San Francisco is famous for their sourdough bread which runs wild around there. Fortunately we can all catch our own wild sourdough starter, which is also called levain. Levain is the French term for sourdough starter and has been used for centuries to make bread. Bread made with Levain may even be healthier for you … Continue reading the story "Catching some Levain (aka Sourdough Starter)"Post Archives from the ‘Urban Farming & Homesteading’ Category
Catching some Levain (aka Sourdough Starter)
San Francisco is famous for their sourdough bread which runs wild around there. Fortunately we can all catch our own wild sourdough starter, which is also called levain. Levain is the French term for sourdough starter and has been used for centuries to make bread. Bread made with Levain may even be healthier for you … Continue reading the story "Catching some Levain (aka Sourdough Starter)"Sour Crop in Chickens
A chicken with sour crop has an abnormally large crop.
The Story of Sick Chicken
Our chickens generally don't get formal names - except for our one rooster, George, and our first three hens Crystal, Loretta and Patsy. Instead we give them nicknames based on their behavior or appearance. Like Blondie, Escape Chicken, Pamela Chicken (after Pamela Anderson because of her abnormally large crop that makes her look like she has huge breasts) and David Bowie Chicken (who is … Continue reading the story "The Story of Sick Chicken"
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Sedona Meets the Ghetto Goats
Now that Sedona
is pretty much settled in I figured I should write a post about how we integrated her in with our Ghetto Goats, Bella and Daisy.
Several months ago I got an email from my friend Lynda, who with her husband owns Foggy River Farm in Healdsburg. She was needing to reduce … Continue reading the story "Sedona Meets the Ghetto Goats"
is pretty much settled in I figured I should write a post about how we integrated her in with our Ghetto Goats, Bella and Daisy.
Several months ago I got an email from my friend Lynda, who with her husband owns Foggy River Farm in Healdsburg. She was needing to reduce … Continue reading the story "Sedona Meets the Ghetto Goats"A Bit of a Treat
Our goat yard is in the shape of an L. This fall, while the chickens were still living with the goats, we had decided to fence off the leg and seed it with pasture seed. I wasn't sure if we should seed it for the chickens or for the goats. After doing some research we … Continue reading the story "A Bit of a Treat"Guest Post – Defending Your Flock from the HOA
With chickens becoming more and more popular some people are running into problems with their HOA bylaws. Most of the time the problems stem from lack of knowledge about chickens that is spread through misinformation. Chickens are not any noisier, stinkier, or more likely to spread disease than the family dog. I personally don't live in HOA so today's post is from Shannon who … Continue reading the story "Guest Post – Defending Your Flock from the HOA"
Making Light of Life
As urban farming becomes more popular more and more people are beginning to raise livestock. First is the chickens for eggs and then, for some, it continues on to include other types of livestock including meat animals. A lot of us raise meat animals so that we no longer have to depend on Big Ag's Industrialized Factory Feedlots for our meat. We want to know … Continue reading the story "Making Light of Life"
Meet Your Farmer – Sunny Slope Orchard
Our meet your farmer posts feature a small family farm that we feel exemplifies the type of food system we all need to support. They show passion and dedication to raising and growing food sustainably.
The Apricot Orchard
This month we got the opportunity to check out this awesome 4 acre certified … Continue reading the story "Meet Your Farmer – Sunny Slope Orchard"
Feeding the Critters
On our Facebook page I asked people what burning questions they had for us. One of the questions was what we feed our animals and what we spent per month on their feed. It's a good question, especially for people looking to raise animals for food production. In addition they brought up the … Continue reading the story "Feeding the Critters"