Lil Urban Farm

Lil Urban Farm Welcome to the Lil Urban Farm, located on the SC/NC border, zone 7B-8A. Let’s Grow Together.
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I believe in building local communities, sustainable environments, and positive health/wellness, while putting more food in people's backyards and local reach. FIND ME ON:
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06/04/2026

Update on my unwell chicken… I’m seeing strong signs of improvement! She’s alert, eating, pooping, and moving around quite a bit. In fact, she goes up and down into the house every day/night .

She is still limping, tail occasionally down, and her butt is still pumping like she wants to pass something. But otherwise, everything else is improving!

I gave her early epsom baths for egg bind with an internal examination and couldn’t feel anything. I immediately started hand hydration with Poultry Drench and administering some wet, medicated chick feed. And yesterday she got .1-.15 of .8% Ivermectin.

The Corid also arrived for possible coccidiadoses, but I’m unsure if I’ll give it to her since she is showing improvement with just medicated feed.

Any feedback or ideas to get my girl well are welcome!

06/04/2026

Peace doesn’t just happen by chance. Peace is what you create and cultivate around you.

MY KIND OF PEACE:

🌱 Growing my own healthy vegetables from living, organic soil that better supports the earth and my body

🌱 Picking better tasting berries and fruits while in season from natural, sun-kissed plants

🌱 Thriving bees and pollinators that can live in abundance and safey in a beautiful, life-supporting ecosystem

🌱 Experiencing the joy of raising my own backyard chickens as loved pets, treated with kindness

🌱 Hand-picking the sweetest garden peas to snack on any time I want

🌱 Foraging freely and trusting the earth will always provide for those who honor her back

🌱 Honoring and cultivating gratitude for nature, like looking at the stars or receiving a Jasmine-scented breeze on a hot day

🌱 And just loving the beauty of wild world that I’m lucky enough to experience around me AS it supports me in return

For myself, there’s nothing more peaceful than that.

06/02/2026

Today is the third day with an unwell chicken, but she is showing signs of improvement. I’m making sure she stays hydrated with some Poultry Drench and getting a little medicated chick feed in her.

She is pooping, so unsure if she’s eggbound (we’ve done a few baths and an internal examination), but she feels pretty thin. I’m thinking this is either parasites or coccidosis, but I’m not a vet so I’m thoroughly researching and open to suggestions on how to treat. I’ve got Ivermectin and Corid on the way.

For now, I’m happy for any improvement she’s showing.

06/01/2026

It’s so frustrating when chickens get ill because they cannot communicate what’s wrong. A few days ago my Easter Egger showed the first signs of issues. I think she’s egg bound but has pooped and I can feel an egg with internal inspection.

We also had a week of rain so coccidises is a concern, but her comb looks good and no bloody stool. Meds have been ordered just in case though.

Symptoms:
- Limping
- Isolating
- Lethargic
- Feels thin
- Not eating/drinking much but I got a little in her
- Green, runny poo (no visible parasites)
- Penguin walk
- Tail pumping

First, warm epsom baths and hydration. I’ve also been administering calcium in case it’s a soft shell she cannot pass.

I’m headed out to check on her today.

05/30/2026

Wait… black raspberries and PINK blueberries? 🤯 And no, this is not AI.

At the Lil Urban Farm, I grow a few things that stop people in their tracks. Most people have never seen black raspberries, and they’re always surprised to learn that pink blueberries are a real thing!

Nature is full of surprises, and these colorful berries prove that gardening never gets boring.

Which one would you be more excited to try:
🖤 black raspberries
🩷 pink blueberries

05/29/2026

Stop the tomato rot at the bottom of your plants… this is disease from bacteria that causes (usually for us) Septoria Leaf Spot. You want to remove this so it doesn’t spread.

You can spray fungicides, but I’ve found the best way to tackle this is with active prevention by removing the lower branches, up to about a foot, and applying mulch to deter soil splashback.

05/28/2026

When immature plants start producing fruit early, the plant is signaling for its energy to go toward buds and fruit development, and NOT roots and vigorous growth. In these early stages, we want the plant to get bigger first so it can handle the production that lies ahead.

So yes, my friends… I know you were excited but it is best to prune those off your plants right now. Trust me, especially with fast-growing plants like okra, tomatoes, etc. They rebound quickly. I promise.

I just finished the book “The End of Food: How the Food Industry is Destroying Our Food Supply—And What We Can Do About ...
05/26/2026

I just finished the book “The End of Food: How the Food Industry is Destroying Our Food Supply—And What We Can Do About It.”

Published in 2006, this book outlines how the vitamins and minerals are being depleting in our foods thanks to the industrialization of farming, including by shrinking the specimen groups for meat production.

Please grow your own food or support your local community farmers.



BOOK DESCRIPTION:
This book is based on hard scientific research, most of which has been conducted outside of the United States, where food production lobbies have fought hard against this kind of research. Pawlick exposes an alarming trend in the food available in our grocery stores. This is not an argument about unhealthy, processed foods, rather it exposes the problems with all foods, including fruits and vegetables that people commonly assume are healthy.

05/26/2026

Don’t let uncertainty keep you from raising baby chicks for your homestead or mini farm. Raising chickens can be easy, fun, and rewarding, especially if you have children.

Here’s a quick primer for anyone thinking about raising baby chicks so you’ll have the starting basic needs covered…

05/25/2026

I want to introduce the new baby chicks I got a few weeks ago, because they are growing FAST!

Chickens are a wonderful addition to any homestead / farmstead. As pets, my girls keep me giggling nonstop at all the funny things they do. They each have their own personalities and truly make my homestead a home.

I’m excited to add a few more girls to the Lil Urban Farm.

If you’ve never raised chicks and want to, give me a follow so you catch that content. I’ll be following up with items you’ll need when you first get started raising them.

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Charlotte, NC

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