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Eggs and Veggies – Earth Day 2022

Kari Clausen enters year three of BlackBird Farm, operating out of our Many Spokes location in Manson.  Look for her at Earth Day 2022 in Chelan this spring and then at Farmers Markets and restaurants throughout the growing season.  Kari has continued tending the...

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Happy Hens Discernment Time

As long as you want chickens, you have to keep saying YES - yes to flock replacement.  This spring - we're choosing to take a step back for awhile to give ourselves some discernment time. By the third year of a hen's life, egg production drops to around 60%.  Add to...

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More – Notes for another Planet: August 21, 2019

    Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Twelve Next Words Last week I had the psychic's words running in my head, "to take notes for another planet." This week,  I'll start to speak those notes, and start to share them, starting with next week's podcast, for now,...

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Taking Notes for another Planet: August 16, 2019

  Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Eleven Update    Working on Chickens, and...working on Words this week that have not yet come together, wanted at least to share this podcast and to share the thought I'm trying to pen... Notes from another planet Those were his...

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Happy Hens Settling In: August 6, 2019

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Ten Happy Hens on the New Land     They're laying eggs here too! The farmers On a Sunny Summer Day      So much to move Even the dog kennel   Hey Anne  Look at...

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New Home for the Happy Hens: July 24, 2019

  Podcast - LISTEN NOW - Episode Nine Final Touches    Getting Ready for the Move Here at the new land, we completed our first two chicken houses, each one capable of supporting 500 Happy Hens. A Night Move (When the chickens can't see) Tip - if you ever have to...

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The Meaning of a Miracle: July 16th, 2019

  The Mind of a Rooster  That's Segundo rooster walking towards us, and Pretty Boy walking away. Who knows their mind? Perhaps they read Robert Frost "Good Fences make Good Neighbors? or maybe its true, "The grass is always greener on the other side."  ...

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