Author Archives: Lanny
I”m Back
I’m back Dear Reader, you probably have forgotten me and moved on, but hey, that’s cool, I get it and it’s okay. Just call me a .. Onward and upward. I gotta write and write I will. I’ve been through some really ununique times. But not writing, or only writing (carefully) to the air on … Continue reading
Hard Times
My mom had lots of shiny brites, but one that meant a lot to me, that I had saved for myself when she passed, was a striped one just like this. She hung some of her ornaments with thread including this particular one. As little children, my brother and I would spend hours twisting it … Continue reading
Duck, Duck, Goose Puddle Management
It took me a few busted kiddie pools over the years to figure a better way. I clean the kiddy pool out daily and refill it with fresh water. Sometimes it is nearly half full, but so very mucked up, I can’t bear to wait. Sometimes there isn’t much left in the pool but even … Continue reading
Protein for Your Poultry Falls From The Sky
Whether you are plagued with flies, or not, if you have poultry you should have fly buckets. Harvey Ussery explained them in his book, The Small-Scale Poultry Flock. Basically flies are attracted to food for their offspring. They fly around, find moist foody type stuff, lay eggs, the eggs hatch, the larva gorge, grow, get … Continue reading
There is Weeding and Then There is WEEDING.
Looking forward to getting my morning’s off to a rocket start. This wasn’t one of them. Spent three hours on reading about market gardening, sipping coffee, and eating my farm fresh eggs on toast. Did you know some restaurant folks buy honeysuckle flowers to make ice cream with? By 9 I was out doing chick … Continue reading
We Interrupt the Scheduled Program
That could be the title of my life and I typically do it to myself. Company’s last day, and up late working so again late waking and movin’ out on the day. But as usual, chick house, rinsed water buckets and fed. And other basics. Took about an hour total to broadcast prilled calcium on … Continue reading
Leeking Like a Sieve
Here it is a quarter midnight Sunday and I’m finally in bed writing up my day. Got a bit of a slow start, houseguests and Sunday. Giggling with grandbabies over coffee and breakfast making. Forgot to eat breakfast Went about my regular morning routine, just a lot later. Quail, incubator/hatcher, chick house, cats, Margaret Garden … Continue reading
How Much?
My son, the one married to my second born daughter, brought me some geese today. As he backed into the Margaret Garden to unload them, he looked around and then asked, “How much time to you put into this.” He caught me off guard so of course my reply was silly. “Not enough.” Pause. “I … Continue reading
Birds, Birds and More Birds
Spring is a hard season for me here in constant rainy land. But the bright spots come in the form of eggs. The feel and colors thrill my heart and pick up my soul. I collect eggs all during the day, in a nearly vain attempt at having a clean egg to deal with. … Continue reading
