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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Keeping Chickens and Canning & Preserving book giveaway

I've been waiting for a good time to do a giveaway of these two books and this is the perfect opportunity. Since it's Urban Homesteading Giveaway Week, today's items up for grabs are the two, wonderfully pictographic books by Ashley English. As part of the Homemade Living series from Lark Books, they are a great way to start your library of homesteading books or add to it.

The first book, Keeping Chickens with Ashley English, includes detailed information from selecting a breed to where to get them, housing options, feeding, health, hatching and raising chicks and recipes. This book also includes profiles of people who have taken on the chicken-rearing challenge as well as two projects with exploded woodworking illustrations and photos: a simple nesting box and a mobile chicken tractor.



The second book, Canning & Preserving with Ashley English: All You Need to Know to Make Jams, Jellies, Pickles, Chutneys & More, will inspire you to begin canning and, if you are already a canning queen (or king), get you champing at the bit in anticipation for this year's harvest.

Topics include necessary tools, canning basics, safety and ingredients as well as recipes for, well, jams, jellies, pickles, chutneys and more. She wraps it up with seasonal recipes like Fig and Thyme Jam, Beet and Sage Relish and Rhubarb and Amaretto Chutney. Ashley will help take the fear out of canning for newbies and give new spark to recipes for seasoned canners.


How to enter
If you are interested in entering the random drawing for these two books, please add your name to the comments of this post. You have until midnight PST this Friday, February 25th to enter. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only. Good luck!

Make sure you check out Sunday's post where you can enter to win a swanky looking rain barrel I'm giving away.

Note: There are affiliate links in this post. Consider yerself warned.
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259 comments:

  1. Betsy (Eco-novice)February 21, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    These books sound awesome. I hope I win! betsy (at) eco-novice (dot) com.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 21, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    Chickens and Canning! Yes, please!

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  3. Widget27February 21, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    I love homesteading book! great idea

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  4. lgrossman27@yahoo.comFebruary 21, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    I love canning, and am always looking for better and new ways to do so! Thanks for the giveaway!!

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  5. LyndaFebruary 21, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    I could use a new canning book, and a Keeping Chickens book would be great to give to my new to chickens friend...sign me up.
    Lynda

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2011 at 10:13 PM

    Yeehaw! I'm about to move to the first place I can have chickens and do canning, so I'm in! Thanks for the giveaway. :)

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  7. RebeccaFebruary 21, 2011 at 10:34 PM

    My very favorite canning experience was four summers ago, when my husband & I discovered an urban feral grape vine in the back of an abandon house. It had twined itself over a fence & small building, and was taking over a serious tangle of blackberry and long-neglected apple trees in the right-of-way.

    The grapes were green, ripened all at once, and we picked bushes and bushels of them. I processed them all in two days - and they had seeds! Two each. We made grape jelly, and it was soooo good. We gave nearly all of it away for Winter Solstice gifts.

    We've gone back every summer since then to harvest them. Then, sadly, someone moved into the house and tore out all the wildness... the day we went looking for grapes and found severed vines and dead unripe grapes actually broke my heart... it was such a beautiful life form, and the good folks who moved into that humble house probably had no idea what they were taking down.

    I'm always on the lookout for feral fruit! Seattle has lots - and I'm excited about another canning season... but please, can we just have spring soon?

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  8. MaureenFebruary 21, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    Those books look gorgeous.....pick me pick me!!!

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  9. Chris K.February 21, 2011 at 11:02 PM

    Yes, please!

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  10. Kathy LeeFebruary 21, 2011 at 11:15 PM

    I have dreamed of raising chickens, and have made many a batch of organic jelly. Would love to learn how to raise chickens.

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  11. fragmentaerieFebruary 21, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    That canning book sounds awesome =)

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  12. DesireeFebruary 21, 2011 at 11:24 PM

    I would love love love the chickens book;) I have several canning books,

    Love the site, just found it.

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  13. logansmom_1534@yahoo.comFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    I've been thinking about getting hens, and my hubby's taught me how to can...I've got my fingers crossed on this giveaway! Thanks! Here's hoping :-)

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  14. shelby-knitzFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:51 AM

    ooh they sound great!

