The turkeys we got yesterday are part of my in-laws' flock. They've gotten hit hard by predators at their place and were worried about it at ours as well, so my father-in-law and nephew set half a dozen traps last night. I felt a little bad killing it, because it was a very big, healthy, handsome coon and I don't yet have the knowledge to make them into hats. My kids would like coon hats.

#gm

The wee turkeys will graduate to this when they're a bit bigger It's not Joel's gobbledeego, but it'll do. Should be less than $500 to assemble, and it should last several years and be big enough for a larger flock in the future.

Turkeys are my favorite poultry that I've worked with. Not my favorite to butcher or eat, but man are they fun to grow.

The fertility program has arrived. Hello turkeys. #grownostr #permies #permaculture

Hi cows

Last night when I closed my chicken coop there was a young Skunk inside. I'm going armed tonight. Wish me luck and good odors. #gn

"The meek will inherit the earth"

I've got mostly male blooms, but darn if they aren't pretty

He really likes that one article.

Isn't some of it scraped from the inside of factory smokestacks?

Revisiting this. But this time, as a home- and landowner. #permies #grownostr #permaculture #bookstr

Gorgeous work

Facebook sucks. I'm trying to play the Facebook game to promote my next book. My first post got lots of traction (comparatively), every post since has had no or near-no engagement. I wasn't able to share one post to my personal page for several hours after it went live. I get it's probably pay-to-play, but it would be nice to not be nerfed right off the bat. Oh well. #rantover Here's a picture of the pie that inspired my next kids book "Pie Takes Time" Kidsteaders.com has some cool stuff, especially Kidsteaders.com/launch-team/ #grownostr #kidsteaders #bookstr #foodstr

It's funny seeing people like this and contrasting them with someone like , and then seeing how people who probably worship the circle jerk of peer reviewed, intellectually silo-ed slop belittle polymath citizen scientists. The same people sneering at Nunya's comfrey guide because he doesn't have "credentials" are licking up "peer reviewed research" that can't be replicated but reinforces their biases. Looking only to the credentialed "expert" class will be our undoing.

The pasture across from my house has a window in the summer with red clover, chicory and Queen Anne's lace blooming heavily together (with some yellow pops from birds foot trefoil), it's absolutely gorgeous