I was talking to Rachael this morning.... and even though it is January, we should start in on the garden planning....(I'm a little spring crazy at the moment... and yeah... I know it is a long way off) Dad had some good ideas as far as the green house....that should work much better this year.
So.... Here is what I am thinking... respond to this post... with what items you think we should do.....and the method of preserving you prefer for it (dehydrated..shredded...canned...etc..) and list up anything else we need to consider restocking.
On a side note.... here is some chicken research....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpington_%28chicken%29
these are the ones our cousins raise... they have 4 of them.... and average 6 eggs per day-roughly. the info on the site is helpful... especially that these continue to lay thru the winter.
the coop that they built... really isn't that big... and they just heat it with a light bulb.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/cgi-bin/faq/mojofaq.cgi?cat=2
this website was recommended to me by a good friend... who helped write the "Raising Chickens for Dummy's book"...... it has some interesting info... but I found more useful stuff elsewhere
I'm still researching feed.... to see if we can make it... from the stuff we grow.
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