Yesterday I was out doing my weekly cleaning of the chicken coop when I found a little surprise. As I was sweeping out the hen house, out popped a little field mouse from one of the nesting boxes! It startled me, but I didn’t jump up and down shrieking or anything. A little pat on [...]
Entries from December 2007
Mrs. Frisby’s Hideaway
December 24th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Tags: gardening · urban chickens
Disappearance of Structure
December 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments
All structure in my life has flown out the door around the same time Jay flew out of town. He is visiting family for about a week down south. Unfortunately, we won’t be together for Christmas, but I am trying to look at the bright side: No horrendous holiday airport lines… no stripping off my [...]
Tags: random
The Great Sheet Mulching 2007 (Part III of III)
December 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Okay, I am tired of sheet mulching. I am going to pretend this is the final chapter of the project, but in reality I still have another load of wood chips coming this week so I can finish spreading a more presentable mulch material over our brown, soggy leaf layer. I think the neighbors would [...]
Tags: gardening · permaculture · sheet mulching · urban homesteading
Once
December 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Not gardening-related at all…
I finally got around to seeing this Irish film called “Once“. I’ve been hearing about it for awhile from friends. It’s now playing at all the fabulous second-run movie theaters in Portland, so I checked it out the other night not knowing what to expect really. It was so moving - I [...]
Tags: random
The Produce Bible/Gardening Gifts
December 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment
The latest addition to my growing cookbook collection is called The Produce Bible, by Leanne Kitchen (nice name). I was wandering through the Powell’s Home & Garden location on Hawthorne and it caught my eye.
Although I have a few books already with some good gardener/farmer’s market recipes, this one has been a nice addition. It [...]
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