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  15. Cricket February 22, 2011 at 1:20 AM

    As someone who is trying real hard to talk my partner into chickens someday, the Keeping Chickens book looks like a great resource to help convince him. Fingers crossed! :)

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  16. Daryl at Vermont CottageFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    I would love these books! Please enter me in the drawing :).
    Daryl

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  17. espFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:51 AM

    Those both look like lovely books!

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  18. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:13 AM

    I could use a canning book, hoping to get enough out of the garden this year to can. The chicken book would be wonderful for when I get chickens in a bit.

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  19. Carolyn SchaubFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:22 AM

    Love it!!!!!!!!

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  20. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:28 AM

    Wow! Love the giveaway.

    Tara B.

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  21. bradFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:31 AM

    yes please!

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  22. BrittanyFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:34 AM

    Sounds great! I would especially love the canning book! I'm always looking for new recipes!

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  23. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:35 AM

    Chickens and canning, oh my! LOVE it!

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  24. Farmer PinkyFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:39 AM

    Great giveaway!

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  25. Frugal PursuitFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:39 AM

    I am looking to expand my horizons so these books sound like just the ticket. Thank you!

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  26. MichelleFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:59 AM

    I asked for chickens for my birthday, so this book would be handy (not sure how I will do with the chickens, so I could use the canning book as back up - love to cook!).

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  27. Rachel (Hounds in the Kitchen)February 22, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    I have paged through both of these at the bookstore and they are beautiful! I would love to win.

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  28. MrsKeznerFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:19 AM

    Have recently moved my three city chickens to the country to give them a proper garden to feast on... along with their 20 friends that are on the way!

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  29. EarthdrummerFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:21 AM

    Definately need these!!
    Enter me w/ urban homestead love!!
    xoxo

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  30. RivenfaeFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:26 AM

    OOooo I could really use those!

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  31. The Pleasures of HomemakingFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:33 AM

    I could use both of the books especially the canning and preserving one! Thanks for another great give away!

    Manuela

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  32. BradFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:38 AM

    Just discovered this blog. Please include me in the drawing!
    Thanks!

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  33. fitsandstartsFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:49 AM

    They look like great books! I can't keep chickens yet, but hope to someday. :) Thanks for a great blog!

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  34. viggieFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    Great choices! I'd love to be entered

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  35. NatalieFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    I remember being excited by a review of the canning and preserving book. Sign me up!

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  36. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 5:59 AM

    Fantastic - these books look wonderful (and have been on my wish list for rather a long time now).

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  37. JennyFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:00 AM

    Please count me in too! I have plans to raise chickens and hopefully get some new zoning laws in my suburban neighborhood on keeping them. There has been talk about homesteaders being zoned "microfarm" in the urban & suburban areas near me in order to bypass the laws. Thanks for all your inspiration.

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  38. Judy TFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:02 AM

    Ooo, pick me. We're thinking about getting chickens this spring. This would be a fabulous addition.
    Judy

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  39. JennyFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:04 AM

    I would love both books! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  40. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:06 AM

    Great library additions. Great author. Shelly King

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  41. JenniferFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:07 AM

    Would love to win these books!

    (Urban homesteading, urban homesteading.....)

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  42. SarahFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:09 AM

    I would love to win. I could always use another book on homesteading!

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  43. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:24 AM

    I SO badly want to learn to can, and any extra info I can get about raising my lovely hens would be a treat!! Thanks for the giveaway.
    heidi b.

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  44. AnnaFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:27 AM

    Thanks so much - I love keeping chickens and am a novice canner as well! :)

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  45. DramaMamaFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    Both are topics we have decided to begin soon! The books would be helpful...thanks!

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  46. SherylFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    These would be great in my library.

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  47. TaraFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:31 AM

    Great books! And if I don't win the giveaway, I'll plan on checking them out at the library. Thanks Crunchy!

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  48. SethFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:38 AM

    Fun books! We met some friends at church who keep chickens and we always buy eggs from them when they have a surplus. Two other friends (one long distance) have also started keeping chickens so I have been considering it myself since we have a huge yard.

