Raising Chickens and Urban Gardening
Dust of Snow The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued. — By Robert Frost January is one of my favorite months for gardening. While the snow covers the frozen ground, I…
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Mamma Mia! We have an abundance of paste-type tomatoes at the Second Street Chicken Ranch. Thankfully, there are several easy ways to preserve these jewels that will keep you in a summer-state-of-mind, all winter. My favorite way is roasting tomatoes. I planted 10 heirloom paste tomato plants this year: three black plum, three Roma, three San Marzano and one cream…
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Harvesting Garlic at the Chicken Ranch This week the garden took on the faint aroma of an Italian kitchen with the sweet smell of garlic, onions and basil swirling around on the breeze. Yes, it was time to harvest the Spanish Roja Garlic and Walla Walla sweet onions. This was our first (successful) year at growing garlic. Last October we…
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When you think about it, it’s a pretty amazing that a hen in her laying prime produces an egg every 24 to 26 hours. That’s what I call working around the clock. And then there is that “incredible, edible egg.” The Egg Board got that right with their advertising campaign back in the 1970’s — one that continues to work…
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