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Butchering day.

(Note: The following contains graphic descriptions, but no photos. I promise that my next post won’t be about killing!) I usually buy chickens “straight run,” which means that they are unsexed at the...

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Foggy chicken breakdown.

Or, “My chickens grow fat on the crusts of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.” I’m home with a sick kid today. It’s a beautiful morning and I love how the different chickens look in the fog. Of...

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Baby, it’s COLD outside.

I am working on a post regarding the diversity of chicken breeds that we have on the farm, which I will hopefully have posted in the next day or two. I just wanted to post an update on the weather: It...

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Chicken Diversity, I.

You probably know this, but most (maybe all?) of the commercially-produced chicken in the US is one hybrid: the Cornish x rock cross. They gain weight extremely quickly and are very heavy in breast...

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Let’s go to beds, I: The trouble with corn.

I’m thinking a lot about the beds these days. The farm beds, that is, not the beds inside the house. Well, I’m thinking a lot about MY bed, too, but that’s another issue. The farm is planted in beds....

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Accidents will happen.

When I was in North Dakota (1999-2001), my summers were spent at Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge. Lake Alice is a truly amazing place. It lies just north of Devil’s Lake, a relatively famous...

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Starts for sale!

We will have several varieties of plant starts for sale soon. The peppers are coming on a bit slower than the tomatoes, but the soil here in southern Indiana is still a bit chilly and I for one don’t...

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The lowest part is free.

The following statement will be delivered to Hodge Patel, a member of Senator Joe Donnelly’s (D-IN) staff, on my behalf. My name is Adam Phelps, and 2018 will be my seventh season growing vegetables,...

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