    My wife has fond memories of helping her mother with the annual apple picking and applesauce canning along with other seasonal fruits.

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  49. ElizabethFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:42 AM

    Pick me! Pick me! :)

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  50. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:42 AM

    I love both my chickens and canning!

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  51. Jacky HackettFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    I have been looking for a good canning book, this one looks great. Glad to have found your blog this weekend. Guess something good did come out of the whole TM fiasco.

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  52. Anna @ Blue DirtFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:06 AM

    Either of these books would be great! We have chickens and love to can!

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  53. dcFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:06 AM

    Heck yes, I'd love to win these books!!

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  54. Friar DudeFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    Nice choice. I'm interested in both topics. This is my first year attempting to begin homesteading (with a passion). Thanks for the offer.

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  55. DmarieFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    hey, thanks for yet another chance to win...always looking for new reading/new ideas!

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  56. JamieFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:31 AM

    Great books and both are on my list to purchase so *fingers.crossed*!

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  57. JenniferFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    How cool! I am always looking to add more books to the "homestead" library.

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  58. EmilyFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    We are going to be getting chickens as soon as we can and this would be a great resource!

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  59. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:34 AM

    These books look wonderful. I love to can and so this would be icing on the cake for me!

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  60. lizoFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    Oh I need this... getting land on whidbey and clueless about canning and chickens, but know they are in my future.... pick me pick me!

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  61. JenellFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!

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  62. ChristinaFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:56 AM

    Thank you for your time and effort that takes to share a part of yourself in such a wonderful blog.

    I feel as if reading this blog and others is like learning the skills my Grandmother would have taught if she had not passed.

    Thank you for helping me become a more well rounded empowered woman.
    Warmly, Christina

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  63. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    Please, oh please, oh please!!! Pick me!!

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  64. ChrisFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:59 AM

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  65. Carrie at RhubarbskyFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:01 AM

    Yes, please!

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  66. ChrisFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:02 AM

    Oo, add me!
    We are moving abroad soon and I want to raise chickens and expand my garden to help support ourselves!
    Awesome, giveaway, thanks!
    Chris

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  67. AngieFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:03 AM

    I'd love to win these books! Thanks.

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  68. rachelbessFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    I'd like to win, thanks!

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  69. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    chickens and canning - two of my new year's resolutions to get started on this year! Thanks for the opportunity!

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  70. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    You had me at chicken...

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  71. debmoultonFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    Mmm, fresh eggs and home-canned goodness. I am feeling lucky!

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  72. Chard LadyFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    Count me in!

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  73. AlyseFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:47 AM

    I would love to expand my homesteading library. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  74. Mary Ann LFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:56 AM

    Both books look great! Please enter me in the giveaway and thanx for doing it.

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  75. ashleeFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    as a practicing novice at both chickens and canning, these would be amazing books win!

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  76. Erica/Northwest Edible LifeFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    Oooh, we are thinking of taking the plunge on chickens in the next month or so. I'd love those books.

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  77. RobinFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    Two of my very favorite things!

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  78. ahumphrey04February 22, 2011 at 9:16 AM

    Maybe I should look at "Keeping Chickens" My 8 hens have been on strike since August...either that or hang a soup pot in the coop as a reminder! (I kid, they are forever pets until they go to the Happy Scratching Grounds)
    It's been so fun to read all these blogs!!

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  79. dee deeFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    I would love these books!!!!

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  80. DebFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:50 AM

    I would love to read these books.
    Thank you.

    deborah150 at hotmail dot com

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  81. LesleyFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    I would love to win! Thanks for the giveaway!!

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  82. El GauchoFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    I hope I win, I hope I win. Thanks for the great book giveaway!!!

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  83. Amy in TacomaFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    I'd love the canning book!

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  84. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    I want to learn to raise chickens, but chutneys sound good too LOL

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  85. dandelionladyFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:05 AM

    I'm a novice when it comes to chicken, though I'm planning on getting some very soon, so this would be perfect. When it comes to canning, my title is She Who Cans. I'd love to get my hands on some of those fancy recipes though, mine tends to the simpler end of the spectrum.

