Coop & Cottage
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Seed Starting Systems: Peat Pots to Soil Blocks

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Soil blocks with Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage starts, up in three days. I yearn for a greenhouse, but for now, I start my seeds indo...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Using a Brooder Plate for Chicks

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And I had just cleaned the top off an hour before. I've seen enough pictures and news stories about heat lamps causing fires that I...
Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Adding to the flock

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Our Australorp, Thelma, loved raising babies. After a dog killed four of our hens last Thanksgiving, I decided to add new birds to the f...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Grace in the Garden (Plus My 6 Favorite Online Garden Catalogs)

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Lacy Phacelia Brand spankin’ new year, and I’m sitting here surrounded by notebooks, last year’s seed envelopes and journa...
Thursday, April 30, 2015

CCD, Bee Safe Neighborhoods, and Humming Hives

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Last night on a beautiful spring evening, I stood outside my hive and watched bees coming and going, their panniers packed with pollen. I ...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Mother Hens Just Are

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We've been treated to some wonderfully warm weather for the last few days, and besides giving me spring fever, it gives me the chance ...
Friday, March 6, 2015

Two Broody Moms, Three Chicks

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A bird in the hand...M holds the first hatchling. It started with Cotton sitting on a clutch of six eggs. When my sister-in-law gave u...
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