Untraditional Fruits

01/25/2025

Video forthcoming, but I built a new chick brooder, and it's so convenient! It has an automatic waterer (with an extra water dish for bonus electrolyte water). It has wheels so it can be moved easily. It's insulated to save power while keeping the chicks warm. And there's a removable plug in the floor so all of the shavings can easily be swept into a trash can. 10/10, would recommend this design to a friend.

01/24/2025

These blurry babies move so quickly they are hard to photograph.

01/23/2025

If you're cold, they're cold; bring them inside. (Jkjk, this girl needed an epsom salt bath, so she got the spa treatment.)

01/22/2025

This tiny little chick had a rough start to life. Had to keep her in my pocket to keep her body temperature up.

01/21/2025

Did you know you can freeze the "unusable" parts of veggies to throw in a stock later? We have celery ends, onion roots, pepper tops, tomato cores, etc. that we boiled with chicken bones today to make the most amazing stock. (We generally don't eat meat, but we just made freezer meals for a friend who is having a baby this week, so we used a whole chicken. We couldn't let the leftover bones go unused, so we had to make bone broth from them. Bring on the Phở!) Once we finish cooking this broth, we will strain it and compost these veggies.

01/20/2025

This is Barbie who loves celery, sunshine, and overthrowing the patriarchy.

01/19/2025

Unsolicited chick pic.

01/18/2025

Our usual morning visitor. We call her Dierdra and she is not our favorite customer since she's the reason we had to build such a giant fence. Don't worry, she still has plenty outside of the fence to nibble on.

01/17/2025

A few herbs are still thriving. Can you name them?

01/16/2025

Our fave way to make tortilla soup is to roast a squash in the oven (any kind of squash will do) and then immersion blend it into the soup broth before adding any other ingredients. Squash is a great soup pallet since it takes on the flavor of the spices. It adds fiber and thickens the soup naturally.

01/15/2025

Update on the -- it's gone. They loved it.

01/14/2025

Okay, so I have a Cricut and chickens and have been stuck inside too long, so I present to you this literal grub hub.

01/13/2025

Whatever we are growing here is not for eating. Any experts who can ID any of these?

01/12/2025

🎶 1,001 garlic cloves in the beds, 1,001 cloves of garlic. Take one down, pass it around, you still have to harvest 1,000 more garlics. 🎶

01/11/2025

Periodic madrona update. We'll post her smooth green bark come spring, but we love the crinkly peeling of the bark as she grows.

01/10/2025

01/10/2025

This pink variegated sage is still alive in January, (and providing a snack for local insects by the looks of it). We love the pink and purple hues and it tastes great. It's more mild than traditional sage, so it's particularly great in French recipes that call for delicate flavor.