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  86. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Too bad about not being able to enter (Canadian) but thanks for the great titles.

    Love the new look of the blog.

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  87. tawnyaFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Canning! I'll be all about the canning this summer...

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  88. Hippy GoodwifeFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    oooh! Lovely books! Pick me! pick me!

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  89. CountryintheBurbsFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Fun! Count me in please! *Tammy*

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  90. AmyFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Ooooh, sign me up, please!

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  91. MichelleFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    I would love the canning book. It's something I want to learn, but it seems so daunting.

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  92. JennieFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    Ooooh I'm wearing hubby down on the whole chicken thing. This book could help the cause.
    :-) Count me in!

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  93. Andrea HallFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    chickens & canning - two things I intended to learn about this summer anyway!

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  94. MariaFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:55 AM

    I love raising my hens and I love to can and I don't have either of these books yet! Thank you

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  95. JessFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Canning is on my list of things to learn that just seem overwhelmingly intimidating. Would love to win the book!

    oldnicholsfarm@yahoo.com

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  96. MittyFebruary 22, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    That canning book looks gorgeous!

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  97. JenFebruary 22, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    Fantastic! I've always wanted to have chickens.

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  98. JenetteFebruary 22, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    Yay! The chicken book would be perfect timing as my girls are coming March 3 :)
    -Jenette

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  99. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    OH gosh, I really want the book on canning....and hey, I have been thinking about chickens all winter.

    Tory in DC

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  100. ChrisFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Chris in Montana would love to win.

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  101. KateFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    Please count me in for a chance to win. And thanks for the chance!

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  102. Able-Bodied GirlFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    how perfect! we're embarking on a chicken adventure sometime this year or next, and canning is something i'm trying to do more and more. This would be great :)

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  103. DAWNEE DODSONFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    I'm a novice homesteader here in Seattle - I could put those books to great use! Thanks for the giveaway! Love the new look of Crunchy Chicken ...

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  104. HotchaByrdFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    Please and thank you.

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  105. Sarah CFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    I am very interested! I'm hoping to add chickens to my set up next Spring!

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  106. Robj98168February 22, 2011 at 2:02 PM

    Wow Books! YIPPEE! :P

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  107. sheilaryanFebruary 22, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    I've noticed both of those books before and would love to kick my meager skills up a notch with some expert advice!

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  108. betsy beeFebruary 22, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Yes! Canning and Chickens please! I would love to take my homesteading skills to these next levels! :)

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  109. PigPenniesFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    That cover art is awesome. I would love these books!

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  110. Tom RileyFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    I don't want the books, I just wanted to say the by-line in your blog title put a smile on my face

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  111. KimFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    Not quite a rain barrel, but another really awesome giveaway! :-) Thanks for the chance!!

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  112. AmyFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    I'm trying to teach myself how to can & have almost convinced my husband to let me keep some chickens. I could sure use some instruction!

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  113. AutumnRoseFebruary 22, 2011 at 4:23 PM

    I'm in! :-)

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  114. LolaFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    Pick me!!!

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  115. M.February 22, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    I've been eyeing Keep Chickens for a while, and I'd love a new canning book to add to my always growing cookbook collection!

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  116. TinkerFebruary 22, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    What great giveaways you're having - I would love to have either of these books. Thanks for the opportunities!

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  117. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    We keep talking about getting chickens so the book would be great to win and I've been canning more and more since our garden gets larger each year. Pick me!

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  118. KASFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    I would soooo love to win the canning book - have been wanting to start canning but feel I have a lot to learn before I can do it properly.

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  119. UnknownFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    We've been talking about getting chickens and I've been canning more and more since our garden gets larger each year. Pick me!

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  120. sarahFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:38 PM

    I need help with both of these things!

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  121. IsaacFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    Ashley rocks and the books are great!

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  122. JenFebruary 22, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    Awesome give away.

