BC • Terrace BC • The Homestead • Sep 2nd, 2013
I love Brussels Sprouts, and as I've said earlier, I had no idea you could just grow them in your garden. I spent a decade in Santa Cruz, California, where farmers grow them on the cliffs beside the ocean up Highway One, and I'd always supposed it took that exactly climate to be able to grow them correctly. Happily, I…
Chickens • Garden • My Small Town Life • Terrace BC • The Homestead • Aug 30th, 2013
So, the sad news we came home to last week was that one of our chickens didn't make it through the summer. Unfortunately, the coop they boarded in while we were gone didn't have a roof, and we hadn't clipped our chickens' wings. One of them flew the coop, and was never seen again. RIP Sammy. The happier news is…
Chickens • Terrace BC • The Homestead • Jun 21st, 2013
We finally finished the chickens' coop and run. It's embarrassing how long it took to get that done, and even more embarrassing to admit how long our poor chickens lived in a cardboard box in my office! But they're happy now, and I'm happy they're out of here. Don't get me wrong - I love my chickens, but the smell…
Chickens • My Small Town Life • The Homestead • Apr 8th, 2013
We finally got our baby chicks today! They are camped out in my office, which is now well over 80 degrees. I’m sweating, but they love it. They were exhausted when we brought them in, and kept falling asleep. Just like human infants, they get tired to the point where they can’t fight it anymore, and they sag…until they’re conked…
The Homestead • Apr 5th, 2013
When we bought our acre property, it was about a third wooded, with 60 – 75 foot tall trees lining either side of it. I love trees, but a fully shaded lot doesn’t make for good growing conditions. Some of them had to go. We got our friend Richard in who’s handy with a chain saw and he got to…