by Amanda Read Sheik | Apr 4, 2007 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
There are times when plans that have been long held as ideals become resolved. Today was one such time; yesterday was its prequel. The new chicken coop – or barn, rather, as we enjoy calling it – arrived yesterday. Mom and I...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Apr 1, 2007 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
My absence has since been occupied by work in the realm of physical laboring on the land, involving gardener’s net, as opposed to the internet. Mom and I constructed a fair enough fence around the garden in order to keep our produce pure from the presence of...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 11, 2007 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
The chicks were let out for the first time at two weeks of age (we had to wait for the weather conditions to be right). Below are photos and videos of their first two outings. We have also begun construction on the new chicken coop. It is going to...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 28, 2007 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal, Literary Projects, The Girlhood Home Companion
Progress has three phases with me right now. Progress that has been made, progress that is being made and progress that must be made. The hens are laying again (we had eggs for breakfast this morning!), our 19 chicks are thriving (7 others died suddenly awhile...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 21, 2007 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
Around 7:00 antemeridiem yesterday Dad received the familiar call from the Post Office – our chicks had arrived! He dropped Rachel and I off briefly at the back door of the Post Office, where we had been instructed by the workers to "ring the...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 12, 2007 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
I haven’t much time to spare at this present moment. I probably will not have much to spare for the remainder of this month. Or this upcoming season…or the rest of this year! But I will probably be partial and generous to my blog regardless. Our chicks are...
