Do I have anything substantial to say on a regular basis? Maybe. Maybe not. But here’s to new adventures in the form of a blog. You never know what might come of it.

I know a good deal about teaching home Bible studies, eating the best food on a paleo diet, raising chickens, making gluten free sourdough bread, editing, writing humorous sketches for variety shows, reading books of diverse topics, and being a mom. Well, I’m still learning about that last one.

Did I mention raising chickens? Actually, I kept three grown, egg laying hens for about a year, just to try something new! Their names are Trudy, Betty White, and Cookie. At the time, all three of my kids were very small, and it became quite a hassle to take care of my three little chicks inside a house as well as three grown chickens inside a coop the way they deserved. So, the chickens had to go!

Some neighbors and I rounded up the three hens, and I gave a parting speech to the lot. I kept the chicken coop and chicken tractor (sort of a roving coop with wheels to let chickens roam in safety) with the hopes of adopting more chickens in a few years. The area outside the coop had always been scratched dirt while the chickens lived there.

Summer passed. I noticed the scratched dirt area growing some mysterious looking weeds. More time passed, and I noticed that the weeds were actually tomato plants–about twenty tomato plants that I did not plant were thriving! Apparently, my chickens had eaten tomato seeds and digested them before being sent away. They had plowed, planted, fertilized, and stimulated the growth. By the end of the summer, there were approximately 200 tomatoes harvested.

If you are looking to try something new, do it. Even if it doesn’t work out like you originally intended, you never know what might come of it. As a health-conscious consumer, I must say, I don’t think it gets any more organic than to have a chicken do the farming.