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The Garden & Greenhouse this Week

Amy — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:53:41 +0000

I, for one, am glad we live so far north during this extended North American heatwave. It’s still miserably hot during the day, but as soon as the sun goes…

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Graduation

Amy — Fri, 31 May 2024 22:27:24 +0000

It’s a little milestone, but it still counts! The chicks have graduated to poultry grower feed, from the medicated poultry starter feed that they’ve eaten since we brought them home.…

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Chicken Waterers and Coop Hygiene

Amy — Wed, 29 May 2024 20:31:32 +0000

We learn the weirdest things when we start something new. What seems completely obvious in hindsight can be completely missed in the start up phase, while there’s other things that…

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They’re starting to look like chickens

Amy — Mon, 20 May 2024 12:32:24 +0000

It’s amazing how fast kids grow. All kids. But chicks, they almost literally change every time you look at them. The chicks are about 5 weeks old, we’ve had them…

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Mother’s Day Garden

Amy — Tue, 14 May 2024 03:56:11 +0000

I hope all my readers had a happy Mother’s Day! I got my garden (back)! We rented a rototiller and the husband, the kids, and I were able to get…

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Exploring

Amy — Fri, 10 May 2024 03:36:56 +0000

The chicks are starting to explore and get used to all the sounds and sights in their new world. They still startle but don’t get quite so frantic when the…

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Freedom!

Amy — Mon, 06 May 2024 03:19:19 +0000

The chicks got to go “outside” for the first time today, and we also put together a roost for them!

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The first week with the chicks

Amy — Sun, 05 May 2024 02:58:14 +0000

This week we put together the chicken’s bucket feeder (still want a bucket waterer – soon!) and happily watched them start to use it. It’ll be much easier to fill…

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Chickens? Chickens!!

Amy — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 02:44:16 +0000

Guys, it finally happened, we got chickens! We got word last week that we’d definitely be getting chicks from our neighbor, so we got to work converting half of our…

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Summer of Dog

Amy — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:03:57 +0000

All of the productivity of a summer can seem to disappear in the blink of an eye. And we did have a mostly busy and productive summer, almost right up…

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