Birdhaven

by | Jul 25, 2011 | Talk Dirt to Me

In the distant past I took a class in small fruit production at the Looniveristy. The boss thought that was the best title for a class that she’d ever heard. I was and am very interested in anything to do with small fruits. Some of my favorite fruits are small...

Chicken Time

by | Jul 29, 2011 | Talk Dirt to Me

Keeping chickens has been remarkably trouble free thus far. Before getting them I read Storey’s guide to raising chickens. This is the rough equivalent of a hypochondriac reading the Physicians Desk Reference. I was prepared for my chickens to suffer from...

Lichenology

by | May 7, 2012 | Talk Dirt to Me

Lichenology Last week in this space I wrote about humans as an invasive species. This week I wish to propose another possibility. This was suggested by a very slow walk up Bare Mt while monitoring our shortest indigent boarder. When a walk that short takes a few...

Toxicodendron radicans

by | Aug 1, 2011 | Talk Dirt to Me

You may have heard of a popular search engine named after a very large number. If I type the word “poison” into this search engine, I am directed to an embarassing time from my past. Yikes! Yikes squared, this is a recent picture, these gentlemen are still...

Chickens make terrible farmers.

by | May 10, 2012 | Talk Dirt to Me

Chickens make terrible farmers. The boarders have a few books about the labor relations between a farmer and his livestock. The first one, Cows that Type, details a labor action started by the cows but ultimately including the ducks and chickens as well. After...