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May 28, 2010 By Candace Godwin 1 Comment

Last weekend, just as I was waking up I heard a very strange sound coming from the backyard.  It sounded like a rooster crowing.  But wait – we don’t have a rooster!  I thought, no – must be the ravens cawing and I’m just not awake yet.  But then there it was again – a sort of cackling, crowing, cockadoodling. …
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May 19, 2010 By Candace Godwin 3 Comments

What a happy Hatch Day we celebrated last week!  As you can see in the photo – the girls really enjoyed their polenta cake with cottage cheese “frosting.”   Like any group of two-year-olds, they were soon covered in it and standing in it to boot!  And as any good mother hen would do, I made sure that they didn’t eat…
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May 13, 2010 By Candace Godwin 2 Comments

Preparations are well underway for the annual Hatch Day celebration at the Second Street Chicken Ranch!  Tomorrow we’re celebrating “Happy 2nd Hatch Day” for our girls – Henny, Penny, Harriett, Flame and Helen, who will officially turn two on Saturday.  It’s a garden party, so I’ve been on my knees all week weeding the perennial garden – or shall I say reclaiming…
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May 11, 2010 By Candace Godwin Leave a Comment

Last Saturday was opening day for the Kootenai County Farmer’s Market (http://www.kootenaicountyfarmersmarket.com/) – a day of much joy for me and many around the county.  The weather was fair; that is to say, we made it around and back to the truck before the rain started!   I picked up a few tomato plants – a Sungold Cherry, a Black Pearl Cherry and a…
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