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  123. John and MelissaFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:56 PM

    Sounds like some good reading!
    -Melissa

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  124. ColleenFebruary 22, 2011 at 10:47 PM

    Ashley's books are awesome!
    Please enter me!

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  125. Simple MamaFebruary 22, 2011 at 11:11 PM

    Oh please count me in! Love your blog!

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  126. BrynneFebruary 23, 2011 at 3:26 AM

    Trying to convince my partner that chickens would be a good addition. He is not buying it...maybe these books will help. :)

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  127. bradFebruary 23, 2011 at 3:27 AM

    new page design looks great!

    book with chickens, also great!

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  128. KirstenFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:08 AM

    these look like great books :-)

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  129. DonnaFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:38 AM

    The books look great. I will be getting baby chickens mid March.

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  130. GeraldineFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:53 AM

    Fantastic idea. I love chickens and canning.

    Geraldine M.
    Lexington, KY.

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  131. J and EFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:54 AM

    I love these book so so much!

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  132. UnknownFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    I am in love with Ashley English and her Small Measures blog! I am just starting out with canning and preserving, and someday hope to have my own backyard chickens!

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  133. Christine ChitnisFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    I love Ashley...big fan of her blog and her Design*Sponge column. I would love a chance to win her books! I already raise chickens, but I want to get into bees next!

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  134. ChristineFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    i've been meaning to start canning for some time now. Using this book would be a great place to start!

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  135. GraceFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:13 AM

    Please enter me into the drawing. I have been casting a covetous eye on both of those books. Chickens and home canning are my passions.

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  136. RebeccaFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:14 AM

    I'm planning to start canning this summer in Brooklyn- would love some tips!

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  137. dayodestinFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    this is great--thanks!

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  138. Angela MazurFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:27 AM

    Please include me in the drawing. :) Thanks!

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  139. JulieFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    For sure! My hubby and I have just recently been talking about getting chickens. Fresh eggs, yum!!

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  140. CindyFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    Love you blog! The books look wonderful.

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  141. MegFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    I love Ashley's Keeping Bees book. I would really love to check out these, too!

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  142. NicholasFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:06 AM

    Such a great series of books - it would be lovely to have a copy of my own!

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  143. CarissaFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    Gorgeous, informative books! Would love to win...

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  144. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:13 AM

    I've been itching for a copy of that canning/preserving book for a while now, and we've got dreams of chickens somewhere down the road, so that ones definitely on our list too...

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  145. JessicaFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:17 AM

    Yes, please! I would love the canning book and (as I'm in an apartment) I know just to whom I'd lend the chicken book until we are in a house!

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  146. UnknownFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:20 AM

    OOOOH! I am dying to start canning!

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  147. jakeFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    could use the canning book

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  148. AmyFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    I would love to win these. Thanks!

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  149. wanda barrettFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:08 AM

    Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  150. Lizzie BordelloFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    I am always looking for new books on preserving the harvest. This year I will finally have my own garden, for the first time, so this would be particularly useful! I wonder if it has a peach/pepper jam recipe... :)

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  151. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:13 AM

    These look like amazing books that I could really use to start canning.

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  152. junebugFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    That canning book looks great!

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  153. Mr. and Mrs. Hoosier HomesteaderFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    I would love these books!

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  154. AmyFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    winning these would help me cross them off my amazon wishlist!

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  155. UnknownFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    The canning book looks awesome!

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  156. Kristi MullerFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:51 AM

    Oh, I would love the canning book. Both of them, actually, they look fantastic!

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  157. Kristi MullerFebruary 23, 2011 at 9:52 AM

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  158. Green Zebra Market GardenFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    I'm a big fan of these books. I love the photography. I can't wait to pick up the two newer books at the library!

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  159. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    And this one also!

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  160. MelissaFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    ohhh i have been eyeing up these books for a while! thanks for the giveaway!

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  161. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:34 AM

    I would love these books! Thanks!

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  162. GroovyMomentsFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Thanks for an awesome giveaway! I would SO love to win these. Just had my first canning adventure this past fall - it's time to try again! :) ~Janie

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  163. EricabeeFebruary 23, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    I would love these books! I just started beekeeping last spring and canned jelly for the first time last summer. It would be great to have them as resources!

