tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577123711543704044.post7615917399204564143..comments2023-10-28T12:51:24.280+02:00Comments on An American in Avignon: Bedside ReadingsMadeleine Vedelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349993969117086489noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577123711543704044.post-56856478368573924172010-02-08T21:06:02.803+01:002010-02-08T21:06:02.803+01:00I've a friend with chickens. She makes it look...I've a friend with chickens. She makes it look easy. But then she's a large yard in a suburban development -- fenced in, no dogs, and fewer hawks than in my neighborhood. BK's heritage turkeys (red bourbon) sound relatively intelligent... thus the idea. But these would have to be at JP's, and how to properly care for them if I'm so rarely there? Ah well. I'll try planting some peas this week... spring plantings are the easiest, and if I have any sprouting potatoes...Madeleine Vedelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349993969117086489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3577123711543704044.post-46620074912710247482010-02-08T13:44:23.371+01:002010-02-08T13:44:23.371+01:00I've raised chickens and killed and plucked th...I've raised chickens and killed and plucked them. Olof got to do the pig. It really helped us like vegetables.<br />This year we've done very well with onions, carrots and garlic stored in the garage. I still have some gorgeous red onions that weren't supposed to store that well, but they are happy in the garage. But, as you know, we're pretty cold here in the winter.<br />I'm just starting to plant some indoor greens, I do grow sprouts, and we have a nice garden which we can start tilling up in late April.<br />It would be hard to do this if we were away all summer.<br />Turkeys are so dumb they can drown in the rain. And you would have to protect them from predators, dogs in your area. Here it's coyotes, bears, fox that would go after the young ones. We have a solitary wild turkey in the back yard currently. She must have lost her family somewhere.Sharyn Ekberghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11987304898246173619noreply@blogger.com