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Love your greens! My dear sister brought some basil and eggplant plants from Ohio when she came to visit. My chicks have been asking ...

Monday, before my dear twin sister drove back to Ohio, we  went to the animal farm to get more quails. My niece and nephew had a taste of...

We've been losing our quails to raccoons over the last few days. Unfortunately, the rascals were able to somehow grab and eat all five...

On Wednesday, we went to the animal farm t get five brown coturnix quails to add to our current flock of five white bobwhite quails. One ...

Good reads on  http://www.askyourdadblog.com/ Awesome. Made me cry and laugh at the same time.

I am so happy that my sister is coming from Ohio to hang out with me for a week! Her two kids are coming along too, so DD1 is very excited a...

Welcome home, friends! Last night, husband and I spent 3 hours to put this triangular prism shaped quail house together in the kitchen ...

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Game Bird Chow - food for quails In 2011, we used to grind chicken pellets for our first batch of quails. This time, I read from backy...

Around the Water Cooler: Ice cubes to cool us down! Yesterday, the temperature recorded at 100 degree F. I had to check the chicks seve...

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http://www.nwbackyardveggies.com/2013/05/diy-quail-dust-bath-pics-and-tutorial.html This dust bath container is PERFECT for my five lad...

http://www.ikeahackers.net/2013/04/a-gorm-villa-for-hen.html Awesome idea! Wish husband would convert a piece of Ikea furniture into a...

This morning, husband and I brought the kids to the animal farm to buy quails. We miss the chirping sound of the cute birds since the last o...

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The old nesting box has been used by the chickens for more than two years. Since it is made of wood, I don't think we were able to ...

Visit this web site to check out how to use cootie catchers to teach mode, mean, median and range!

This math map can be used to teach about parallel lines, intersecting lines, perpendicular lines, a variety of angles and g...

6x6 through 10x10 tables. So cool!

The five gals are growing up really fast!  The Buff Orpington chicks are quite shy and timid, unlike the Barred Rock chicks who came up t...

As a constant reminder for the ladies to lay eggs in a regular location, I placed a plastic egg in the nesting box. Although they have be...

I have been putting off mulching my container garden until this morning. Yesterday, after watching Jerry Baker's video about weed c...

The ladies have been checking out the new chicks on the block (not the chopping block, my dear twin sister) since they got here. All fiv...

My first memory of sharing a play set with my siblings is the vintage collection of dashing medieval knights from Playmobil .  The above ...

When I decided to take on the responsibility of teaching, I told my dear twin sister that I would count on her as my counselor and adviser. ...

My dear twin sister in Ohio has been bugging asking me to post photos of the vegetable garden. I finally decided to get it done just...

Since we have been losing chickens to the cunning raccoons, I asked husband to rebuild the chicken coop.  The existing one is not as secure ...

Last night, husband saw a raccoon attacking our two Brown Leghorn hens and a Rhode Island Red hen in the chicken coop. We ha...

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The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to...

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. - ...

Gardening  is cheaper than therapy And you get tomatoes

Every child is a different kind of flower. And all together, make this world a beautiful garden.

Your mind is a garden, your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers, or you can grow weeds.

I have been dreaming the day when I can start gardening every since DS was born, so that was exactly what I did last month. At the garden ...

Since the last entry on my blog that is dated October 2012, two hens, a quail and a rabbit have been killed by some dogs that got into our b...

This morning, my husband discovered one of the Rhode Island Red hens died. He mentioned that he heard the chickens crackling loudly in the...

All praise be to Allah SWT, I survived my first year of being a 3rd grade Islamic Studies, 5th and 6th grade science teacher! It has been ...

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This morning, I created a blog for DD1 to write about her thoughts on life, growing up, and the world around her. I thought about the name...

(left hand stretch out) Who is on the left? HUNDREDS! (right hand stretch up) Who is in the middle? TENS (right hand stretch out)Little ...

 SONG LYRICS: I love my milk I drink it for breakfast That's when I like it Best, my milk I drink it cold or hot With or without ...

Words and Music: Hap Palmer Vocabulary and Concepts: - Recognizing and moving like a bird, fish, bug, and bunny. - Appreciating and accep...

I'm So Much More Than Just A... TEACHER I am a counselor and psychologist to a problem-filled child, I am a police officer that c...

Tune: Are you sleeping, are you sleeping, Brother John? The Seven Continents There are seven, there are seven, continents continents in...

This zucchini plant has been growing out of the crack of a concrete walkway outside a portable classroom. It is an amazing reminder for me...

Article extracted from this web site: http://www.the-coop.org/leghorn/history.html Background On The Brown Leghorn Chicken The ...

White Leghorn Chicken   Left: White Leghorn's section / Right: Rhode Island's section   Husband remodeled the chicken c...

All praise be to Allah SWT, husband and I bought the kids to the farm store in Haltom City to buy 4 Danish Brown Leghorn chicks. The...