Several years ago a friend whose mother had been in the antique business told me he had a rustic chicken coop that I could re-purpose. I was skeptical but went to see it. It wasn’t a chicken coop. It was a six-bay nesting box that had been thoroughly cleaned and varnished. I was immediately taken [...]
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Nesting Boxes, old and new
Posted in animals, chicken, eggs, family, frugal living, old tools, tagged cooking, country life, family, Food, history, nature, rural life on May 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Eggbeaters
Posted in old tools, tagged environment, Food, history, photography on February 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Often these days when I get wedding invitations for friends (and their children), I see on their registry all sorts of fancy gadgets and tools. I haven’t seen a request for an eggbeater in years. Eggbeaters (like the 1930s one shown here) can beat eggs but can also whip up a cake batter, all without [...]
