Hip Chick Digs

City chick gets her hands dirty on her urban homestead planting an edible garden, raising backyard chickens, preserving the harvest and working toward a greener future

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Mysterious Happenings

April 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Strange things are afoot in my backyard. And front yard.
First: the weather. The temperature has been dropping here, close to or at freezing some nights. Strange for Portland in April. This evening I was walking through the backyard feeling very lucky that I came up with my raised bed cloche things right when the weather [...]

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Tags: gardening · rant · urban chickens

Caution: Rant Ahead

August 15th, 2007 · 7 Comments

Be warned: This is not so much a gardening-related post as it is a home ownership-rant. You have been warned…
This is our first house and I know some of you readers are in the same boat because I have read your blogs too. It’s hard getting into that first house, especially in Portland. Jay and [...]

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Tags: rant