Automatic Chicken Doors
Remembering to go out every night to close the chicken coop door became a huge chore after we moved our chickens one-eighth of a mile from the house. And then we built another coop even farther away. In winter it...
Monthly Archive: August 2019
Bella’s Triplets
Our Nubian dairy goats typically give birth to twins. Only once in a great while do we get triplets, and long ago one of our does gave birth to quads. Our doe Bella has given birth twice, both times to...
Spotting a Keeper Isn’t Always Easy
When I told my husband I was thinking of not keeping Bella, he asked, “Why? She’s a nice goat.” I wasn’t so sure about that. The Nubian doe was a little more willful than I like to see in my...
How Not to Prune a Tree
When I moved to Tennessee I was appalled to see the way trees are pruned here, especially the practice called topping. In yard after yard I saw trees with their crowns lopped off, leaving ugly stubs. These trees are pruned...