Backyard Chicken Care, April 9, Sanford

BACKYARD CHICKEN SCHEMES

Instructor: Judy Hogan, Hoganvillaea Farm, Moncure
April 9, Saturday, 9 AM-4 PM. CCCC, Sanford, Civic Center and Hoganvillaea Farm. Cost $29.00 for the day.

Farmer Hogan will introduce students to backyard or urban chicken care: appropriate facilities, chick care, nutrition, litter management, laying, egg sales, and killing as needed. We begin in Sanford and then move to Judy’s Moncure farm in the afternoon to see her flock.

With limited space and experience, plus a sense of humor, raise a small flock of happy chickens. Hogan shares her learning curve on basics, chicks to healthy eggs and meat. Topics include: Everything wants to eat chickens, Spoiling your chickens and why, Outwitting your not so dumb chickens.

Students will gain confidence in starting and maintaining their own small backyard chicken flock, have a handle on potential problems, solutions, and additional resources.
Judy Hogan of Hoganvillaea Farm is a sustainable farmer whose main goal is self-sufficiency and growing her own food. She began raising White Rock chickens in 2003, and she sells extra eggs, vegetables, fruit, herbs to restaurants and individuals. She’s a member of Carolina Farm Stewardship Association. A published poet, free-lance writer, and creative writing teacher, she lives in Moncure near Jordan Dam.
For more information: Judy Hogan, (919) 545-9932
To enroll: Lee County Continuing Education, CCCC. (919)775-2122, x7793

Article About Raven's Wing and Farm Up the Street

http://voiceofmoorecounty.com/2010/03/31/like-mother-like-daughter/

More on Urban Farm Tour, April 10

http://www.sustainablesandhills.org/docs/2010UrbanFarmTourApril10.pdf

Guinea Babies!

Farm Up's guinea fowl finally were able to hatch a brood: two days old, tooo cute for words. Now to see if Mom Nature and the adults have success in raising them; after all, this is not Africa. . . wish us luck!

Urban Ag

http://allalongtheedge.blogspot.com/2009/07/distributed-urban-agriculture.html

All About Cs

http://www.backyardchickens.com/

Henside the Beltline, Raleigh, May 16

The Tour d'Coop, Henside the Beltline, Raleigh
Saturday, May 16 from 10am - 4pm.
Raleigh’s city chicken owners invite you into their backyards for a first-hand look at keeping chickens in an urban environment.
Bring the family, but please leave pets at home, since some flocks are not accustomed to four-legged visitors. You do not want to miss this unique “Parade of Combs” and their homes.
http://www.hensidethebeltline.blogspot.com

Urban Farm Tour Sponsored by Sustainable Sandhills, April 11. Be here!

Sustainable Sandhills Urban Farm Tour
Saturday, April 11th, 2009

One last reminder to be sure to check out the Sustainable Sandhills Urban Farm Tour tomorrow! With over 20 sites in two counties, there’s sure to be something for everyone. You’ll see folks farming in small raised beds, full frontal gardening, chickens, bees, vermicomposting, straw bale gardening, shade gardens…the list goes on and on.
Come out and see how these “Urban Farmers” have easily woven edibles into their existing landscapes. You’ll be amazed! Each of them have a wealth of knowledge to share to make your urban farming journey a success.
Check in at headquarters (Cumberland – Cape Fear Botanical Gardens, Moore – Aberdeen Elementary School) to get a program and be one your way for this FREE event. You can follow this link also to get more information on the tour and urban farming.
We look forward to seeing you there!!!


Heather N. Brown
Business Development Specialist
Sustainable Sandhills, CTC Staff
(910) 639-7024 mobile
www.sustainablesandhills.org
brownh@ctc.com

Don’t Miss the Sustainable Sandhills Urban Farm Tour on April 11, 2009! This fun event is your chance to see what local people are growing in their own front and backyards – and learn what you can do at home to secure a healthier and more sustainable future! This self-guided tour includes bee-keeping, edible landscapes, chicken coops and more! For more information, please visit http://sustainablesandhills.org/LocalFoodCulture-2009UrbanFarmTour.html.

Farm Up on the Urban Farm Tour, April 11

What you can see (below) at my Farm Up the Street, 345 North Page St. I also have hand-outs about sheet-mulching, mycilia, worm castings/tea, and the ever-important herb, comfrey. Hope to see you tomorrow! Maureen

Fruit trees and shrubs, pecans
Sheet-mulch/earthworms
Cut flower beds
Herbs/companion plantings
Three-season Carolina room
Laying hens
Guinea fowl
Worm bin/worm tea operation
Mushroom grow room
Comfrey/elderberry/rhubarb bed
Compost heap/compost hole
Beginning food forest
Bat and wren houses
Cover cropping for bio-mass
Pond/frog, toad, fish nursery
Rain barrel catchments
Chemical-free honey bees/top-bar hive
Drip-line irrigation
East-side raised beds for greens

For sale: fig, forsythia, rosa rugosa, Jerusalem artichoke, flag iris, Siberian iris, yarrow, blueberry, heirloom tomato, rose campion, mint (some of these must be dug; take my Farm Up card and leave your contact info so that I can get plants to you later)

See Interview About Urban Farm Tour

http://www.faypwc.com/PWC_Connections_TV.htm [featuring Heather Brown of Sustainble Sandhills]

Need Your Small Plastic Flower Pots

Dear Friends, please save your smaller plastic flower pots, even as small as the four- or six pack. I'm potting up seedlings for sharing and market. I also need your used 16 oz. water bottles and egg cartons (doz). Let's keep prices low and recycle our junk! (You can just sort of throw the stuff out your car door at 345 North Page Street.)
Thanks! Maureen

Waste to Food for Poultry

http://www.thebiopod.com/

Anyone Can Do It

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/Raising-Chicks.aspx?utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email

Urban Poultry Video

http://www.newsweek.com/id/168740/page/1

Mad City Chickens

http://www.wpt.org/directorscut/DC104_lovington_lughai.cfm