Tag Archives: construction
Goodbye, 2011
2011 was a difficult year both for my family and for this blog. If you are/were a regular reader, you noticed I wasn’t around much. I hope to change that this year. Because I didn’t write many posts last year, I … Continue reading
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Building a Rabbit Hutch
When we brought Fiona home, we housed her in the same old guinea pig cage that we used to brood our chicks for a few days until we could get a hutch built, but we knew we had to build a hutch. First of … Continue reading
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Chicken Run
Okay, so really it’s a chicken tractor, but look what hubby built me today: Isn’t it amazing? The traditional anniversary gift for twelve years is silk and linen, but I’m diggin’ pvc and chicken wire. Now my dear Molly (and … Continue reading
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Back to Work-ku
After eight days off the materials showed up and hubby’s at work
How to Raise Worms
As I may have mentioned before, I am very cheap frugal. Our city doesn’t provide garbage service so each household is responsible for contracting their own service. There are four or five different companies that provide service to my street (and unfortunately, … Continue reading
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Red Light District
The coop has been done for a while now, but the weather has been intermittenly cold, rainy and sunny. Mostly cold and rainy. Last Saturday we were even blessed with a few wayward snowflakes. But, back to the point. The weather … Continue reading
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No Hard Hat Required
We brought the chicks home without a coop. I knew it was a risky prospect, but I had already discussed with the hubby the fact that I was ordering chicks, that they would be little enough to keep inside in a … Continue reading
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