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Category: Videos

Hungry Chicks

I’ve been posting cute chick pics lately but make no mistake about it, I took the leap with incubating eggs for the home grown meat. I’m feeding these hungry chicks now, in order to feed my family this summer. Some of these chicks have less …

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chicken eggs, chickens, chicks, FoodLeave a Comment on Hungry ChicksMay 5, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

Bee in the Blooming Lavender

A busy bee in the blooming lavender on a Sunday morning.

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bee, lavender, spring2016Leave a Comment on Bee in the Blooming LavenderApril 17, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

It’s a New World

I am no longer an incubator virgin. I would say that I had a positive initiation experience.

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brooder, chicken eggs, chickens, incubator, keeping chickensLeave a Comment on It’s a New WorldApril 7, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

Nesting Geese are Not Friendly

There is apparently only room for one couple between the two ponds.

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garden, spring, tillingLeave a Comment on Nesting Geese are Not FriendlyMarch 29, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

Moon Setting Birds Waking

I am usually already up as the light begins steel away the night and birds start singing in anticipation of the day.

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bird behavior, bird sounds, monnset, sunriseLeave a Comment on Moon Setting Birds WakingMarch 28, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

Good Morning

It’s time to get to work weeding, but it’s good to stop and appreciate a beautiful spring morning…

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garden, morning, paris mountainLeave a Comment on Good MorningMarch 14, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

Tilling the Big Daddy

The male goose rises up out of the water, flapping its wings impressively, and she sends out signals letting him know that she’s chosen him. When Mr. Mims ploughs that tiller through the dirt, I admire his strength and mastery of the tiller…

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garden, spring, tillingLeave a Comment on Tilling the Big DaddyMarch 13, 2016 By Martha Mims

No Such Thing as Quiet

When I shot this video there was wind, and crows calling, and an airplane flying overhead that sounds a little like a Jimi Hendrix slide accompanying the nearby wind chimes while the flowers do their dance….

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bearded iris, flowers, jacob's ladder, lambs ear, perennialLeave a Comment on No Such Thing as QuietMarch 3, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

Savory Sage

Sage is another herb (like oregano,) that I keep dried in my seasoning cabinet, but that I love to pick fresh because, I confess, I have a scent fetish.

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perennial, sage, variegated sage2 Comments on Savory SageMarch 2, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

Preparing for Spring

I cut the dry asparagus stems that I never did cut back at the start of winter, but I left the tomato baskets I keep over them, so that I know where they are.

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asparagus, sprinkler, weeds, winter 2016Leave a Comment on Preparing for SpringFebruary 29, 2016February 22, 2017 By Martha Mims

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