Category Archives: Weather

Coop Sweet Coop

Posted on July 5, 2011 by theupstartgardener

The girls moved into their coop on the last day of June. Though I have read repeatedly about how fast they grow, you just have to see it for yourself. In just 23 days they had transformed from downy fluff … Continue reading →

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The Sunnyvale Chicken Park

Posted on July 5, 2011 by theupstartgardener

With the help of husband’s father, we began building the chicken coop around the first part of June. My father-in-law and I have very different ideas on how a chicken coop should be designed and built. He is more from … Continue reading →

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I’m Back

Posted on May 11, 2011 by theupstartgardener

I had to take a forced hiatus from blogging after my last posting. My last writing concluded with the onset of a tenacious head cold. This set back left me with a bit of catch up for class obligations, especially … Continue reading →

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Weathering It All

Posted on April 5, 2011 by theupstartgardener

March came in and went out like a lion except that the lion has not left yet. Our April weather has been wild. Yesterday snow came down deep and slushy, the exact texture of snow cone ice and to mix … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Green?

Posted on April 3, 2011 by theupstartgardener

It is a grey April morning here in Northern Michigan. The sky is flat and colorless, the surrounding landscape, a patch work of old snow and there was yet another hard frost last night. I realize that my excitement for … Continue reading →

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