We had had our turkeys Big Man and Little Girl (previously known as Christmas and Thanksgiving) for two months, give or take when we began talking it over some. Should we take on the challenge of raising even more protein on our property? The turkeys were not too difficult yet, feed and water twice a day, let them follow us around the yard, shoo them away from the growing garlic
The past couple of weeks have been interesting to say the least. Our temperatures here in Interior Alaska have gone from positive temperatures in the teens to lows of -40. While the house is hanging in there, of course, no surprise there. This place was built to last, we have lost a couple of animals and now as of today, the 5th of January, we are housing three chickens in
Six more weeks till Winter. Or so the story goes told by Alaskan Natives and sourdoughs alike. When the fireweed has bloomed all the way to the top, we have six more weeks till the snow flies. So far this break up and then into summer, we’ve had some successes….and some failures. That’s pretty typical though. The garden is doing well but could be doing better thanks to the late
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