by Melissa Caughey of Tilly’s Nest Layers of Asian flavors in every bite. I love making a good hearty stir-fry for my family. It is a wonderful way to get your kids to eat their vegetables-especially when they are coated in a delicious sauce! I hope you enjoy my take on a Thai inspired stir […]

by Meredith Chilson I grew up on a dairy farm; I remember the urgency of spring “fever”, and I feel it myself on these fresh, green spring days. Spring comes to the farm all at once—we wait through an interminably long winter, it seems, and then—there are baby animals to care for, a garden to […]

by Meredith Chilson I grew up on a dairy farm; I remember the urgency of spring “fever”, and I feel it myself on these fresh, green spring days. Spring comes to the farm all at once—we wait through an interminably long winter, it seems, and then—there are baby animals to care for, a garden to […]

by Jennifer Sartell So I know that tomatoes aren’t in season right now, but we are getting ready to plant 3 trays of heirloom tomato seedlings and my freezer still looks like this… and this… and this… And my egg baskets look like this… and this… Our tomato plants went NUTS last year. We planted […]

by Jennifer Sartell So I know that tomatoes aren’t in season right now, but we are getting ready to plant 3 trays of heirloom tomato seedlings and my freezer still looks like this… and this… and this… And my egg baskets look like this… and this… Our tomato plants went NUTS last year. We planted […]

 by Jennifer Burcke Last week, we celebrated the first day of spring here at 1840 Farm.  It didn’t feel much like spring while we were outside clearing over half a foot of heavy, wet snow.  I didn’t enjoy welcoming spring’s arrival with a snow shovel in hand.  I would have much preferred a garden shovel. […]

by Rebecca of The Garden-Roof Coop Last spring I added a little color to the flock; an Easter Egger and a Black Cuckoo Maran. But it wasn’t only because of their their gorgeous feathers that I chose these breeds; they also added color to my egg basket! Poppy, the Easter Egger, started laying pale green eggs a few weeks ago and […]

by Jennifer Burcke In my last post, I shared my frustration with trying to make a perfectly hard boiled egg using the fresh eggs we gather here at 1840 Farm.  I asked Community Chickens readers to share their tricks and tips in the hopes that I would find the perfect solution.  You amazed me by […]

by Jennifer Sartell When we first got chickens I was a teenager and my mom wasn’t really on board with the whole idea. My dad and I sort of bamboozled her over one weekend at a trip to a feed store. Keeping chickens as a teen had little to do with delicious, organic, free ranging, […]

  I love hard-cooked eggs.  I keep a container of them in the frig and like to pop one in my mouth for a quick, nutritious snack. The one downside to fresh eggs is how hard they are to peel.  Everyone says ‘just put them aside for a few weeks and then they’ll peel fine’. Well, to […]