Many folks these days seek a “traditional diet” of whole foods, just like our ancestors ate. Ancestors were less concerned about raw food. They drank raw milk, for instance, poured right from the milk pail in many cases. Today we have to worry more about the plethora of food-borne pathogens, particularly if we are not…
Category Archives: Homesteading
She’s at Least a Triple D
If you have read this blog for any length of time you know of our on-going laying hen angst. We lost a bundle a year ago to a predator, bought a dozen chicks whose lodging in our very home kicked this blog off late last fall. Those chicks grew and became dinner for the bob…
If You Kill It, You Eat It, Part II
Our now infamous household rule “If you kill it, you eat it,” was enforced by me last week. In just a quick update with pictures, I thought that everyone would be interested to know that the chick has been consumed by the five year old who helped it meet its demise. It’s Just Dinner To…
Disappearing Bees
I really don’t know if it’s good news or bad news. Well, the global loss of bee hives is obviously bad news. But a bee hive vacating your wall voluntarily is usually good news. We had an intricate plan of “moving” the hive from one of the walls in the Little House to some more…
If You Kill It, You Eat It
Three-week-old chicks have very little meat and their hearts are about the size of a dime. I learned that today when I dressed out poultry for the first time ever to teach my son an important life lesson about being an “ethical” omnivore. You may have read my rule here on the blog before, back…
Hey Bob, It’s On
You’ve seen the bobcat before – he nearly walked into my house two months ago. He purred and acted like he wanted to be a pet. I closed the door. This blog started with a post about a batch of baby chicks. There were twenty nine months ago and today there are six.
Chicken Intelligence
The term “bird brain” comes from somewhere, but in reference to a couple of hens on our property, it is not entirely fitting. Three years ago the Easter Bunny brought fifteen chicks to Frederick. We slowly lost over half in the following two-and-a-half years. In late October, a predator took out an additional four. The…
I Met My Meat
Monday morning a week or so ago marked butcher day. I left home early and drove about two miles to meet up with Dan and Ted. Dan’s family has been in this area for over a century. His family owns a lot of grazing land in the area which he leases to area ranchers. Dan’s…
Chick Housing and Indoor Air
Perhaps your mother has never told you, so let me tell you in case you did not know: raising chicks in your house creates very bad indoor air. My poor husband Sander has an office next to the porch room where the chicks were living and he has lung problems. It’s a bad combination. Researchers…
Jail Break
Perhaps our craftsman home designed by architect Irving Gill was not meant to be a chicken coop.
Keeping the chicks warm
Our new chicks have first-class accommodations here at Hilltop House. Chicks are very sensitive to cold and nature intended them to stay with their mothers who would transfer her body heat to them. When you buy a passel of chicks in early November in particular, you could have a rather long time of babying them…
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About
Amanda Rose, Ph.D., is a political scientist and author of "Rebuild from Depression," on the link between nutrient deficiencies and depression. She has been depression-free for over four years, even during the recent pregnancy of her second child. Read her postpartum depression success story.
Life After Depression
There really is life after depression. I am so excited by that point, in fact, that I neglect this blog and find fun/quirky projects to do with my family. We live in the Sequoia National Forest in a house (and former brothel) designed by Irving Gill. My 7-year-old son Frederick and I chronicle our adventures at Gill on the Hill when we're not exploring. Frederick posts some of his homeschool projects at "Frankly Frederick."