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Chickens

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Very exciting. I ordered the chickens today. We’re going to get one hen each:

Ameraucana Buff Rock Silver Laced Wyandotte

Talked at some length to the guy who’s actually doing the ordering from McMurray’s Hatchery. Dennis sounds like a very clued in chicken guy. We’re going to restrict ourselves to the three hens [...]

Winter Weekend

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I think we survived the Cold Weekend.

The birds have been out in force.

The hellebores are popping outta the semi-frozen ground.

And the fence and gate are starting to look pretty festive, especially at night.  Where once there was a muddy expanse, now there’s something to look at.

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Someone stop me!!!

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Went out to One Green World again a couple of days ago and bought a Bosc pear, Royal Epineuse plum, and Black Diamond thornless blackberry. I’d have planted them but everything’s frozen solid at the moment. It’s been clear and cold for a week. It’s actually pretty nice for working outside… in that [...]

Regularity

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Managed to snap off a shot of the whole wheat version before the panivores descended:

A little different approach this time with a 5-hour ferment and then 12 hours in the frig (and 2 out) to proof.  The recipe involved three cups or so, ultimately, of Bob’s Red Mill whole wheat (including [...]

Even the raccoons are mad at the cold.

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As I sat down to write this, I heard the strangest sound outside my window. It would have been a glorious sound effect for my first podcast episode, but alas, by the time I got my recorder and 12 layer parka on, it had ended. It was a raccoon fight. Something, it seems, [...]