I’ve had backyard chickens for about five years and it’s been amazing. I love it. Benefits of Backyard chickens Chickens eat ticks. They eat compost. They produce even better compost. Backyard chicken egg yolks are the color of the sun. Kids get to experience the natural process of egg production (and the responsibility that comes…
What you need for backyard chickens
Getting chickens? Here is everything you need to get started Want to know what you need for backyard chickens? I’ve had chickens for five years and I love them so much. I have never once regretted having them, which is more than I can say for SO MANY ideas I’ve had in this wild little…
How to Compost: A Quick Guide to Getting Started
Learning how to compost changed my family’s life–and our garden too! Did you know that food is the single largest contributor to landfills in America? Composting can fix that. And your garden (or shrubs) will get a rich and hearty fertilizer, for free! Here’s how you can get started. Green + Brown = Gold There…
Raising Baby Chicks: 6 Things You Need to Get Started
We’ve had backyard chickens for four years and started with raising baby chicks. Back then I wondered what we needed to get started and couldn’t find a good list that was specific but also not so loaded with incidentals that we might never be able to afford it. Here is what you need to get…