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  164. Jenna GayleFebruary 23, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Oh, I'd love to have the Chicken book!!

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  165. rachelfoxFebruary 23, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    I would love either books, but especially the Chicken book. Great giveaway!

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  166. Mary BFebruary 23, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    Love her blog, thanks!

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  167. HeidiFebruary 23, 2011 at 1:27 PM

    These have been on my wishlist for a long time! bennetthp (at) gmail (dot) com

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  168. CaronFebruary 23, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    Both books look great! I have been dreaming of backyard chickens for a while now... Thanks so much!

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  169. TracyFebruary 23, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    These books sound great!

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  170. Amy EstradaFebruary 23, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    Sounds good to me!

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  171. Robb & NancyFebruary 23, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    I would love to win these books. Trying to do more canning & preserving each year.

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  172. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Ashley's books are awesome! Count me in. Love your site!

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  173. StephanieFebruary 23, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    Please let me win the chicken book!! Fingers crossed!

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  174. Artful GatheringFebruary 23, 2011 at 4:39 PM

    I'd love to win one of Ashleys books. Thanks for the chance, dawn

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  175. tishFebruary 23, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    wish wish wish!! Thanks!

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  176. KatieBFebruary 23, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    Hoping to win the keeping chickens book.

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  177. UnknownFebruary 23, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Please enter me in the giveaway. We started raising chickens over the summer and this book would come in handy.
    Blessings
    Diane

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  178. penrynFebruary 23, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    I would love to win these! I've been dying to read them!

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  179. artemisFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    We used to have "Keeping Chickens" until my dog ate it---true story! (We joke that maybe that doesn't bode well for the chicken project...) If we had a new copy, though, I'd promise to keep it way up high. ;)

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  180. Daisy DriverFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:54 PM

    My husband got me the preserving book for Christmas and I must say, great read! Can't wait to try some of the recipes.

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  181. Snacky FrenchFebruary 23, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    we are looking forward to getting some chicks in the near future. would be a great book to read!

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  182. WholegrainFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    I need to learn all I can about chickens and canning when we move into our new place. Fun things in our future.

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  183. Jessica GFebruary 23, 2011 at 7:59 PM

    Beginner canner here and soon-to-be chicken keeper. It's like you created this just for me! :)

    Jessica Garrett

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  184. UnknownFebruary 23, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    I need you to come and convince my husband that we need chickens.

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  185. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:59 PM

    The books sound fabulous!

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  186. -HeidiFebruary 23, 2011 at 11:17 PM

    I think I'm caught up now... thanks for offering such great giveaways!

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  187. DKFebruary 24, 2011 at 12:03 AM

    My local library actually has the canning book and I checked it out recently to see what it had to offer and the recipes look pretty awesome.

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  188. LindsayFebruary 24, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    I could use some more reading material. . .

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  189. HaleyFebruary 24, 2011 at 3:05 AM

    I would love to have these books. Thanks for the giveaway

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  190. ReneeFebruary 24, 2011 at 4:47 AM

    Love that chicken book, I've taken it out of the library many times. Didn't know she had a canning book too, fabulous! I will have to work on my librarian to get that one as well.

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  191. Rachel KoniarFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:04 AM

    That would be great! Both books have been on my wish list for a while.

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  192. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:05 AM

    This would be wonderful to win!

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  193. KelseyFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:19 AM

    I would love to have my own copies of these books.

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  194. JenniferFebruary 24, 2011 at 5:46 AM

    Excellent, count me in!

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  195. Shawn BurkettFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:15 AM

    This would be wonderful to win!

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  196. LisaFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:45 AM

    How exciting! I've been meaning to check out this series...

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  197. Amy KorstFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:46 AM

    Please enter me!

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  198. JasonFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    sounds like great books

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  199. JizzleKFebruary 24, 2011 at 6:54 AM

    Count me in on the drawing!

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  200. Mrs. Small HouseFebruary 24, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    I could really use the chicken book. We're hoping to get started on that this year!

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