I Love To Go A Gardening
Growing Our Life in Northern Michigan
Category: Poultry
Practically Chicken
After weeks of rain, with a few snowflakes mixed in now and then, it looks as if the weather is going to be quite nice this week with daytime highs climbing into the mid-50s by Wednesday. There’s no rain in the forecast so maybe… Continue Reading “Practically Chicken”
Rant Time
The clocks were all set back an hour last night, which has put me in a cranky mood. I loathe the biannual clock resetting farce, which I think is totally nonsensical and was designed by sadistic, psychopathic politicians to disrupt life. I’ve often heard… Continue Reading “Rant Time”
Autumn Gold
We’ve had days of rain. Weeks of rain. Perhaps as much as a month of rain. Once in a while, we get a break from the rain. Like today. But then it’s back to rain, rain, and more rain. The chickens scratch up the… Continue Reading “Autumn Gold”
Hello World
The world is getting more and more insane. I’ve been paying attention but I need a break so I’m stepping back from the news for a bit to focus on good things. We have chicks!!!!! I think a chicken egg hatches in 21 days.… Continue Reading “Hello World”
Ups and Downs
September has felt very autumnish with cooler temperatures during both the day and the night. Even on days that reach 80 degrees, the mornings start out cool so a jacket feels comfortable. I dress in layers so I can shed jackets or sweatshirts over… Continue Reading “Ups and Downs”
Broody?
Things seem to be calming down a bit as EJ and I adjust to life after his mini-stroke. He still gets easily tired, but I assume it will take time to get more or less back to normal. He has worked a couple full… Continue Reading “Broody?”
Some Good In This World
As I wrote in my last post, Millie went missing and Theo seems lonely so we posted at the Michigan Barn/Working Cat Program that we are looking for two barn cats to adopt. Multiple people responded and for a short time, we thought we… Continue Reading “Some Good In This World”
Monsieur Mouse
Three or four times lately, I’ve heard an odd sort of thumping in the house. I didn’t know what it was, until finally…Wait. First, let me tell you that our house has an unheated hallway connecting the house and the garage. At one end… Continue Reading “Monsieur Mouse”
Wren, Hen, and Coons
The hen I’ve nicknamed “White Feather” because she has white feathers among the red, is lingering on–but just barely. I didn’t really expect her to last so long. She’s been looking like a grizzled old dog. I’ve read that chickens only last 7-8 years… Continue Reading “Wren, Hen, and Coons”
Mean Girl and White Feather
It’s been a very dry summer–at least for us. On radar, we often watch large areas of rain go right past us without hitting us. Because of the lack of rain, I have to go out ever day to water EJ’s vegetable garden and… Continue Reading “Mean Girl and White Feather”
Chicken Run
It’s been very dry here this summer. Except for areas where the sprinkler hit when I watered the gardens, the grass was turning yellow like straw. When I mowed the lawn last Friday, the mower blew up clouds of sand. I made my own… Continue Reading “Chicken Run”
Nesting
We’ve had alternating warm/cold weather. Saturday morning it snowed quite hard but by the afternoon it warmed up enough that it melted all the snow and I didn’t button my coat when I went outside. This week the temperatures are in the 70s. It… Continue Reading “Nesting”
Homestead Magic
Yesterday morning I woke up to heavy fog. As the sun rose, it tinted the fog with a sort of pastel pinkish-orange color. I went out to take a few photos and saw that raindrops had frozen on the bare branches of trees. It… Continue Reading “Homestead Magic”
The Incubator
Hannah Joy asked to go out at 10 pm on Monday evening, several hours after I wrote my last blog post called, “The Pantry Cat in Space and Time.” I found Millie in our entrance hallway, indicating that she urgently wanted to back out… Continue Reading “The Incubator”
The Pantry Cat in Space and Time
The last time I wrote, we were expecting a winter storm with high wind, snow, and a glaze of ice. It ended up being not worth a warning–at least, not in our area. We got several inches of snow, and a slight glaze of… Continue Reading “The Pantry Cat in Space and Time”
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