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Same thing with some fried (carmelized) onion, and some chopped jalapeo pepper-both fresh from the garden as well! There's a song about home-grown tomatoes. I think part of the chorus says, "Only two things in life worth havin', that's true love and home-grown tomatoes."

I recently started using neem leaf powder for a number of things, I'd try that before I resorted to culling. I made a strong tea, 1 TBS. per pint of water, then added about a half-pint per gallon to the drinking water. Since this one hen is ailing, you might want to give her an extra dose wit a...

Time Saving: When I cook a dish that freezes well, like baked spaghetti, or homemade pizza, beans and ham hocks, etc., I make a double or triple batch, and freeze extra for future meals. My DH is a truck driver, and usually takes food from home for his meals. I try to pack his meals to go while...

Rebecca, as your soil improves, (and if you add compost and stuff like that, it will) and you get temporary (or permanent, if you prefer) fences up in the spring and summer to keep the chickens out, you'll be amazed at how your yields will skyrocket. I'm betting that thumb of yours will become...

Oh yeah, unless you have a fairly sure market for them, or livestock to feed them to, you'll probably never need more than 1 each, of the following plants: zucchini, cucumbers, summer squash of any kind. I picked enough squash and cucumbers yesterday to fill both sides of my kitchen sink. I...

That's very true, with some breeds it can be very hard to tell. I have some light Brahmas, and right up until they get droopy sickle feathers, or start to lay eggs, it can be hard to tell with them. The hens get some heavy, somewhat droopy, saddle feathers, and can look very roo-ish. Then...

Wow, I remember being in just your position. Sometimes I still feel like I am. Ok, Reader's Digest condensed version of my short list of advice: If you want to build your own wind/solar system, start collecting bits now. Designate a storage area for them. You can start really small, and build...

Uh oh, sounds like ya got roos! Ever look at Feathersite.com? Yo can look up the breed in question, usually find the color too, and look at the pics of hens and roos. I find it very helpful, sometimes! That doesn't mean much, hens can do that too. They have little dust-ups now and then. They...

The individual feathers are pointed. Most will have a single point, some may have a double point. That might be due to breakage, I'm not sure, but I have some beautiful shimmering rooster feathers with two points. Mostly collected either from molting birds, or when I butchered. I use feathers in...

I've yet to make a batch, I haven't been able to find lye here, it may be illegal to sell in KY. I don't know, if any of you folks do know, please tell me. I do have a few folks I talk to online who have made soap for years, and the subject of home-made lye from wood ashes came up. I was told...

See the droopy, curved feathers just before the tail? Those are rooster indications. Also look at the feathers in the cape/neck area. Roos have pointy tips on those feathers, hens feathers are more rounded at the tip. If you see feathers that come to a split point, either in the neck and cape...

Ok, that makes sense! I have a terra cotta chicken roaster, but the bottom, that the chicken is in contact with, is glazed on the inside. Just the top and outside is unglazed. Since chicken isn't acidic, I didn't really think about it much. Where can you get a terra cotta waterer for the...

If the terra cotta is unglazed, you might not want to use the ACV in it. Acidic substances can cause lead to be leached from unglazed pottery. There was a bug deal about this when I was young, people had been getting lead poisoning, and it was finally traced to unglazed and improperly glazed...