Maggie Laverman is a prepping, homeschooling mother of four boys who lives in central Iowa. In 2017, she and her husband purchased an old junkyard for cash and have been fixing it up and making it their dream homestead and … Continue reading →
We crossed our Rooster (Self Blue Old English Game Bantam) with our (Buff Orpington Bantam Hen). The results are beautiful chicks. I am not sure how they will look as they grow out but man they are stunning right now. … Continue reading →
In some ways chickens are like WordPress Plugins. What do I mean by that? Man and chicken go back so far that no matter what you really want, someone has likely already bred a chicken breed that does that. Different … Continue reading →
I put out a little video yesterday about the progress of our Bantam Chickens at Nine Mile Farm. I just love the personality of these pint sized chickens and they are coming along nicely. Someone asked this question in the … Continue reading →
Shelby DeVore is an animal expert, avid gardener and the founder of the website Farminence. Shelby has a bachelor’s degree in Animal and Dairy science, a Master’s degree in Agriculture and Natural resources management. Before founding Farminence, Shelby taught high … Continue reading →
In this first video we check out some stuff in the aquaponics and aquatics systems, including Tree Collards that you can order at projecttreecollard.org We also look at the progress of the white Hubbard squash. Watch the bees working the … Continue reading →
Justin Rhodes who is a long time member of the TSP Community has a kickstarter initiative on raising your own back yard chickens the Permaculture way. Tell you what guys he must be doing something right because he has backing … Continue reading →
This is a great time of the year to look back at 2014 and begin fall/winter planning as well. 2014 was a big and very active year at the TSP ranch. It also saw the launch of PermaEthos, AgriTrue, the … Continue reading →
I am working on a new chicken cross hybrid. The photos below are an F1 Generation Hybrid. They are of a cross of a pure Rhode Island Red Rooster and a Pure Egyptian Fayoumi Hen. My hope is to breed … Continue reading →
Episode’s 1397 and 1398 on keeping chickens were a big hit and they also generated a large number of questions. Today we tackle most of the questions that came in. If this show generates a lot more questions, I will … Continue reading →
