CEH Week in Review 9/8

Another week has come and gone. We are beginning to get back into something that could resemble a routine here around the homestead. Our daily schedule is still a little nutty and it seems like there are never enough hours in the day but we make it work.  

This week around CEH...

Broody Brenda is still sitting on her little clutch of eggs. She has become increasingly aggravated with anyone who comes knocking at her door.  She chose to set up shop in the most popular nesting box and the other girls still want to lay their eggs there too. So each day I have to check under Brenda and remove the other eggs she has tucked underneath her. She protests my doing this by fluffing up her feathers and letting out a pre-historic screech that only affirms my suspicion that chickens are related to dinosaurs.

I candled the 6 eggs that Brenda has been sitting on and 4 of them are developing normally. The other two appeared infertile and I removed them from her nest.  If all goes well I anticipate her babies hatching on or around 9/21.

Their father, Mr. Roo went to his new home over at Bean Acres. He was the quietest rooster ever until this week. Then he found his voice and had to leave. City rules. I'm glad he was able to stay as long as he did and am so happy that he went to a local friend.

  

I spent some time in the studio this week working on custom orders for my Etsy Store: ktnunna. I'm hoping to get some new inventory listed in the store in the coming weeks now that I'm all caught up on current orders. 

Links we loved this week

Did you know that most “Honey” from grocery stores is not actually honey. Crazy! Find a farmer in your area and buy your honey locally. 

http://www.realfarmacy.com/most-honey-from-grocery-stores-is-not-actually-honey/

Do you dehydrate your food? It is the oldest method of food preservation. Check out these 7 Reasons to dehydrate food from Let This Mind Be In You. 

http://thismindbeinyou.com/2013/08/7-reasons-dehydrate-your-food.html

How neat is this?! Bee Happy Corn Maze.

Michigan's only hand-carved corn maze created by a farmer with a garden hoe and too much time on his hands.
GET LOST in our 9 Acre Bee Happy Corn Maze!
http://www.depnerfarms.com/cornmaze2013.html
and
https://www.facebook.com/depnerfarms

Have you heard of Hugelkultur? Roughly translated into “hill culture”, this method consists of creating raised garden beds by covering rotting wood with compost and soil, and then planting into them.

Read more about Hugelkultur: http://bit.ly/14GFu6i

Check this out. The nation’s first elementary agriculture charter school in Walton, Kansas. Kindergarten - fourth-grade children learning math, reading, science and responsibility as they gather and sell eggs, grow vegetables and tend farm animals. LOVE (My son would love it too!) 

http://americanprofile.com/articles/charter-school-agriculture/

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