These Sweet potato and ham fritters are absolutely delicious! The recipe was originally published in Every Day with Rachael Ray (and is posted with permission). The ingredients shouldn’t cost more than about $10 (and even less if you have sweet potatoes, scallions, and parsley in your garden (and eggs from your backyard chickens!) Ingredients for […] Read More

This weeks reader question is do I need to separate the mealworm larvae from the beetles (and eggs)? The short answer is No, you do not need to separate mealworms from the eggs or beetles, but you might get a slightly higher yield if you do. Starting a mealworm colony is a great way to […] Read More

If you are looking into getting backyard chickens, or if you already have a few hens, you have probably heard the debate on whether or not you should wash your chicken eggs. Some people never wash, some always wash, and some disinfect. Here is the scoop on if you should wash your chicken eggs. Why […] Read More

I just made the most delicious baked herb eggs. You are supposed to bake them in a ramekin, but I do not have one so I used a large ceramic dish and baked them all together (like a pie). It was amazing and simple. Ingredients: 8 eggs (or 12 bantam eggs) 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese […] Read More

One of the more controversial chicken practices is feeding the eggshells back to them. I have read both sides of the issues and a ton of different ideas on how it should (or should not) be done. Here is the real scoop. The reason feeding eggshells back to your chickens can be bad is because […] Read More