Monthly Archives: February 2008

by Elizabeth Jardina, Sunset researcher As far as chicken life goes, our flock has a sweet deal: A constant stream of chicken scraps, a swank 10- by 10-foot play area with a small pine tree, a coop with windows, people to pet them and feed them handfuls of grass. But recently I’ve been getting worried about them. What if they [...]

By Margo True, Sunset food editor Left: Our just-pressed oil, back in late November. The day after we’d picked and pressed our olives, we had a quick tasting of the new oil (often called by its Italian name, olio nuovo). It was a deep, bright green and thick with tiny flecks of olive, and we loved it. It tasted intensely [...]

by Elizabeth Jardina, Sunset researcher Excuse me, ladies. The nesting boxes are hopping. When I went to check for eggs on Friday, I accidentally found Carmelita (on the left) and Ruby doing their business. I snapped a photo, checked for eggs, and let them back to their privacy. (When I lifted Ruby up, I found a one of Alana’s blue [...]

By Margo True, Sunset food editor Egg update: Our chickens, acquired six months ago for the purpose of producing eggs for our One-Block Feast, have one by one begun to lay. Ophelia went first, with pale blue eggs. Alana, second, makes soft green ones. Carmelita followed, and hers are reddish brown. And who turns out to be Layer #4, ahead [...]