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Jurassic artichoke, Voo & Doo Houdan, and the Okra forest
I haven’t taken animal and garden pictures in a few days. Since it rained and was all muddy and muggy and insecty, what could be a better time. I was rather inspired by someone who told me that artichokes are … Continue reading
Catch up
Lovely long five day weekend where I have been busy, yet can’t recount exactly what I did. Well, some of it, I remember, so it’s not a lost weekend. I mucked out the goat shed and cursed myself for NOT … Continue reading
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Who’s yo momma?
(or in some cases, yer pappa) As you can see from these pix, genetics is strong at Le Jardin de Grand Singe. The adult is the first picture; the offspring the second. The offspring, with one big exception, were all … Continue reading
Return of the mad city chickens
Yesterday I let the occupants of Coop Junior High out into the backyard for the first time. They were getting crowded, and some of them are as big as some of the bantam hens, so it was time. It went … Continue reading
HAPPY, clappy, lardy a**ed chickens, ducks, and goats
For the first four months of 2010, the HCLA staff produced 2208 chicken eggs and 603 duck eggs 15 baby chicks and 2 baby ducks and 2 baby billies
The Nessie Express
It’s been raining since Thursday, and the back yard is a mud pit. Late yesterday afternoon, the chickens found a weak spot in the fence and dined sumptuously on my wonderful looking green beans. I put together a chicken-prevention stockade … Continue reading
Saturday in April
April is the cruelest month. The weather has been lovely, just perfect for lots of oak pollen to shower down upon Austin. I spend a lot of quality time with a box of kleenex. The really bad thing, I think, … Continue reading
Happiness is a warm duck
In February, two of my hens went broody. Even though we tried shooing them out of the coop and other suggested remedies, the girls were pretty insistent. It was really cold at that time (and became a LOT colder), so … Continue reading
Baby, it’s cold outside
Yesterday was one of those schizo Texas days where one went from sweaty to shivery in no time at all. Seriously, I had peeled off layers of clothes right before I ran some errands. Mid-errand an Arctic blast came out … Continue reading
Jurassic chicken
We’ve had a lot of rain lately. Which means we have a lot of mud. While it’s nice that the watershed is filling up after the summer drought, no one is very cheerful when it rains. Well, no one but … Continue reading
