Monthly Archives: November 2008

Sunday Morning…

I got up this morning and opened the coop at nearly 7:40, the girls were so upset that I was late-lol. I took the babies who aren’t so little any more and put them in the run while I put … Continue reading

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Not a Clue what I’m doing today!

Yesterday morning, I had gotten up and cut up the turkey…something I usually don’t do, and separated the meat etc. and then put the carcass in a big pot which I cooked all day and night on low. So, I … Continue reading

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Yesterday we had a Four Egg Day and Black Friday.

Veggie, our Old English Game Hen/Silkie Mix laid her first egg…and I was there when she was going through the motions trying to find a good nesting area. Her egg is the cream colored one on the right. The egg … Continue reading

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!

I got up at 6 a.m. to start preparations for my side of the dinner. So, I cut and squeezed out a few oranges for the cranberry sauce. Then I added the juice to the cranberries and let them cook … Continue reading

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Pre-Thanksgiving unthawing!

I unthawed the turkey in a large pot so its ready to go… Now I am unthawing the cranberries to make the cranberry sauce. I’ve got two bowls with my collards from the garden unthawing. And I only took out … Continue reading

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Community Gardening, Freecycling and Donations

-Urban Roots of Detroit symbol I have a best friend that lives in one of the unsafiest areas in Detroit…they won’t even deliver pizza to her neighborhood. It isn’t the neighbor’s that cause it to be unsafe, it’s the crime … Continue reading

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Snowing again, baby chickens, and leftover chicken pot pie

I went out this morning and decided to put the babies in their own enclosed run since they had been ‘cooped’ up in the rabbit hutch for awhile, so I spread more straw over everywhere…their run, the hens run, more … Continue reading

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Not another chicken dinner!!!

I had to make room in the freezer for thanksgiving so I had to pull out a huge tub of chicken breast and cook it…so we ate baked chicken, fried chicken, bbq chicken and even boiled in chicken noodle soup…and … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Walnut Pancakes

Since I didn’t have any baking soda or baking powder in the house, gotta buy some more, I just used the pancake mix I already had…3/4th part regular pancake mix and 1/4th wheat pancake mix and added leftover pumpkin and … Continue reading

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FREEZING COLD!!!! POUR THE COFFEE ON ME!!!

Its 30 degrees but feels like its 19 degrees!!! I have had to go out every two hours because the chick-chicks water freezes up every two hours. They are perfectly find…I am freezing to death!!! I picked up three stacks … Continue reading

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