Love the Paul Robesons also -- any purple/black tomato actually! I've grown the black cherries a number of years now and love them. They are very sweet -- a totally different taste when you eat one right after eating a red cherry. I've found you need to pick them as soon as they start to turn or they crack as they fully ripen on the vine. I hadn't heard of the Gold Medal variety, but it looks a lot like the pineapple variety -- similar color and size -- it was great to get those huge tomatoes! Always Baker Creek for me -- I've lost track how many years I've been ordering from them.
I'd love to have some chicks, but have no incubator at this point. Will you be hatching & selling chicks too?
I've read about this, too, but don't remember where. Haven't tried it, but would assume it would work -- can't be different than the volunteers that come up on their own each year.
Yep -- of course my husband smooshed his in his barn coat pocket right after I just washed his coat. Better that, though, than having the whole egg go through the wash cycle!
I keep wanting to do broilers and every year think that this will be the year -- just haven't figured out how to house them. I'd like to order Freedom Rangers from Pennsylvania (Freedom Ranger Hatchery). There supposed to grow a bit slower, but do really well free ranging instead of being glued to a feeder. They're supposed to hit their peak weight of 5 - 6 pounds in 9 - 11 weeks. I just need to make it happen this summer. It's been a long time since we've eaten chicken because I refuse to buy it from the grocery store!
I will probably do a few hatches starting in March. I'm researching incubators now!!!
