Homesteading in the Suburbs
The quail garden has housed nine birds for three months. Despite their trampling, one cucumber plant thrived and covered much of the structure. Robust door struts support this weight. Additionally, blackberry and rosemary shrubs are growing, and wheat grass is sprouting well. Several cucumbers have already been harvested.
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Before building the cabin I raised Coturnix quail. I experimented with a variety of enclosures with the goal of giving […]
Read more →I received a second batch of fertilized eggs(this time from Minnesota) a couple of weeks ago. 19 of the 31 […]
Read more →Here are some pictures from their first week. 11 of the 20 eggs hatched out. For warmth I draped a […]
Read more →Continuing in my quail husbandry experiment I decided it was time to hatch some quail on my own I was […]
Read more →In the quail husbandry R&D department I’ve devised the Quail Tractor beta model building on and revising the quail tractor […]
Read more →Black soldier fly larva are voracious decomposers. Here’s a video of a some larva completely devouring a hamburger over the course […]
Read more →Over the Easter weekend I made a few modifications to the quail tractor including upgrading the water reservoir from the […]
Read more →On our way back from Enchanted Rock last Friday we picked up 14 quail chicks from a breeder in Dripping […]
Read more →For a while now I’ve been talking up quail as an alternative to chickens. With a small footprint (0.5 sqft/bird), […]
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