Two months has seen alot of changes here on Deberosa II.
We built two poultry coops, one with a nest box for the egg layers and one for the other poultry – although they all pile into one at night!
The red and green paint came from a going out of business sale, but I like it. [...]
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Homestead Update August 2009
Posted in Gardening, Journal, Poultry, The Homestead on August 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Dark Cornish Experiment update
Posted in Critters, Poultry on September 23, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Last year we decided to try Dark Cornish chickens. We got 50 in June and put most of the roosters in the freezer in November – they could have been done in September but we didn’t get around to it! The rest lived in the garden/field until spring. Our hopes were that they would [...]
July on the Homestead
Posted in Cattle, Critters, Gardening, Journal, Pigs, Poultry, The Homestead on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
July 2nd
Around here this seems to be the season for farm tours! After a blistering hot weekend where you barely moved it went back to the 70’s. Friends with grandkids came out to visit – hold the baby chicks that a hen just came out of the barn with, feed the pigs, cuddle the kittens [...]
June on the Homestead (a little late!)
Posted in Cattle, Critters, Dogs, Gardening, Journal, Pigs, Poultry, The Homestead, Tools on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know, I’ve been remiss in posting this summer but it’s been very busy!
I have been keeping a journal of sorts though so I will try to catch up with this post for June.
June 2nd:
Things have been hopping around here. I gave my earthway seeder a real workout! I put in a huge corn patch [...]
Late May – rush against the calendar!
Posted in Critters, Gardening, Journal, Poultry, The Homestead on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I continue to work at catching up with spring planting so not much time to post! We’ve been busy for sure.
The back yard garden with the trellises and strawbale garden is completed for this year:
I have scarlet runner beans also on the other end of the trellis along with clematis and schisandra vine.
Plus a small [...]
April 21 – when will winter be over?
Posted in Cattle, Critters, Gardening, Journal, Pigs, Poultry, The Homestead on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Western Washington is having a long string of wintery weather just when usually the garden should be starting! It’s frustrating to still be inside watching the snow, hail, sleet and dreary weather. I was able to run out after work THursday and till up most of the garden areas including the cover crops planted last [...]
March Update
Posted in Cattle, Critters, Gardening, Infrastructure, Journal, Poultry, The Homestead on March 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Wow – it’s been a while! Even with the very nasty weather we saw a couple of breaks to get outdoor spring chores accomplished.
Fencing
We got a major portion of the fencing completed. A new area for the Dark Cornish chickens gives them a new quarter acre of brush and grass with their tractors and dog [...]
Early January Update
Posted in Cattle, Critters, Gardening, Journal, Poultry, The Homestead on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it’s been a rocky start to 2008! I had my two tom turkeys die – it may be blackhead but not sure. Now I only have the three hens left. That was a huge amount of meat that went to waste! It’s been damp and cold, rather wet and cold! Snow yesterday that is [...]
Red Bourbon Heritage Turkeys
Posted in Poultry, The Homestead, Uncategorized on December 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
One of the greatest pleasures is to be able to sit down to Thanksgiving dinner with a turkey that you raised yourself. Somehow the celebration becomes just that much more special.
Turkeys are fairly easy to raise. I’ve tried two kinds – the Broad Breasted kind – both white and bronze and while they do grow [...]
Gardening with Guineas
Posted in Gardening, Poultry on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I have a flock of 7 guineas that roam my homestead. Sweet silly looking birds with the sounds of squeeky door hinges or distinct “Buckwheeeet”. Only the females make the “Buckwheeet” noise and that is about the only way you can tell them apart.
My house is built almost in the center of a 420 by 420 square. [...]
