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Food is Love: Purina Giveaway

May 3, 2016

One of the ways that my family has traditionally shown and shared love is through food. This is especially true for my step-father. To him, food is love. For the past twenty-five years, he has nursed broken hearts with sundaes, healed sicknesses with soups, and celebrated special times with feasts. Love is always abundant when…

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Giveaway: 100 Egg Cartons

April 26, 2016

I am thrilled to share with you this fantastic egg carton giveaway from my newest sponsor, EggCartons.com. EggCartons.com is a small business located in Massachusetts, but don’t let that fool you! They have everything you need to raise happy and healthy chickens. What I love about most about them is their AMAZING collection of egg cartons for…

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Crafts Easter Family Fun

Dye Eggs Naturally

March 18, 2016

Every year the kids and I decorate eggs for Easter. Some years, we use the traditional dyeing kits. They’re always great fun and I love the way my kids wriggle up their noses at the colorful dishes filled with white vinegar. In years past, we have also tried our hand at using sharpies, decorating with…

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Giveaway: The Egg Collecting Apron by Fluffy Layers

February 16, 2016

I tuck the last 2 eggs from the morning into the apron before heading into the house. One of the greatest joys as a chicken keeper is heading out to the coop to collect fresh eggs from the hens. There is nothing like it in the world to remove freshly laid,…

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Chickens Eggs Stories from Our Nest

New Hens First Eggs

December 31, 2015

The new girls that we got in the spring finally started to lay their first eggs this week, first was Olive followed by Petula. It seems that this flurry of new eggs even whipped the old girls into shape. Today even Fluffy- our Easter Egger- gifted us with one of her beautiful green orbs.Read more

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Findings Gardening

The Umbrella Nest

July 7, 2015

Earlier this week, I stumbled upon this lovely robin’s nest. A robin must have felt safe and stealthy made a nest in the top of my garden umbrella. A few days ago, I went to take the umbrella down because of an approaching storm. I suddenly realized that I couldn’t. A nest with a single…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

First Eggs Arrive

December 4, 2014

A quiet moment taken through the glass of the coop door of Ginny, our Golden Laced Wyandotte The first eggs are beginning to arrive. A couple of weeks ago, I caught Ginny, our Golden Laced Wyandotte in the nesting box. Sure enough as suspected, she was laying an egg. For the past week, we have…

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Chickens Stories from Our Nest

A Reminder from Eggs

September 8, 2014

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Eggs Main Dishes Recipes

Chimichurri Quiche with Fresh Garden Herbs

August 1, 2014

I love to make fresh chimichurri sauce with herbs from the garden. When I lived in Los Angeles, I first discovered chimichurri at a sweet restaurant my college roommates and I used to frequent in Brentwood. We’d put it on everything- bread, chicken, and steak. We could not get enough.Read more

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Crafts Easter Family Fun Holiday

5 Fun Garden and Egg Inspired Spring Crafts

March 10, 2014

Force bulbs to bloom in eggshells.Read more

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Food is Love: Purina Giveaway

Giveaway: 100 Egg Cartons

Dye Eggs Naturally

Giveaway: The Egg Collecting Apron by Fluffy Layers

New Hens First Eggs

The Umbrella Nest

First Eggs Arrive

A Reminder from Eggs

Chimichurri Quiche with Fresh Garden Herbs

5 Fun Garden and Egg Inspired Spring Crafts

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