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by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: An Armchair Gardener, the rural story

Thoughts from the Deep Freezer

Tagged With: chickens, garden planning, planning, winter

It is a normal weather pattern for central Ohio to plumb the depths of single digit temperatures with little or no snow. It is equally expected for gardeners to go into planning mode during the deep freeze of January. Reviewing the last year has … [Read more...] about Thoughts from the Deep Freezer

Bantam chickens

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: the rural story

Chickenhawk Attack!

Tagged With: chickens, predators

Yes, things have gotten exciting around here, and not in a good way. Yesterday I was working on my blogs, when the distressed squawking of my poor Bantams got my slow, old body coming to the rescue. Just in time to see a really large hawk front, … [Read more...] about Chickenhawk Attack!

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: the rural story

Thought of Raising Peafowl?

Tagged With: chickens

You can raise your own peacock - Facts about these beautiful and useful birds That's right, Peacocks! Or peahens, actually.... Breeds available are the Indian or Blue Peafowl, Pavo cristatus, or the Javan or Green Peafowl, Pavo muticus. The … [Read more...] about Thought of Raising Peafowl?

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Day in the life, My Place, spring

My Rural Life

Tagged With: chickens, my garden, rural

My husband and I bought and started homesteading this place in the mid 1980's. I had no skills, and plenty of dreams. I never managed to have that flock of sheep I envisioned, but instead raised a flock of children. That became my main crop. We … [Read more...] about My Rural Life

Bantam chickens

by Ilona Erwin Filed Under: Day in the life, the rural story

Finally. I Have Chickens

Tagged With: chickens, fertilizer, manures

It had been years since I had chickens, and I said for the past three to four years that, "This year I'll get chicks", but something always intervened in my plans. Well, no more! I now have a new little chicken coop (a bit flimsy, but it will do), … [Read more...] about Finally. I Have Chickens

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