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Turkey egg 2024-05-17

A turkey egg is somewhat larger than a chicken egg.

[Turkey egg and chicken egg]
Turkey egg and chicken egg

One of our dogs brought it to us. We couldn’t find the nest to put it back.

No, it wasn’t that dirty when we first saw it. We were digging potatoes, so that’s garden dirt.

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Turkey Eggs 2021-07-14

Below the longleaf pines, in a thicket: ten turkey eggs. Mama turkey flew up in a tree. Turkeys lay one egg a day, so it took her ten days to deposit those.

[Landscape]
Landscape

The dogs found them. Honeybun made off with another egg in her mouth. Blondie covered the getaway. Continue reading

Small organic farms can (already) feed the world

Research, including studies presented at the conference in Istanbul, is showing that organic agriculture can deliver reliably high yields ”and that organic fields thrive in the face of disaster and duress, where chemical-reliant crops falter. Organic fields, for example, fare significantly better than chemically managed ones in the face of extreme weather, such as droughts or floods.

Anna Lappe, for takepart, 4 November 2014, Yes, Organic Farming Can Feed the World, Continue reading