Growing real food in beautiful Graham, WA
Incubating our Turkey Eggs We’ve been collecting eggs from our Bourbon Red Turkeys for the last 2 weeks and it’s finally time to start incubating them! Turkey eggs incubate for 27.5 – 28 days (unlike chickens at about 21 days). Otherwise, the process is about the same. We collected fertile eggs and stored them in…
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Public Service Announcement: Pull the Stickers Off! We recently amended our garden beds with Cascade Compost which is compost made from the food waste consumers generate in our area. Cascade Compost is a Registered Organic material with the Washington State Department of Agriculture and will improve our soil tilth while reusing what otherwise would end up…
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Hot Composting Litter We manage the compost generated by our chickens through composting using the Berkeley method of “hot” composting. Through composting, we manage the waste generated by the chickens, turning it into valuable soil building compost that adds nutrients, builds soil structure, and improves drainage.
