The Wade Creek House 2nd Annual Chicken Chat & Coop Tour

*** SAVE THE DATE!! SATURDAY, APRIL 14TH @ 9AM ***

Rowdy - official poster chicken!

Thinking about raising a few sweet hens for fresh eggs or raising baby chicks from “scratch”?

Learn about what it takes to successfully raise & care for backyard chickens then hit the town and tour 10 local private chicken coops & 2 feed stores!

Meet Rowdy & the girls!

9.30am-10.30am  -  Chicken  Chat

Local poultry experts share their “eggs”pertise on everything to do with backyard birds including equipment, breeds, and tips on raising and handling chickens.    Come with your questions!

Come see this Chicken "Condo"

11am-5pm  -  Local  Coop Tour

See how friends & neighbors are keeping happy hens & check out the coops (or condos) they call home. Visit local feed stores to see the chicken breeds and supplies they have to offer.

Enter drawings to win great prizes at all tour stop locations!

$10 per person • $15 per couple  ($5 ea additional family member)
Kids 10 & under FREE
Click on the tab above and print off a  "coop"on  for 10% off!

**** RAFFLE TO BENEFIT LOCAL 4-H POULTRY GROUP ****
 TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW AT THE WADE CREEK HOUSE

Raffle tickets: $2 ea or 3 for $5

PGM Construction, located in Portland, OR,  has donated a beautiful cedar chicken coop for our Raffle. This custom-built coop comes complete with a green roof!! It's an amazing structure you will want to have in your own yard. This coop was on display at the 2012 Better Living Show in the NW Natural "Blue House" yard.  Retail Value: $895.00

Need a quality coop built or help with your landscape? Contact PGM Construction: www.pgmconstruction.net

Raffle tickets: $1 ea or 6 for $5

Amber Carpenter, glass artist & member of The Wade Creek House, has donated a wonderful glass chicken mosaic window. The amazing color and detail makes this window a must-have!  Retail Value: $175.00

Raffle Tickets: $1 ea or 6 for $5

Looking to get baby chicks this spring? Wilco Farm Stores has donated a "starter kit", complete with fount & feeder, heat lamp & bulb, a 25lb bag of Start & Grow, and & Pocketful of Poultry book. Get your flock off to a great start!
  Retail Value: $65.00

Participating Sponsors:

Backyard Poultry Magazine,  Barton Feed & Country Store,  Burns Feed Store,  Ferrellgas,  Gerber Farm Supply,  Hobby Farms Publications,  Mary Lake-Thompson, LTD.,  Practical Poultry Magazine (UK),  Storey Publishing,  Terra Casa,  Tri-County HVAC, Inc.,  Wilco Farm Stores

THANK YOU
TO ALL OUR COOP OWNERS, SPONSORS, AND DONORS!

WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU!!!!

****  PLEASE NOTE  ****

Advance purchase of Tour Maps available, but will not be issued until the day of event

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

www.thewadecreekhouse.com

thewadecreekhouse.blogspot.com

The Wade Creek House
664 NW Wade Street
Estacada, OR  97023

503.630.7556

Is it Spring Yet???

March 21, 2012

For those of us living in the Pacific Northwest (more specifically the Portland Metro area), Winter came late this year; I can't remember the last time we had more days of snow on the ground in February & March! When that goundhog predicted 6 more weeks of winter this year, he wasn't kidding! While my location didn't receive the "snow-mageddon" that hit the southern valley last week (Salem/Eugene), it was still enuf to make the morning commute treacherously beautiful.

corn salad & leeks

I will admit, I have not done anything in the garden this Winter. We had a really nice day a couple Saturdays ago where I finally got the front yard looking somewhat presentable, but my raised garden beds still lay dormant with last year's potatoes (which are still delicious!), while others are luschously green with mache (corn salad) and leeks that remarkably made it thru the crazy weather the last 3 months. *The corn salad acted like a living mulch, which has proven to be a great double-duty edible!

Though the weather is still cold and rainy (10-15 deg below normal), I can no longer wait -  it's finally time to get planting! Lettuce, spinach, radish and peas will all get planted this weekend, followed by cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. As mentioned in earlier posts, I have these wonderful raised beds that allow me to garden practially year-round. Not only do I have warmer soils - when I use row cover - I have amazingly friable soils & can dig these beds even after heavy rains, usually the next day!

So if you can, get planting!
And don't forget, it's still not too late to get your tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants started (indoors, of course).

PEAS OUT!
~GP