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 [...]
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 [...]
(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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
I think I recently sort of had “the talk” with Squirrelly, Jr. Over IM because we’re progressive that way at the Squirrel Nest. Teh Boy: “Karen was doing something weird when I went out to check for eggs.” Mama Squirrel: “Oh?” Teh Boy: “He was pecking Della on the back of the head. Then he [...]
Karen, already looking like an old man, and the beautiful SamIt seems that we have no choice but to reveal our family’s dark secret. Yes, Karen is no lady. We can no longer pass off the daily crowing as the hijinks of a tomboy. Edible Memphis is about to out Karen in its Winter issue. [...]
Things are rolling along well with the chickens now. We are getting three to five eggs every day, which is very good for this time of year. Except for the quail eggs, of course, all the eggs in our Christmas dinner came from the ladies. On top of that, we’ve been enjoying delicious scrambled eggs, [...]
(If you are reading this on an RSS feed, click through to see the slideshow.) We went out today to check on the ladies, and take them some stale bread to peck at. Amidst all the hubbub, we noticed that someone was missing. Mama Squirrel peeked into the coop to find Satay, our Rhode Island [...]
Kiev shoos away the pesky paparazziOur chickens are celebrity superstars! If you haven’t already, pick up a copy of the Fall edition of Edible Memphis and take a look at the piece on city chickens. Yep. Those are our girls. Sure, it all looks glamorous, but world-class supermodels can be remarkably temperamental. Just ask the [...]
