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October 14, 2011

Experiments: No Dig Gardening, Square Foot Gardening

I’ve been hobbling, crawling, sliding and scootin’ for the past 3 weeks now – after this fall and a front-jump-kick that ended up as...

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September 13, 2011

Earthbox Gardening

This past weekend of 9/11, we decided that the best way to honor those who had died, those brave souls who saved lives and...

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August 30, 2011

Chicks new digs

After a week in their cozy $4 plastic bin, we thought it might be best to buy a larger temporary home II for the...

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August 18, 2011

Peep! Peep!

Think my boys are too young to pick up chicks!? Come meet our 5 little chickadees!

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August 10, 2011

Look what the rain brought in

Mama’s   gettin’ a new pair of shoes. or a handbag. Lil’ baby gator, about 2 feet long. I cannot co-exist peacefully with an...

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