Are You Ready for Your Winter Veggies???
Are You Ready for Your Winter Veggies??? - Laughing Duck FarmIt’s August. It’s Hot. It’s summer garden harvest central. Dehydrating, canning, freezing, sharing, planting winter veggies…. Say that...
View ArticleNew/Old Kitchen Gadget
New/Old Kitchen Gadget - Laughing Duck FarmI was so excited the day that I read an email from the Local Food Coalition stating that there was a grain mill for sale. I have been wanting and researching...
View ArticleA Sign of the Times
A Sign of the Times - Laughing Duck Farm “Fresh Eggs.” I now have a few restaurants using my eggs, two local grocery/specialty food stores Newcastle Produce and Gaia’s Basket are selling them,...
View ArticleTo Everything There Is a Season
To Everything There Is a Season - Laughing Duck Farm I hope everyone had a great holiday season and New Year. We were trying to get Christmas squared away and I was going to have two nice ducks...
View ArticleDry Winter But the Planting Goes On
Dry Winter But the Planting Goes On - Laughing Duck FarmIt has been so dry this winter I had to start irrigating on Valentines day, the feed in the pasture is almost non existent,and we have been...
View ArticleLicense and more Egg Cartons
License and more Egg Cartons - Laughing Duck FarmI’m official - I got my Chicken Wrangler/Egg Handler license back in the mail, so I can sell eggs in a few stores and the Sierra Foothill Producers...
View ArticleLicense and more Egg Cartons
License and more Egg Cartons - Laughing Duck FarmI’m official - I got my Chicken Wrangler/Egg Handler license back in the mail, so I can sell eggs in a few stores and the Sierra Foothill Producers...
View ArticleTo Everything There Is a Season
To Everything There Is a Season - Laughing Duck Farm I hope everyone had a great holiday season and New Year. We were trying to get Christmas squared away and I was going to have two nice ducks...
View ArticleTo Everything There Is a Season
To Everything There Is a Season - Laughing Duck Farm I hope everyone had a great holiday season and New Year. We were trying to get Christmas squared away and I was going to have two nice ducks...
View ArticleEgg Cartons and License
Egg Cartons and License - Laughing Duck FarmLast week I sent in my egg handler license and ordered quail egg cartons. I have to get my paper egg cartons ordered and figure out how I want the labeling...
View ArticleThanksgiving Quail
Thanksgiving Quail - Laughing Duck Farm We had quail for Thanksgiving—not for dinner, but as house guests. The week of Thanksgiving we had two sets of our Japanese quail, Coturnix Coturnix...
View ArticleSaving Small Farms for the Future
Saving Small Farms for the Future - Laughing Duck Farm Creating agricultural easements or wildlife easements on small farm and ranch land not only helps offset the cost of the land now, they help...
View ArticleI Love Tomatillos
I Love Tomatillos - Laughing Duck Farm Tomatillos are a great workhorse in the garden, producing a summer long crop you pick before ripe. They don’t seem to be bothered as much by disease, insects,...
View Article2012 Loomis Eggplant Festival
2012 Loomis Eggplant Festival - Laughing Duck FarmThe animals were very popular at our booth as was the solar oven. Folks were amazed that I was cooking our dinner in it with no electricity. We even...
View ArticleFirst Rain of the Season
First Rain of the Season - Laughing Duck FarmOur neck of the woods finally got the first rain of the fall. It has been so dry and hot the pollen has blanketed everything for at least a month, and the...
View ArticleWacky Weather
Wacky Weather - Laughing Duck FarmThe temperatures this week plummeted 20 degrees in two days with this cold front. I heard more sandhill cranes flying overhead while packing the car tonight for...
View ArticleFirst Days of Fall and Freshman Farmer
First Days of Fall and Freshman Farmer - Laughing Duck FarmThe first days of fall have brought something different this year; we went to the Autumn Moon Festival in San Francisco’s Chinatown which...
View ArticleLambs on the way!
Lambs on the way! - Daily Grace Farms This is our Jacob ewe Mud Ranch Francine. She is set to have lambs in about a week and we are very excited!
View ArticleNatural Weed Eaters
Natural Weed Eaters - Daily Grace Farms As you can see the portable pen built to help combat winter weeds was a huge success! The beds have never been in this good of shape so early in the season. I...
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