Monthly Archives: May 2009

Plant A Row For The Hungry: Teaching Kids to Sha...

As the temperature outside begins to warm, families head to their local garden stores in droves for gardening materials.  While many people are eager for bright color after a dreary winter, others are enthusiastic about growing their own produce.  These days, in particular, people grow their own food to reduce grocery costs.  But gardening with your family has other benefits, too. It is an opportunity for the whole family to learn together.  I have had a black thumb in the past, but our kids...

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Grow Your Own: Our First Chicken Eggs!

We were shocked to find a pile of 7 teensy eggs inside the nexting area of our chicken coop last week.  We hadn't even realized that our girls had started laying yet!  Our kids could hardly wait to get into the kitchen and eat them. These eggs are hardly the type that come to mind when you think of "eggs."  First of all, the first few eggs laid by a chicken tend to be smaller than the ones they lay after they have "stretched," for lack of a better term.  Also, they were laid by Bantam Mottled...

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