I’ve had no time to blog lately. We’ve been incredibly busy, which is nice. Spring seems finally to be just around the corner. Being so busy has helped give me more confidence homeschooling wise. I know – they are learning things even when they don’t seem to be doing anything. But still, seeing us all doing stuff gives me more tangible proof that we are all learning. It helps me feel productive. The boredom of winter was really getting on my nerves. …

I had been thinking for a long time about wanting to get some chickens so that my family has fresh eggs. For about the last year, our family has tried to avoid eating supermarket eggs. I’ve been visiting my local “egg man” – a local guy who lives on a busy road, but who has a sign announcing that he sells eggs. We get them from him for $3 a dozen, and they come in all shades – brown, green, blue, white, and a sort of pinkish …

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I’ve been working on the plans for building our duck house and run for quite a while now, and I’m challenging myself to see how much of the materials I can get for free. Not just free, but from discarded wood scraps and other things destined for a landfill.

I’ve been thinking about eggs a lot lately. I know – I’m weird. But we’ve ordered 5 little ducklings, and they will be arriving in the mail in late March. So I’m looking forward to the day when they start making eggs for us.
As I was telling my mother about the duck project the other day, she reacted with great surprise when I told her that I am currently going through 18 eggs per week in some weeks. “What do you use 18 eggs a week for?!” …