Garden Fuss

Hello, future flock parents! 🐔 If you've been contemplating jumping onto the chicken keeping bandwagon, now is the perfect time. We're thrilled to announce that we'll be welcoming new and aspiring flock parents throughout the year. Since 2022, all us egg and chicken enthusiasts have been on a rollercoaster. Seriously, remember the egg and chicken catastrophe when a dozen eggs cost more than a couple of gallons of gas due to the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza? Yeah, that still hasn't quite resolved itself. . . And who could forget Chicken Feed'gate? I know I haven't! It was a challenging time for both urban and rural chicken keepers, making baking and breakfast a real adventure. On the brighter side, the hilarious egg bootlegger videos on TikTok and Instagram have been giving me life since then, and kept all our spirits high. They've truly given my little homestead hope to continue supporting our neighbors through uncertain times. 🌞 Truly, there's n...

Need to get out of the house? I have been feeling the spring itch (or punch in the face like my daughter suggested) for quite some time now. All that snow is getting in my way gosh darn it.... I have been on the look out for up and coming garden events and thought I would share a link to one of my favorite garden centers.  It's called Mother Earth Gardens in Minneapolis, and their website is motherearthgarden.com   "no S in garden". They have a listing of all kinds of interesting pre-spring and spring classes which are FREE can you believe it?