Rise of the chives
Dividing and replanting our chives
cluster in fall 2012 seems to have been a very good idea. The
three clumps did okay last year, but this spring, they're taking off
early and quickly. I was thrilled to realize this week that I now
have several meals' worth of fresh, oniony goodness 
poking out of the ground, with more on the way.
The only thing I would do
differently is to cut back the dead growth this autumn rather than
letting the top matter decay where it falls. The new leaves pushed
up right through the dead stems, so I had to pick a bit of straw-like
material out of the greenery before we could eat it. That didn't
take any of the fun out of a homegrown omelet made from our eggs and
chives and a bit of kefir-cultured sour cream, though. Delicious and simple spring goodness!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I are borrowing some chickens from a good friend of mine to help with bug control and kinda get my feet wet on chicken care while my chicks grow.
I LOVE the homegrown eggs, but is there ANY WAY to make peeling hard-boiled eggs any easier? Store bought eggs seem to separate just fine after an ice-water bath but these free range eggs are tough as nails....
Heather --- My method of shelling homegrown hard-boiled eggs is to scoop them out with a spoon. Obviously, this isn't appropriate for deviled eggs, but it works great for egg salad, etc.
I've never tried this, but there's also a scientific approach using baking soda in the boiling water.
I hope that helps!
I peel hardboiled eggs by holding them for a count of 30 seconds under the flow of cold water from the cold water tap while the egg is still hot. IE from the pan of hot water to the cold water tap. Then I tap them on the bottom of the sink, return them to beneath the tap water flow and start peeling them.
Makes peeling much easier.