As a native Memphian, one of my most shameful confessions has been that I have never eaten at Chez Philippe at The Peabody. It took an email from Lori Greene of Downing Hollow Farm to change that. Lori forwarded this email to us: Hi Lori. I was wondering if you knew of anyone that may …
Category Archive: Chickens
It’s really hard to be a farmer
We’ve had a rough couple of weeks as farmers. Chickens are wonderful animals, but they’re not so easy to deal with. And they can break your heart sometimes. We put the babies outside in a segregated cage (a dog kennel) two weeks ago. They were doing ok and seemed to be getting used to being …
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
(If you are reading this on an RSS feed, click through to see the slideshow.)We don’t talk all that much about them, but we adore our chickens and their eggs. We also really enjoy sharing those eggs with our friends and family. Admittedly, we get more eggs than our little family of three can possibly …
Squirrels on the air
Recently, Candice Ludlow of WKNO FM interviewed us for a piece about eating locally. The piece aired last week and can now be heard on their website. Mama Squirrel was charming and funny while she talked about the chickens. I was, well, I was on the radio, when I talked about our friends. And many …
Our chickens would totally do this
I wouldn’t put it past them. This is just the sort of mischief they would get up to. I like to think they would choose a better restaurant though. Or maybe the California hen was protesting McDonald’s just like our cohort Carlo.
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