Welcome!

Welcome to Chicken Scratch NY where I overshare about my failures and the occasional success in my homesteading and creative adventures!

Over the last 12 years, I’ve written about my life keeping chickens, turkeys, alpacas, and more on my 5-acre farm in central NY while going all out for the holidays and cooking good simple food.

I never shy away from the negative side but I have an eternal optimism that even 2020 couldn’t beat down! There is a lot to read here so I’ve collected my favorite and most popular posts to get you started:

All About Raising Chickens
All About Raising Turkeys
How to Tell Roosters from Hens
The Dark Side of Chickens
How to ID Chick Breeds
How to Order Chicks Online

What is a Jelly Roll?
Tips for Quilting Anxiety
Disappearing Nine Patch Quilts
How to Make a Temperature Quilt
Free Simple Stars Table Runner
Free Quilt As You Go Table Runner Pattern

Check out the CSNY Sewing Shop for Quilt & Punch Needle Embroidery patterns
(along with a collection of free patterns!)

All About Vegetable Gardening
All About Flower Gardening
How to Weed Your Garden
Must-Have Garden Tools
Bee & Butterfly Waterer
DIY Compost Sifter

Around the Post Crochet Scarf
Punch Needle Basics
How to Thread a Needle
Locker Hook Basics

Preserving Food
Dessert Recipes
Whole Apple Applesauce
Small Batch Canning

Christmas
Halloween
St. Patrick’s Day
Birthday

Check my About Me page to learn more about my life and don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter to keep up with all the craziness. Do it, it’ll make you feel like your life is under control 😉