Tag: homesteading
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Zelda the She-Rooster
We brought our birds home in the late summer as two-day-old babies, tiny fluff balls huddled together in cardboard boxes that seamed to weigh nothing at all. Aubrey and I had selected four ducklings and eight pullets (female chicks). Chicks that young are notoriously difficult to sex accurately, however, so we knew we were taking…
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Food and Flock
This is the time of year when I find myself drawn to hover over the stove, to brew colorful stews and roast root vegetables while I breath in the revitalizing steamy scents of stock and spices. I have felt especially inspired lately to try out some new African recipes from these two excellent cookbooks: Back…
Angie Gustafson 