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	<title>Backyard Chickens &#38; Bees</title>
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	<description>Urban farming on a small plot of land in Portland, Oregon.</description>
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		<title>Wild fermentation finally started!</title>
		<link>http://chickenbee.net/blog/2011/12/09/wild-fermentation-finally-started/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The carboy that I set aside for a wild fermentation has finally started, after sitting for about a month (almost to the day!). I&#8217;ll probably rack it over quickly, as there was a bit of mold forming. The alcohol should kill that off, but I figure it&#8217;s better to be prudent and not get too [...]
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		<title>Chickens and homebrewing&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chickenbee.net/blog/2011/12/04/chickens-and-homebrewing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten chickens enjoying a hot meal on a cold day, eating up the mashed grains I used to make a rye bock lager. Ah, the best way to transform the spent grain onto compost! No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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		<title>A little sparkle&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chickenbee.net/blog/2011/11/27/a-little-sparkle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple cider]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, I made a batch of cider using the &#8220;juice apples&#8221; available at Kiyokawa Orchard in Parkdale. It was good cider, although a bit bland due to the dryness, mild acidity, and lack of tannins. So I thought I&#8217;d make it a bit better with some bottle conditioning to produce a true &#8220;sparkling&#8221; cider [...]
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		<title>Nat&#8217;s crabby blend.</title>
		<link>http://chickenbee.net/blog/2011/11/12/nats-crabby-blend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Nat brought over some very nice apples today that I added to the 98 lbs of crab apples, and I spent about 4.5 hours grinding and pressing them all out for cider. Well, 604 lbs of them were pressed. There were some Newtown Pippens left over, but I just couldn&#8217;t squeeze them into the press. [...]
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		<title>Cider, round 3 is approaching</title>
		<link>http://chickenbee.net/blog/2011/11/10/cider-round-3-is-approaching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple cider]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This coming weekend will be cider-making, round 3. I lent Nat West of Reverend Nat&#8217;s Hard Cider my grinder so that he could breeze through several tons of apples for a commercial venture, and in exchange he&#8217;s providing me with some apples for another batch of cider. This one will be a blend of 25% [...]
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		<title>Round two of the 2011 cider-making shenanigans.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple cider]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Round two of cider-making took place this past weekend. I learned a lot about buying apples in bulk and what NOT to do! Also, I made use of my new apple grinder from OESCO to replace the garbage disposal one that I had built last year. That was easily one of the best investments I [...]
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		<title>Hard cider for 2011, part 1b.</title>
		<link>http://chickenbee.net/blog/2011/10/04/hard-cider-for-2011-part-1b/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is part two of the first chapter in the 2011 cider-making escapades! The last section was more about the new press, the grinder woes, and the HDPE fermenting barrels that I&#8217;m using for the larger batches this year. This part will address more of the apples that were used, the yeast strain I pitched [...]
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		<title>Hard cider for 2011, part 1a.</title>
		<link>http://chickenbee.net/blog/2011/09/26/hard-cider-for-2011-part-1a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 06:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Sundays ago (or so, it was on 9/11) was the first day of pressing apples for this year. Of course, it was also about the second hottest day we&#8217;ve had in Portland so far (93 °F, or 34 °C if you prefer)! But that didn&#8217;t stop us from running 503 lbs of Gravenstein and [...]
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		<title>Crab apples!</title>
		<link>http://chickenbee.net/blog/2011/08/30/crab-apples/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pardon this test post. I&#8217;m trying out the Android WP program. Anyways, apple season is coming up, and I have scored my first harvest of crab apples from three of the trees in the parking lot at work! I ended up with about 40 lbs of Dolgo crabs, which are nice and sharp.  These will [...]
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		<title>Eggbound?</title>
		<link>http://chickenbee.net/blog/2011/04/05/eggbound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chicken health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the Hamburgs has been very lethargic recently, and we are beginning to suspect that she might be eggbound. She has been quite solitary and showing little signs of energy, although her eyes are bright and she talks a bit now and then. Veronica checked in her cloaca, but felt no eggs; I felt [...]
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