Salutations from the HillTop! As I state often, many of our readers are our customers. I like to highlight a flock member regularly so you can truly take knowing where your food comes from on a different level. Our second year of chicken keeping, 2018, we decided to more than double our flock. We had … Continue reading HillTop Harvest – Agatha the Amerucana
I sit here and type this as the sun is shining in the early morning in Western Pennsylvania, which gives me hope. Spring is here, summer is just around the corner. My garlic is starting to show it's scapes, potato plants are getting bigger and strawberries are flowering. My main garden isn't even in yet. … Continue reading Supporting Farmers Markets
Hello from the Sunny HillTop! There are so many happy aspects to having a backyard flock. The happy sounds and colors they bring to your yard as they move around eating bugs. The fact that they keep the tick and other bug population at bay. Your ability to feed them leftovers and other kitchen scraps … Continue reading Danger in the Backyard
Hello from the HillTop! Since having this blog, I have tried to have a handful of highlights of our flock members. Our eggs are sold to local community members and while a few have come to see our animals, many of them have not. By highlighting our flock, our clients are able to see the … Continue reading HillTop Highlight – Oatmeal the Saxony
Hello from our chilly HillTop! This winter has been interesting so far, we already have had more snow this year than last year. While currently we are in snap without snow, the chill in the air is worse than six inches of snow. Between the cold weather, shut-downs (we live in Pennsylvania and still are … Continue reading Using Your Harvest Through the Winter
Hello from the HillTop! This year has been odd. There is just no other way to describe it. Between the Covid virus, quarantine life, homeschooling, the riots, the political climate, everything has just been simply different. Like so many people our year has had its challenges. Some were easier to navigate then others. Generally, we … Continue reading Beauty of a Simple Meal
Hello from the Quarantined HillTop! How are you fairing in this crazy time of quarantine? Personally, life has not changed too much for us, other than my husband is home full-time currently. We're still doing our normal things this time of year: prepping garden beds, clearing brush, growing from seeds and repairing areas that harsh … Continue reading How to Get Started
Greetings from the HillTop! It's been a little while since I've done a HillTop Highlight. For those of you who are new to reading my blog, I provide a highlight on our chicken flock. While most of you are scratching your head wondering why, a large portion of our readers are also our customers. This … Continue reading HillTop Highlight – Shannon the Barred Rock
Hello from the HillTop! Did you ever feel like you've heard a saying for so long that there is no way it could be true? Funny enough, the saying is typically true. The last few years I've heard that chickens are gateway livestock. I thought, meh, I grew up on a farm, there is no … Continue reading That’s Quack-tastic!
Hello from the cold tundra that is our HillTop! This is one of those winters that is a blessing and a curse. Western Pennsylvania is known for snow this time of year, but this year the Farmer's Almanac has our area on a light snow in combination for a winter style slush-rain mix. Frozen egg … Continue reading Winter Planning
