Thriving Community News – Without the Noise
How to tell a chick’s sex – is it a pullet (female) or a cockerel (male) We have a new batch of chicks, a cross between silver laced Wyandotte and Buff Orpington, with one Australorp cross. We also have one Brahma/Buff Orpington cross. I like the color patterns, with one of the more yellow chicks … Read more
Permaculture Orchard from Design to Delivery Chestnuts, apples, hazelnuts, asparagus, herbs like Wormwood and mint, comfrey, blackberries, Milpa garden beds, and annual beds. In Spring 2021, I extended my homestead/permaculture orchard by 80 feet. This was the initial design: Initial rough design. Bet you can’t read my handwriting! This was a section at the edge … Read more
Editor’s Note: As Perpend related in Ep. 14 of Thriving the Future Podcast, his Perfect Day looks like a fairly average day that many would not see as anything special. But it has space, it has room to think, to relax, to breathe, while still Getting Stuff Done. “The whole point is living a life … Read more
The Spring Tradition of Chick Day is Almost Here! It’s Chick Day. This is the time-honored Spring tradition every year where the tractor supply and the other farm stores have chicks for sale. But with the egg shortage and the demand for chickens, there’s likely to be shortages of chicks at the farm stores for Chick … Read more
Focus on What Matters There it is again. My heart races for just a few moments. “What am I going to do about…?” the voice inside my head asks. Anxiety, you are a familiar “friend” in this New Normal, The Dim Age. But with “friends” like this, who needs enemies? Circle of Concern I stop … Read more
