Try homesteading—Make easy moves to improve the sustainability of your life. Find vegetable gardening tips, flower gardening tips, and general tricks to make it all easier. Tips for raising chickens for better food and natural fertilizer.
Does the price of store-bought eggs have you thinking about raising chickens? Looking for tips on how to own chickens and have your own supply of chicken eggs? Want to raise your own flock of chickens? Let me share some tips—some I learned the hard way, and others I got from other homesteaders who raise…
Yesterday, I found myself asking if my hen was broody or egg-bound—having trouble passing an egg. I really didn’t know much about an egg-bound chicken but had run across Pinterest pins on the topic, so I was aware that it could happen. But that was it. It’s winter here in Vermont, and my birds…
Weeds are the bane of the existence of people who want to attract attention to their well-groomed flower beds and landscape, not to the freeloading plants that seem to pop up seemingly overnight. I let some weeds in some places thrive, like dandelions that can become wine and milkweed to feed the monarchs, but weeds…
All poultry farmers will need to learn how to heal pecked chicken skin or roosters at some point. Every now and then, a chicken will be singled out to be picked on and pecked at. This can cause nasty bright red, raw skin and a loss of feathers. For hens, this usually appears on their…
I’ve come to learn that there are some good invasive plants. But, when you think about invasive plants, you probably think of plants that choke out other plants, especially native species or those that are harmful to the environment or the delicate balance of nature. Invasive plant species that overtake natural areas are especially damaging….
Don’t despair if your chives have gone to seed. Here’s an easy and tasty use for chive blossoms. Chive flowers Chive flowers are beautiful— they belong to the allium family, some of which are those purple-globed flowers that accent our flower gardens—but chive blooms mean there are fewer edible chives. Once you see a chive…
