Apprenticeship of the hands. Isn’t that a lovely phrase? It comes from a moving article, Literacy of the Fingers by Beth Tilston published in Dark Mountain. Tilston is making sourdough bread, a new skill for her, and one she was astonished to discover she was bad at. How hard could it be to make bread? …
Category: Chickens
Babies!
The Dashwoods were our first flock of chickens. They are now over 5 years old and as of this last Monday, only two remain. They were all fine when James ushered them into the coop Sunday night but sadly, we found Margaret dead Monday morning. A black australorp who was very noisy and had vocalizations …
