Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Some photos from Ecuador

Rosie and I recently returned from 24 days and Ecuador and thought it would good to share some of the highlights.  I don't know why but the photos were loading in a random order.



















Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Chickens and Coop

They are 12 weeks old now and have made the move from the basement to the partially completed coop a few weeks ago.  Still a number of steps before it is done but it works for the moment.


Dotty - Golden Laced Wyandotte

Silkie - Silkie

Lucy - Ameraucana





Garlic Harvest and Hops Progress

Garlic.  50 heads this year!

More garlic...

...and a little bit more.

Hops (second year).

Up...

... and over

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Chickens exploring the great outdoors (video)

This is the first time out of their outdoor cage.  7 weeks old now.  They are getting big fast.

Friday, May 20, 2011

First post

Welcome to "The Life of a Pharmer"; adventures in urban cultivation.

We are of course not real farmers but are slowly working toward annihilating our lawn and replacing it with plants and systems that provide some sort of benefit, often times food.  We don't always know exactly what we are doing but the best way to find out is to try...