Submitted by Cara Cummings on Sun, 02/08/2015 – 9:22am The days are getting longer. I know this because the pineal gland does not lie. There is less melatonin being released into my hens’ bodies—something that is regulated by the amount of sunlight that penetrates their little skulls. The result of this phenomenon is the signal to […]
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Not Putting All Our Eggs in One Basket
Sat, 09/04/2010 – 4:07pm I’m living dangerously. I just made a Sunshine Cake whose main ingredient is (gasp!) eggs. Yes, dear reader: I licked the bowl. And the spatula. And the beaters, too. But I have not a shred of fear, because the eggs came from my brother Henry’s farm. He has a few dozen […]
Safe Eggs Come From Healthy Hens (Duh!)
Wed, 09/22/2010 – 10:21am The results are in! Barry Estabrook took the challenge, sent eggs from his free-ranging hens to a lab to be tested and . . . no salmonella! This may seem like no big deal, but his hens, like those my family raises, my grandparents raised, and countless generations before them raised […]
