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Current Affairs

Still here. Really I am. June 2018 edition.

June 2, 2018 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

So it appears it’s been more than a year since I’ve updated this site. Oh, so busy. I’ll dispense with the excuses and begin with the updates…

Filed Under: Current Affairs, Family, Kitchen Gardening, Livestock, Surprises, Wild (And Not So Wild) Life

Fighting the Good Fight for Chickens

May 23, 2016 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

I’ve mentioned our little flock of hens before, but have I mentioned that they are actually forbidden in our neighborhood? We only got ours when it appeared a vote to change the rules was a done deal, but we became renegade chicken-keepers when it failed to pass. I’m not all that proud of the decision,…

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Our First Livestock Loss

October 12, 2014 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

It was bound to happen, of course. We prepared ourselves by buying eight chicks, when we only wanted and expected six full-grown hens. Either they would die in chick-hood, we thought, or one of them would turn out to be a cockerel — as sexing chickens at one day old is an inexact science. Or…

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Filed Under: Current Affairs, Food & Drink, Livestock, Nature Tagged With: backyard chicken, chickens, dead chicken, dog and chickens, livestock, loss

The Edge Of Autumn

September 13, 2014 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

Yesterday, temps were in the 90s, but all afternoon, we heard the howling of the wind. It’s probably the way our house is situated, or maybe the metal roof, but when the wind comes through, it sounds super intense and can be a little frightening. Considering how hot it’s been lately, though, we welcomed the…

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Filed Under: Current Affairs, Food & Drink, Kitchen Gardening, Livestock, Nature Tagged With: blender, chickens, gardening, green smoothies, homestead, kitchen gardening, Sand Holler Farm

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