Automatic Chicken Door Update: Failure!
The cold weather is just too much for the batteries in the automatic chicken door. Even with the ultra-capacitor installed, they can’t hold enough charge […]
Month: November 2017
Preservation Friday: Eggs
Every Friday, we will look at preservation techniques that we can use to store food. This week we are looking at eggs. If you keep […]
The Hydroponics Experiment
We were wondering whether hydroponics might give us some variety with our winter crops. We used some spare wood and a few other things to […]
Automatic Chicken Door
Owning chickens is a great experience, but getting up at sunrise to let them out of their coop can be a chore. Closing the door […]
Welcome to Shedlandia
Welcome to the shed! This website is a record of our adventures as we move towards a more self sufficient lifestyle, attempt to reduce our […]
A Tale of Three Chickens
A week after we were married, we brought our first chickens. We weren’t sure that we’d want to keep them in the long term, so […]
Tea from Shedlandia
Reusable coffee pods are not just for coffee. You can fill them with tea!