• Homesteading

    2019 Think Spring: Plants, Poultry and more…

    Think Spring Mr. Groundhog says spring will be here sooner rather than later. This is a cute kids craft that popped up today. Turning egg cartons into cute spring chick treat boxes. I’ve been seeing seed and poultry advertisements start popping up. To have a successful spring  with my poultry and plants I guess I need to make a plan. I had not planned to hatch this year but my husband and I  plan to buy turkey poults and focus on turkeys this year.   We decided that this would be the year I put more focus on turkeys instead…

  • Homesteading

    Good Friday, Palm Sunday and Maple Sunday 2018 Spring is in the air.

    Spring is in the air Good Friday, Palm Sunday and Maple Sunday…. Spring is in the air. We had another hatch this weekend. 2 chicks that were due on Good Friday hatched on Saturday. It was the perfect weekend to boil some sap down into maple syrup… One flock of chickens was happy to dig around in the bit of ground they found not covered in snow I don’t know about you but weekends seem to go by way too fast. Next week April Fools falls on Easter Sunday that sounds like it might be interesting.

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    A long long winter… Think Spring 2018

    Think Spring. I don’t know about you but it seems it has been an extra long winter. Winter arrived quicker than I was ready for and I hear we have another big white storm coming our way. I am more than ready for spring. I don’t want to wish time away but I do long for green grass and blooming flowers. I’ve had some health struggles this winter perhaps that has made it seem like an extra long winter. I’m recovering and activity is restricted. I had to bring some spring inside. I set up the incubators and tested fertility…