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Quote: Eliot Coleman is a great organic gardener (Four Season Gardening), kinda my guru. His recent book, "Winter Harvest Handbook," is also very good, especially for greenhouse folks.

Quote: I love to cook with quinoa for my family. We are at 8500' elevation....I'll look into the growing of it, thanks!

Quote: That is really kind of you...and you are most welcome. It isn't always easy to be...um...sure of oneself...in the face of those long lists of official and brainy-sounding ingredients on the "bagged food"...at least, for me. I am a timid maverick, I guess. My husband and I are both...

Quote: Just continue incorporating what is doable, a step at a time. I've grown flats of wheat or barley and set them in the coop for the hens to gobble and dig in. I've begged the produce guy to save greens for me. I've tossed dead mice in the pen for them to munch on (I've even set out a...

clubforgrowth: I have understood that sprouted beans are ok for chickens, that the growth process negates an enzyme (? I believe) that is toxic to poultry. There is some information here on BYC somewhere, a thread, that gives info about beans. Quote: Nope to all the above. I don't feed fish...

Quote: Be aware that beans are toxic to chickens unless they are cooked! Cooked beans are fine. I free-range my flock extensively in 3 seasons. As of 1 year ago, I only feed whole grains, with no formulated feed at all. In the cold months, I do supplement protein a few times a week with...