sandhill1May 61 minSweet Potato CakeI have many fond memories of making this cake as it was one of the first things I made for my now wife Linda. Before we were married she...
sandhill1Mar 22 minPurple Sweet Potato Milkshake It is often difficult to find a palatable use for purple sweet potatoes. At least that is my opinion. I have never found any of them to...
sandhill1Sep 11, 20215 minThe Many Things We Can Learn From SpidersThere are many things we can learn from spiders and they are such beneficial animals to have. Yes, there are dangerous ones but part of...
sandhill1Aug 29, 20215 minConstructing an Economical and Efficient Poultry Building30 years of working on preservation and we finally have reached where we have all of our chickens, ducks and geese in better...
sandhill1Apr 14, 20216 minChoosing the best TillerI originally wrote this in early August 2020 but the Derecho changed the routine. I have since started using the tiller this Spring of...
sandhill1Sep 15, 20205 minThe Many Results of COVID-19It didn't seem possible that COVID -19 could have so much impact on things. It was Friday March 13th and all of my students wondered if...
sandhill1Mar 19, 20203 minPoultry Feeds Part 3Every year I judge between 6 and 10 4-H poultry shows for various counties in eastern Iowa. It is always a fun experience to interact...
sandhill1Feb 29, 20203 minPoultry Feeds Part 2Homemade feeds can work and at one point in my life worked well. Between my first and second years of college my parents moved to the...
sandhill1Feb 19, 20205 minThe Best Feed For Poultry: 50 years of Experiments Part I2020 marks 50 years that I have raised poultry. It all began in the Spring of 1970 with 4 small ducklings that I lost to a weasel at 6...
sandhill1Feb 18, 20202 min2020 Blogs- A New BeginningIt has been sometime since I visited this page. I had struggled with what ideas would be the most useful and what would be a waste of...
sandhill1Sep 22, 20192 minWhen to Butcher a Traditional ChickenIf it is one question I get more than any other in the poultry world it is when do you butcher a traditional non modern meat maker...
sandhill1Sep 2, 20194 minThink about NatureWith all of the news about the burning of the Amazon Rainforest it only seems appropriate for each of us to think about we can do for...
sandhill1Aug 28, 20192 minCHANGING TIMES FOR THE POULTRY WORLDThese are definitely changing times for the poultry world. In late June the USPS upped the cost to send a 100 size chick box by in some...
sandhill1May 20, 20192 minYear 2050 Where Have All the White egg Layers GoneWhen I started this operation back in 1988 the goal always was and always will be to not focus on profit but preservation and...
sandhill1May 6, 20192 minStarting Sweet potatoesRoots ready to cover to produce slips in 3-4 weeks is shown above. In the early 1990's it seemed Spring was earlier and Fall was early...
sandhill1May 1, 20193 minExperiments with poultry beddingI am always searching for the best bedding material for all the poultry that I raise. Growing up in Idaho I got accustomed to using wheat...
sandhill1Apr 21, 20193 minChicken Breed Hardiness: 30 years of observationThe rooster from March 9 now 6 weeks later, healed and breeding again. You can look back at this rooster on the March 9 blog and see how...
sandhill1Apr 15, 20192 minTime to think about good maintenanceWe all get busy and think oh what is another day before I do something. Well this week was one of those for me as I had a college...
sandhill1Apr 8, 20192 minOne way to get a jump on SpringIt is always a risk to set out plants early, but for those of us who have had a long hard winter the first warm days bring out the desire...
sandhill1Apr 1, 20193 minEveryone needs a few ducksDucks were the first poultry to enter my life, those 4 mixed breed ducklings back when I was 8. They started it all. It will be 50...