Animals
- Scraps....
It's what's for dinner! It's sad but true that our dear chickens eat better than some humans do...but that's a subject for another day.We give our chickens kitchen scraps...peelings, leftovers...anything that a human can eat... a chicken...
- Rainy Days And Mondays
Today I wanted to share our amazing apple harvest with you.Every year we have bushels of ugly apples...apples that taste wonderful and make terrific sauce and pies...but are definitely ugly. You see, we don't spray our trees,so our apples are organic....
- Weekend Musings
It was a quiet sort of weekend around the farm.Most everyone, except me, had places to go and things to do. Sure, I had things to do...but they all involved one corner of the farm or another....particularly the garden! I took quite a bit of time and...
- Manure And Other Fun Stuff
Living on the farm has given us many skills...some we are good at,and some at which we excel. We grow our own food, grow hay for our horses,keep bees and many animals...but the thing we just may be the best at is making great compost! We have an endless...
- The Ultimate Recycling Project
Here on the farm, we are committed to recycling as much as we possibly can. We compost whatever kitchen scraps we have (that the chickens won't eat). We compost our manure and leaves. We try to find a use for everything. This winter we had several...
Animals
Everyone Loves a Treat!
There's an incredible amount of excitement around the compost pile.
A new shipment of kitchen waste arrived yesterday,
and the chickens are just ecstatic!
Every week or two, I bring home five gallon pails full of kitchen scraps
from our favorite local restaurant.
(For those of you who are local...
Espresso Yourself in Newport is just the best little breakfast or lunch spot
you could hope for.)
They prepare wonderful meals from local and organic produce
and we are the lucky recipient of their scraps.
The hens will spend the next day picking through all of the scraps for anything tasty.
We compost all of our own kitchen scraps
(that is, what we don't feed to the hens).
I keep a copper bucket with lid on our kitchen counter, keeping scraps there until the bucket is full.
We line the bucket with these biodegradable "BioBags" that are made from corn.
These bags feel very much like a plastic bag, but do not last a bazillion years like plastic does.
They break down within a matter of weeks.
This company makes trash bags, sandwich bags, and food storage bags also...
from corn.... a responsible alternative to plastic.
We've also started to use these plates when we entertain outdoors.
They are made from tapioca starch and grasses, are ultra thick and durable,
and can be composted in our compost pile.
We are still harvesting apples on a daily basis.
Of course that means that Ginger and MaryAnn are getting their daily apple snack.
They stand at the fence snorting and grunting...
pushing each other out of the way...
in anticipation of that first juicy bite.
Then they each grab an apple in their mouths and head to opposite sides of their yard
to eat them.
They are always so worried that the other one will try to steal their treat.
Chomp, chomp, slurp, slurp... with the biggest open-mouthed display of
chewing and pure gastronomical pleasure.
I am sure they would eat apples until they explode
if I let them!
One of the best things about this time of year is the melding
of summer color with autumn color.
All of the summer flowers are still blooming,
as the green trees slowly turn yellow and orange.
Fall flowers, like purple asters, add to the showy display of the season.
This colorful show is all too tenuous, though...
as it will be snuffed out by the first frost.
Hopefully frost stays away for several more weeks.
We have, though, had one night in the high 30's this week.
It's Friday already...
and Hubbs and I have an adventure planned for today.
I'll have photos to show you on Monday.
Have a wonderful Autumn weekend!
Do you have any adventures planned?
- Scraps....
It's what's for dinner! It's sad but true that our dear chickens eat better than some humans do...but that's a subject for another day.We give our chickens kitchen scraps...peelings, leftovers...anything that a human can eat... a chicken...
- Rainy Days And Mondays
Today I wanted to share our amazing apple harvest with you.Every year we have bushels of ugly apples...apples that taste wonderful and make terrific sauce and pies...but are definitely ugly. You see, we don't spray our trees,so our apples are organic....
- Weekend Musings
It was a quiet sort of weekend around the farm.Most everyone, except me, had places to go and things to do. Sure, I had things to do...but they all involved one corner of the farm or another....particularly the garden! I took quite a bit of time and...
- Manure And Other Fun Stuff
Living on the farm has given us many skills...some we are good at,and some at which we excel. We grow our own food, grow hay for our horses,keep bees and many animals...but the thing we just may be the best at is making great compost! We have an endless...
- The Ultimate Recycling Project
Here on the farm, we are committed to recycling as much as we possibly can. We compost whatever kitchen scraps we have (that the chickens won't eat). We compost our manure and leaves. We try to find a use for everything. This winter we had several...