Monthly Archives for September, 2010
Thursday in the City- Halloween that is a little more green
By George, I Think We Have a Rooster
We've been really lucky. We've had 30+ chickens now over the years and it appears that we finally have gotten our very first rooster. Considering that sexing chicks is only about 90% accurate, that's pretty good to go that long without having one.
To be honest, we've known about him being a rooster since about 6 weeks of age. He's just developing much quicker … Continue reading the story "By George, I Think We Have a Rooster"
To be honest, we've known about him being a rooster since about 6 weeks of age. He's just developing much quicker … Continue reading the story "By George, I Think We Have a Rooster"
Top Bar Beekeeping
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| Tom working on a Top Bar Hive |
Croissant Bread Pudding
It is not hard to get your hands on day-old pastries. What's hard, sometimes, ARE the pastries. But here's your chance to make them ol' croissants shine like new! Croissant bread pudding!
There's really not much to it. Which is good, what with how busy … Continue reading the story "Croissant Bread Pudding"
One More Week
This is our last week of grocery store shopping before we take on The Project. To be honest we haven't really been grocery shopping for awhile. I've slowly been phasing it out. But we have been eating out a lot more lately. I guess we just want to get it all out of our systems. I'm really going to miss Mexican food and sushi. … Continue reading the story "One More Week"
Dogs and Gardens part 2
Our yard had been completely overrun by squash for pretty much the entire season. We could barely get to one of our herb beds and reaching the second herb bed was completely out of the question. For those that aren't familiar with squash vines, they have lots of … Continue reading the story "Dogs and Gardens part 2"
Thursday in the City- Vanishing of the Bees
Hayes Valley Farm hosts a wonderful community activity of watching select movies outside in their urban farm, called Farm Film Night! This Friday, September 24th, … Continue reading the story "Thursday in the City- Vanishing of the Bees"
Autumn
Pluck and Feather Farm
Saturday we got to go hang out with our new friends Esperanza and Dipak of Pluck and Feather Farm in Oakland. We got to also meet Maya and Nevada, who are just starting their homesteading adventures in El Sobrante on 2 acres (Awesome!). And of course we can't forget Kumar, Dipak's father, and Marcel, their roommate.
