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animals · build · chickens · DIY · garden · how to · life · Northwest · pets · PNW · seattle · Seattle Sundries · tutorial · woodworking · 4 comments ·Jun 03, 2013

Bloomin' Chicken Coop

You may remember that I posted few weeks ago about our venture into urban chicken raising and the cute little puffballs that got us to finally commit. Well, they've been living in a crate in my office since then,...

4H · animals · chickens · Northwest · pets · PNW · Seattle ·Apr 20, 2013

Guess What? ...Chicken Butt

If you live in another part of the country, (or in the countryside, for that matter) you may not be aware of the wildfire that has been sweeping our Northwest urban landscape: backyard chickens. Keeping city chickens has gotten...

Ballard · bee · bees · beeswax · garden · hive · honey · pets · plants · science ·Jun 28, 2012

Britt's Beekeeping, Part 1: Bee Basics

A good friend of mine recently made a trip home to Boise to visit her family and had the opportunity to learn about some local honey beekeeping efforts. She's been talking about getting a hive for her yard here in...

animals · family · pets · products · Seattle Sundries · shampoo · soap ·Mar 25, 2012

You Dirty Dog!

After many months of planning and recipe tweaking, I'm finally ready to introduce our newest creation: Dirty Dog Soap! We've been using it on our own dirty dog, Murdoch. He LOVES it...see? OK...so maybe love isn't exactly the best word,...

4H · animals · DIY · how to · kids · pets · school · tutorial ·Sep 17, 2009

4-H Dog Treats Extraordinaire

We had another great 4-H club meeting yesterday, once again making dog biscuits to sell as a club fundraiser at the North Beach Arts and Crafts Fair on October 10th. Last year they sold like hot cakes and were a huge success,...