I recently visited Frank Golbeck at Golden Coast Mead in Oceanside, California. Frank not only gave me a tour of his meadery and made a five gallon batch of mead using my knapweed honey, but Frank also explained how mead is contributing to the regenerative agriculture movement while honoring permaculture principles. Watch the below video to hear Frank’s explanation:
Justin Rhodes’ chickshaw design – abundantpermaculture.com – became famous in 2015 with the release of his motion picture, Permaculture Chickens. The popular chicken shelter was widely embraced for it’s ease of mobility, it requires little cleaning, and it can sleep a lot of chickens. Over the years, Justin has tweaked and improved his original design but Justin lives in a warm, southern climate. Seldom does he experiece snow of any significance. For folks in a northern, cold climate, the flat roof on a chickshaw simply won’t do for overwintering chickens. The flat roof will accumulate snow and potentially collapse instead of sloughing off like a pitched roof.
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I’ve been trying to capture one of our chickens for weeks but she has managed to elude me. She is a cross between a lavender orpington and a blue copper maran which makes her a rather regal looking chicken. I sold my lavender orpington flock to a buyer who loves the grayish “blue” chickens so I thought the elusive chicken would be a good fit for her.
Little Buddy set out on a mini-adventure to capture the elusive chicken in this video: