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My Bamboo Experience and Purple Martin Arrival

Rocky Mount Gourds & Treasures of Louisiana   -   Feb 10, 2009 - By Gourd Lady of Rocky Mount

Sorry for not posting for a while, but we were clearing an area behind one of the barns that was overgrown, and the bamboo kept coming up inside of the barn.BAMBOO!!!!I love bamboo, but My husband has no appreciation of it when it is so invasive. When he...

Dissapointed Coyote

Re Rustica   -   Feb 10, 2009 - By fullofbeans

This morning we saw in the snow that the coyote walked up to our coops and sat down for what had to have been an interesting converstion with our birds.  After a while (the snow began to fill in the tracks), the coyote circled and made fresh tracks over...

3 new roosters!

Re Rustica   -   Feb 10, 2009 - By fullofbeans

We always are keeping an eye out for new birds for our flock.  Sometimes we're adopting from shelters, other times from other farmers.  Sometimes we take on extra birds from breeders. We just bought 3 roosters from an enterprising young...

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Re Rustica   -   Feb 10, 2009 - By fullofbeans

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Statistical Encouragement

Re Rustica   -   Feb 10, 2009 - By fullofbeans

There is no shortage of bad advice, and though good advice is rare, caution is never bad advice. We have farmed many places over the years and though our neighbors have always tried to urge us caution, though their words can be in effect discouragement. ...

NAIS and your right to Farm

AML Appaloosas   -   Feb 10, 2009 - By Anna_3

Animal owners, consumers and taxpayers: NAIS ALERT! Protect your right to farm and the food supply! The USDA has proposed a rule to mandate premises registration under the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) for existing disease control...

Chicks have arrived!

Willow Ridge Farms   -   Feb 09, 2009 - By Mark and Cherie

Today 60 little day old layers became a part of our farm, we try and continue to add each year to replace older or lost hens...trying to keep our total at 100 layers. Also new to our farm this year has been the addition of JuJu Bee, a very small...

Honey Berries?

Stone House Ranch   -   Feb 09, 2009 - By Trish

Does anyone know about the HoneyBerry and where to get some to start? I heard they are easy to grow and produce early...

The Ups & Downs of Life with Horses

Bloom Where You're Planted Farm   -   Feb 09, 2009 - By Teresa_2

Interacting with horses creates more happiness and/or more anxiety for me than anything else I do.I’ll admit I’m a bit of a novice so probably take these ups and downs more personally than a more experienced horsewoman would.When I’m working with them and...

And so goes the mean rooster

Vintage Quest Acres   -   Feb 09, 2009 - By Lisa_1

Months ago, we had bought some chickens from a fellow homesteader. She said she had too many so we acquired her surplus. Among this surplus were two Americana Roosters. Teenage roosters. We already had a rooster, a gentleman white rooster. He had a teenager...