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Monthly Archives: June 2013

Ipad Program: Awesome Fungus in Raccoon Loft

June 27, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

Camp owns 8 Ipads for use in technology education. I was tasked with coming up with engaging activities. We are doing citizen science combined with a fungus hunt! With all […]

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Fungus, Girl Scouts, Natures Oddities, Programs, Soil, technology

Cost of Raising Rabbits #2

June 27, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

About a month ago I got five buck rabbits from the Wicked Chicken Auction. Now, I have decided that raising rabbit meat for a dog may not be cost effective, […]

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Cost Analysis, Homesteading, Rabbits

Camp Acres, Week 8

June 24, 2013by dirtartful 2 Comments

The chickens have moved permanently to a new home. The 12 of them are snug inside the coop at night (as it is only 0.7 square feet per chicken); however, […]

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Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Phesants, Programs, Rabbits

Chicken Program #2: Finished Tractor!

June 24, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

We made many different colors of paint (acrylic) available to girls aged 6-9 (and the helping CIT2’s). I didn’t know exactly what would happen in this mural of craziness, but […]

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Chicken Tractor, Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Programs

Chicken Program #1

June 21, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

So, last week, I featured the rabbit program. They are still majorly successful due to the cute, fuzzy factor. Well, what about the chickens? Today, I was going to do […]

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Chicken Tractor, Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Programs

Finished Tractor

June 20, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

Bloo and I finished the chicken tractor before lunch today. It is a beautiful masterpiece, even though some of the plywood got warped in the storm we had Tuesday night. […]

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Chicken Tractor, Homesteading, Programs

Chicken Tractor: Part 2

June 20, 2013by dirtartful 5 Comments

This entire thing is taking longer than I thought it would. This is because the CIT’s now are working hard on their shadowing (following various staff), so I had to […]

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Chicken Tractor, Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading

Counselors in Training Program 1: Chicken Tractor Building

June 19, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

So, we have some lovely chickens, which means it is time to build them a house at camp. I decided on building them a triangular chicken coop, with a nightly […]

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Chicken Tractor, Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Programs

Camp Acres! Week 7

June 18, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

After returning from Harvard/MIT, I had discovered that one of the chickens died during the storm that knocked out power. They did not have access to water, or light (to […]

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Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Phesants, Programs, Rabbits

Introducing Geoscibites!

June 18, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

Last week, I was at the Communicating Science Convention at Harvard/MIT University. I met around 50 people who were as active in outreach activities as I was! We had panels […]

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ComSciCon, Dirty Thursday, Geology, technology, Update

Rosemary and Thyme Stuffed Rabbit

June 10, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

So, it is about time to eat little bunny. I wanted to BBQ the whole bunny on the grill, but, I didn’t have the capability to grill at my apartment […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits, Recipies

Bunny Program #1

June 10, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

This week, they are running an iCamp session with 18 girls. Each girl gets an ipad to photograph and document everything. We were going to head out and document and […]

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Girl Scouts, Programs, Rabbits, technology

Camp Acres… Week 6

June 10, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

As I previously stated, the experiment at apartment acres is now over because of smell, and North Carolina summer heat. However, the five rabbits, 13 chickens, and 8 button quail […]

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Chickens, Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Phesants, Rabbits

Hasenpfeffer (Rabbit Stew)

June 5, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

This is a German dish. Rabbits are usually chunked and can be stewed in a crock put, but I don’t have one, so I made it curry style. Ingredients 2 […]

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Rabbits, Recipies

Rabbitylicious!

June 5, 2013by dirtartful 4 Comments

This is not a post for those with overly sensitive stomachs, or those who are offended by the idea that rabbits are pets and not food. Well, the rabbits are […]

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Homesteading, Rabbits

Final Week at Apartment Acres

June 3, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

I don’t know if anyone had read my last post. But, because of the smell and humidity, the experiment at apartment acres is officially ending this week. I want to […]

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Chickens, Homesteading, Phesants, Rabbits

Adventures in Muscovies

June 3, 2013by dirtartful Leave a comment

My dog loves to chase these ugly ducks around the apartment complexes at Lake Lynn (some idiot released theirs). So, I decided to give him a taste of the uglies. […]

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Ducks, Homesteading, Recipies

Return to Wicked Chicken

June 3, 2013by dirtartful 1 Comment

Last Sunday (5/26), I went back to the Wicked Chicken Auction. I went majorly overboard… I brought home button quails, blonde and pharaoh quails, a fully grown Muscovy drake (14 […]

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Chickens, Ducks, Homesteading, Phesants, Rabbits

My Agronomy Program

June 3, 2013by dirtartful 2 Comments

I just submitted a grant proposal, and have another to finish by midnight tonight… Reinvest in the American Society of Agronomy. It is for $10,000 and is a Girl Scout […]

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Girl Scouts, Homesteading, Programs, Update

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