Small scale permaculture nursery in Maine, education enthusiast, and usually verbose.

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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • We raise Muscovies, who are generally pretty decent with rearing their young. I’ve only had to mother one duck since starting, but it’s a lot of work when they imprint on a human. Our drake only has a problem with his male offspring, and generally only once they begin to reach maturity.

    I updated the post but to put your heart at ease: one of the hens has taken little Niji in and they were making happy little duckling peeps when I last looked in on them.






  • I’ll tell you that it does - or at least, the remembering becomes slightly less painful as time goes on. The lessons really stick, but it becomes easier to remember all the good stuff, and those are the things you should hold on to the hardest during those difficult times.

    And I’m glad you shared with us, if for no other reason than helping you process your grief. I’m sure we’re all sending our love, hoping to lighten the load in some small way.






  • I’m so sorry for your loss and what you’re going through 🫂

    It might not be possible right now but please give yourself some grace. You were attentive to his condition and when it worsened you acted immediately. I can’t imagine a better kind of human to place trust in, and I can’t imagine him not knowing how hard you tried, how much you cared, or that he would ever blame you.




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    I have two shirts like this from (the company) patagonia and they breathe until I start to sweat about ten minutes later. If yours was better than that, care to drop a name for me to go look into?

    Our boy would sympathize with Jean - he loves the beach but not the water. We still take him every so often, but he wants the smells right on the edge of the waves and sometimes the ocean sneaking up on him is just too much