"Amazing! If I were a chicken, I would be proud to call this home"

"Hi Chris the garden is a labor of love to me , work in it every day and we are doing so much better then last year. Last year was the year of the cucumber that is all that survived the deer ate all the corn this year we have Bandit a big black dog…"

"Ellen, What beautiful land and garden! Looking at your pictures and others from Georgia entices me to move there.  Very beautiful country. Best wishes on this years garden. I am sure it is a lot of hard work, but the reward looks…"

"Hi Chris the wood looks old because it is old and weathered right now we have a chicken tractor that we use but the chicks are still too young to be in it. The garden is keeping us busy and I love being out in the garden and the canning. We hope to…"

"Hi Chris  we won't tear it down just build another one for the 8 chicks. The windows just came from a house, the wood over laps and this is a problem. We have snakes that come through, but so far no other predators. Better view of it,…"

"I love the garden boxes. I am trying to do something similar in our yard. I had planned on taking the grass out around the boxes and putting in bark, but I like the look of the grass. How do you water the grass? "

"Ellen, The coop isn't very large 14'x7' total, and the "living area" 7'x4', so I wont keep too many hens. Right now we have 8 but soon we'll only have 6. We hatched out 4 barnevelder's in April and…"

"Hi Chris I really like your coop. Is it finished and how many chickens are you going to keep in it? How long did it take to build it? We really need another coop now have added to our flock and the coop is too small, we have ten chickens now and 8…"

"Atticus, Thanks for the post. Our family too is trying to cut as much debt as we possibly can. We continue to look at our debt and always look for ways to reduce that debt. One thing I have found is technology offers amazing opportunities to cut…"

"@Pat I do have a spot that I have picked out under a tree. It will be a much better spot that will make me and the bee's much happier. :) @Daisy I was so worried in the early fall about the location that I ended up wrapping the hive with the…"

"Thanks. I'm excited to hear your podcast. "

"I tried to download the podcast through iTunes over my phone, and I'm getting the following error, Unable to Download Podcast, "Coopcast 1 - Meet our Farm" could not be downloaded at this time. I am able to download other podcasts.…"

"I'm experiencing my first winter with bee's, and it is nerve racking because of my choice in the location for the hive. The hive just doesn't get enough sun, which was nice during the hot dry summer, but is less than ideal for the…"

"I've been so busy that I am just now getting around to reading the series of essays. Thank you for the time and effort you have put into the site and the essays. At times I wonder if I will ever have the homesteading dream become a reality,…"