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Today’s homestead project involved the boysenberries. I planted the boysenberries in containers back in 2021 and 2022. The first berries appeared last summer. (I just let the birds have them as there weren’t enough to harvest.) Last summer is when we also had wild… Continue Reading “ANOTHER PROJECT DONE”
We had another sunny day, so I wandered the homestead checking where I needed to water (very few places). While fertilizing the berry bushes, look what I discovered: There are berries on the boysenberry bushes! I planted these in Spring 2021 and Spring 2022.… Continue Reading “TODAY’S DISCOVERY”
We’re about halfway through the summer growing season so I thought I’d take a break from peaches and share how my gardens are doing. THREE SISTERS GARDEN OTHER GARDEN AREAS They aren’t pictured here but the herb garden, apple trees, and boysenberries are doing… Continue Reading “GARDEN TOUR”
Nature repeatedly amazes and impresses me with it’s persistence. One of the bare-root boysenberries I got this spring arrived dried out and it looked dead. I planted it though and it surprised me by sprouting a couple of little leaves. Recently those leaves died… Continue Reading “Persistence”
The chicks, as chicks do, are growing both in stature and curiousity. This morning, Thor somehow managed to jump out of the bathtub and onto the bathroom floor. I think she surprised herself and she started screaming bloody murder until she was returned to… Continue Reading “Continuing Onward”
We got a lot of things done around here this weekend. One of the Legbars had a dirty bum so, now that it’s warmer outside, we gave her a bath. Yep, I mean a tub, warm water, soap … and a chicken. She didn’t… Continue Reading “Bath Time for the Chickens”
Eager is broody. She wants to raise babies and has created a nesting spot. When we approach, she growls. It’s hysterical to hear! I took a video to insert here but haven’t figured out how to do that, so just think miniature Chewbacca. The… Continue Reading “Growlie Chicken”
A big issue I have getting some of my projects done is getting the supplies to the house. Lugging home 2x4s and sheets of plywood has been a trial, and, progress has been very slow building up some of the infrastructure I want on… Continue Reading “Old Yeller Comes to Visit”
Two Chickens Homestead 
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