Category Archives: Critters

Was I a chicken?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Spring

I chickened out. Pulled out of the land purchase – too many problems! Sadly, though. And so I licked my wounds and had a talk with Kalliopi, our lead hen. Being a chicken is a good thing, she proudly feels. … Continue reading →

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Praying Mantis

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Spring

Isn’t she lovely?     I mean, really. I  

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RAT!

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Spring

This probably goes in the category of – Things I shouldn’t tell anyone about.   But I’m going to anyway.  Yes, this is our house, and this is our lamp, and apparently, this is our rat climbing up our lamp … Continue reading →

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2 Geese a-laying

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Spring

I thought I’d post a few photos of what the geese are up to right now. Yelling at me every time I approach the goose pen as they are still stubbornly sitting on the two eggs I didn’t manage to … Continue reading →

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Chicken Coop Extraordinaire!

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Spring

How do you like them amenities?  The Tour de Cluck was amazing (and amazingly the hail and rain held off until the day after the event, Yay!) and I pedaled away from each coop vowing to make my chickens proud. … Continue reading →

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Hypsipyle sets she-shells by the sis-shore

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Spring

Hypsipyle on the nest was bad enough.  She’s cantankerous and makes stealing her eggs pretty difficult…but it was still do-able.  All I had to do was keep an eye out for when she took some time out for a bath, … Continue reading →

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Rat, rat, rat, rat. Rats.

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Spring

Raking, pulling up old stones, routing stumps, turning over cinderblocks.  This is what you find in the spring.  So pink, so perfect, so bubblegum.  What did I do with them?  I ate them of course.  Tender little things, just right … Continue reading →

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Chicken shelter

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Spring

If this isn’t the easiest chicken shelter ever, I don’t know what is.  It does look a lot better than the ratty tarp I had (laboriously) hung to keep the girls dry during rain, and I’m hoping that it works … Continue reading →

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Do the worm test when digging for potatoes!

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Spring

First of all, today’s super “The Quarter Acre Farm” illustration by Jesse “Nemo” Pruet. Second –  It is time to plant your potatoes, people if you haven’t done so yet! Okay, maybe you haven’t thought about planting potatoes and now … Continue reading →

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Rabbits as Garden Helpers

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Spring

Kwantu Grown up and keeping house. Rabbits do not seem to be garden helpers – in fact rabbits most often seem to drive gardeners to distraction creeping under fences and helping themselves to the best, most tender, and most vulnerable … Continue reading →

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