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Ducks Ditty

Anna & Mark December 31, 2014 Ducks, Posts No Comments

Ducks’ Ditty by Kenneth Grahame

All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall,

Ducks are a-dabbling, Up tails all!

Ducks’ tails, drakes’ tails, Yellow feet a-quiver,

Yellow bills all out of sight Busy in the river!

Slushy green undergrowth Where the roach swim–

Here we keep our larder, Cool and full and dim.

Everyone for what he likes! WE like to be

Heads down, tails up, Dabbling free!

High in the blue above Swifts whirl and call–

WE are down a-dabbling Up tails all.

Happy New Year’s from our ducks, who brave sub-freezing weather to dabble through the backwater!

Anna & Mark December 24, 2014 Chicken feed, Chicken feeders, Posts No Comments

Have you ever wanted to know how much feed is in the feeder?

Prepforshtf.com has a clever project that lets you know when your chickens don’t have any feed without going into the coop to look.

Gravity pushes the red flag when there’s no feed to hold it in place.

Anna & Mark December 17, 2014 Chicken coops No Comments

Wondering if your neighbors might complain if you start raising chickens?

Why not make a stealth chicken coop?

My Mom lives in an urban setting and decided to hide her coop by attaching it to the back of a large garden shed.