Running Hen Microfarm » greens http://runninghenmicrofarm.com Two Non-farmers’ Experiment in Sustainable Living Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 From some of those rare beautiful days…(aka rain, rain, go away) http://runninghenmicrofarm.com/from-some-of-those-rare-beautiful-days-aka-rain-rain-go-away/ http://runninghenmicrofarm.com/from-some-of-those-rare-beautiful-days-aka-rain-rain-go-away/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:30:05 +0000 Ruth http://runninghenmicrofarm.com/?p=420

Our fig tree has been generous this year!

mustard greens are ready for the winter...just add glass

Here are some more photos from October….

The solar dryer at work...

Chickens at work!! Here they are in the corn field tilling the ground and eating bugs (well, OK, they also found some dried corn)

The mobile chicken house is stationed at the gate. The beans are off limits.

A barrow of dried corn...for chickens and us!!

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Clara dug paths for ducks & chickens

Yesterday we got 20+ inches of snow!  Clara is visiting and we worked outside.

Cold frames uncovered

Greens inside!

Ruth and Charlie

Sunday was dig-out day

In the foreground is the fig tree, "packed" for the winter

The fig tree was covered in plastic and then packed with straw. The first year we overpacked the fig tree and unpacked it too late and it got moldy and died (but it grows back from the roots), and the second year we unpacked it too soon in March and it died…but it grew back and produced more than a dozen figs in October. Hopefully, this year we will get it just right!

Solar food dryer (made by Mike) with figs and herbs in October

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