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010 Erica Strauss of Northwest Edible Life

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Animals, Chickens, Food, Food Preservation, Gardening, Podcasts
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...get things done Irresponsible chicken keeping Livestock vs. pets Ducks vs. chickens Slugs and snails Lining a duck pond with clumping cat litter Duck housing Selecting and preserving avocados Erica’s book project You can also find Erica on Facebook. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. Th...

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To each hen her own egg

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Animals, Chickens
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...eir eggs yet. Closer surveillance is required! *** And while we’re talking chickens — Update on chicken integration: Regular readers may remember that we had to integrate Handsome, the surviving elder hen from our last flock, with this new flock. This involved many stages, but no violence, thankfully. At first, the new flock shunned Handsome. Handsome, a five-year old Ameraucana, who’d had only us humans for company for months, seemed sad. Then th...

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Chicken Goes to Hollywood

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Animals, Chickens, Events
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...illie’s story with children and chicken aficionados of all ages. Since her chickens reside on the East Coast, Peckerella stepped in to play ambassador. ‘Pecky’ as she is often called, did a wonderful job and was very well behaved, allowing many children to pet her and sitting patiently during the book reading. Her next appearance will be at a reading of Tillie’s story at Chevalier’s books in Larchmont Village this Sunday, August 9th, from 11-1. If...

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Permaculturalist Paul Wheaton in Los Angeles

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Events
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...oney to build a chicken coop and run, when you can have healthier, happier chickens without them? Paul explains his super simple backyard chicken raising techniques. [Editor’s note: I know this idea sounds crazy, but read Wheaton’s lengthy explanation here]. 1pm to 2pm Lunch provided by Oh Happy Days! Natural Foods & Cafe Marco Barrantes of La Loma Development Co 2pm Permaculture in the Big City How does Permaculture apply to life in the concrete...

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