Author: Calamity Jane
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DIY Chicken Waterers
I promised you a bit more detail on my DIY chicken waterers. These are both easy projects, with cheap or scavenged materials. Let’s start with the more standard version. This gallon sized bucket waterer sits outside in their run and lasts 3-4 days for four birds in wicked heat. This one works on the same…
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Screen Time for Ludites
You may have noticed I’ve been posting quite a lot lately, especially considering my ages ago decision to write only on Saturdays. Slowly, over the almost year since that cleansing fast, I’ve crawled back off the wagon into the deliciously wicked addiction of The Blogger. Oh, but isn’t it glorious down here in the dirt! I…
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Sharing the Burden, Sharing Ideas
Hey there friends, Sasha at One Rich Mother left a link to one of her posts on the FB page, regarding the Mama Rage issue. I thought everyone should have a chance to take a look, her post is called The Lost Art of Chill. She lists out the ways that she has used to…
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Just Wing It
Our chicken decision has been a continual pleasure. I can hardly believe I was going to not get chickens. As I mentioned in the Chicken Herder post, they have been an incredible learning opportunity for my daughter. The regularity of a chore, that belongs to her but benefits the family, is just wonderful. But in…
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Dinner Deconstructed: Ground Meat Patties, Brown Rice and Glazed Carrots
Since moving to New Orleans, and starting a blog, it has come to my attention that not everybody knows their way around a kitchen. I have met countless mamas here who are terrified by their role as ‘family cook.’ And it kills me. I just can’t stand the idea that there are mamas, papas, or…
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