Any farmer knows that to make ends meet, you’ve got to get creative! I’d like to share with you some of the ways items find new uses around this farm. The chicken coop is framed out of pallets that metal roofing is shipped on. They are 9 feet long x 3-1/2 feet wide, they are very sturdy, and a [...]
Archive of entries posted on January 2011
Update on the Happy Hens
One of the highlights of Wild Things Farm are the Happy Hens. They scratch and jabber and do chickeny things all day, every day. Last week there was a breech in security….aka the fence came loose from the chicken house….so about 9 chickens decided to go for it. I’ve actually let all the hens out [...]
Keeping an eye (and bucket, and stick, and board) on the weather
Here we are, “knee deep” into winter. December around here was as cold as I remember it being for such an extended spell. At least the temperature has gotten into the double digits now, although still quite cold. Back in the fall someone from the NOAA contacted the farm to see if being a daily [...]