Plymouth Rock Monthly

October 12, 2008

...ebruary 1925 issue, at right, promises articles on, “Selecting and Packing Eggs for Hatching”, a poetically titled essay, “The Things We Leave Undone”, “Theory and Practice in Breeding Barred Color”, “White Plymouth Rocks”, “The Embargo on Poultry”, and “Breeding White Rocks Satisfactorily”. Incidentally, the Embargo article probably refers to a avian influenza outbreak of 1924-1925 that repeated in 1929 and 1983. By the 1950s interest in backyard...

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Hens in the Orchard for Pest Control

Mr. Homegrown

July 25, 2013

Animals, Chickens, Fruit Trees, Gardening, Pests

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...ke gin and tonic. The hens take care of pests, clean up rotten fruit, add nitrogen to the soil and the canopy of the orchard protects the hens from hawks and heat. Plus you get eggs and meat. Permaculture in action. The 1920s era photo you see above comes from one of Terry’s posts, Chickens in Orchards....

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The Jerusalem Cookbook

Mrs. Homegrown

February 17, 2015

Food, Reviews

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...t. My highest compliment to this book is that I can honestly say I trust it 100%. I fiddle around with most recipes, doubling the spice, halving the sugar, questioning the baking time, etc. These I don’t. This book is well thought out and tested. The recipes work. I’d highly recommend following them exactly as written. Jerusalem covers all the bases, from appetizers to dessert. It has lots of meat and fish recipes, but it also has plenty of salad,...

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Saturday Tweets: Air Plants, Nutrition and Empathy

Mr. Homegrown

December 13, 2014

Saturday Linkages

...LJf5wU #LoveMatters via @HuffPostRelig — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 10, 2014 Setting Aside a Scholarly Get-Together, for the Planet’s Sake http://t.co/Bdr97JGQKG — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 8, 2014 Curing a Nutella addict: http://t.co/FwmLbBpZxN — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 8, 2014 Los Angeles, City of Water http://t.co/SnFSfbZGxA — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 8, 2014 Why we refrigerate eggs (and the rest of the wor...

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Food Preservation Disasters

Mr. Homegrown

April 2, 2014

Food, Food Preservation, Mistakes

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...lurry of bad pickles and too-loose jams. Of course you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet and, in the interest of learning from mistakes, I thought I’d review two lessons learned. Not Using Tested Recipes I vow to use tested recipes from trusted sources. Both for food safety reasons and culinary reasons, it’s a good idea to use trusted sources for home preservation projects. Some of the recipes I tried were from unfamiliar books and dubiou...

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