Here we are, almost 4 years since the pandemic started. It truly is a different world and certainly different in regards to the way our online presence works. I’ve been taking some deep breaths lately and trying to figure out where things go and where things currently are. I’ve always wanted to be helpful, encouraging  The post Changing Times appeared first on Tilly's Nest ..read more

As I think about the 2024 gardening season, the seed catalogues pile up on my countertops and I know that spring will soon be here. For me, they mean that we are turning the proverbial winter corner with warmer days ahead. I’ve always heard that half the battle is having the right tools for the  The post Top 8 Favorite Gardening Tools appeared first on Tilly's Nest ..read more

I’m part Italian and one of my favorite, easy, quick and delicious dinners is making a delicious pasta puttanesca for my family. This is one is so easy and so satisfying. It is salty and savory and perfect for a night when you want to make something quick and don’t quite feel like cooking. I  The post Simple Pasta Puttanesca appeared first on Tilly's Nest ..read more

I’ve written a lot of blog posts over the years, but I got to thinking, I don’t think I’ve ever written one about of feathers. Today I want to share with you some fun information about feathers. Did you know that chickens have five main types of feathers each with a different function? Feathers are  The post All About Chicken Feathers appeared first on Tilly's Nest ..read more

Well friends, I have wonderful news. The publisher and their team decided to launch another calendar based on my book, How to Speak Chicken. Last year’s, calendar was great fun to create. I loved hearing how much many of you enjoyed spending the year with chickens and learning about them. This year’s calendar is brimming  The post 2024 How to Speak Chicken Calendar appeared first on Tilly's Nest ..read more

I’ve been working a lot. My eldest is off to college in his third year and my daughter, who was almost 6 when I started writing this blog is now learning how to drive and in her third year of high school. Time seems to pass so quickly. Chapters close and new chapters arrive. The ... Read more The post Hello, Again appeared first on Tilly's Nest ..read more

My latest book is here and I am so excited about this one, because it gets to involve you. In fact, you are the author. As we go, I serve guide/prompt/interviewer per se, of you and your adventures with chicken keeping in My Chicken Family. It is a dream to create a book where you ... Read more The post My Chicken Family appeared first on Tilly's Nest ..read more

Well, it was a pinch me moment last year, when the folks at my publisher reached out to me to share the news that my best selling book, How to Speak Chicken, was going to be turned into a 2023 How to Speak Chicken calendar. I quickly got to work with the publishing team. With ... Read more The post The 2023 How to Speak Chicken Calendar is Here appeared first on Tilly's Nest ..read more

Changing seasons. I winterized the chicken coop this past weekend.  I did it just in time because this morning I woke to frozen bird baths and 25 degrees. My breath was frosty and the air burned my lungs as I inhaled, standing at the bus stop with my daughter. It’s cold. Even poor Sara didn’t ... Read more The post Changing Seasons and a Thankful Heart appeared first on Tilly's Nest ..read more

I’ve been absent. I like to think that I have just been doing a lot of behind the scenes work. I’ve been called upon for some other thing–hard things and feeling like I have made a difference in places other than here, on the website. When I started blogging 12 years ago, I used this ... Read more The post Begin, Again appeared first on Tilly's Nest ..read more