There are few things cuter than the antics of goats. They love to goof around climbing trees, jumping on each other, or just hopping about playfully. But cuter still is when they find a tasty treat to eat that gets the lips wobbling. They only eat fresh food and love anything sweet and tasty. So, …
Do not be fooled by goats’ willingness to consume anything and everything in reach. There are things that are not good for their health. So, can goats eat apples? Yes, goats can eat apples. But the apples need to be sliced into small pieces that are easy to chew and digest and should only be …
Capturing a swarm has many benefits. For starters, you don’t have to lay out money purchasing bees. Capturing a local swarm has the added benefit of ensuring the bees you are keeping are used to the weather and environment and are equipped to be strong in the face of illness specific to the area. If …
I have a very passionate, personal motivation for enriching the lives of people living with disabilities. I myself am disabled, I have a son with a serious form of epilepsy and is on the autism spectrum, a daughter who I rebel against calling “normal”. She was diagnosed as a downs baby when I was pregnant, …
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Originating in America in 1910, professor ‘Red’ Richardson with input from local farmers and the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station began the process of creating the New Hampshire hen. This was in response to poultry breeders desire for hens that are fast feathering and chickens that grew and matured quicker than the Rhode Island Red …
Frustration times 10! You’ve planted your veggies and flowers; you cannot wait to reap the harvest and see your yard in full bloom. Then one morning, you go out into your greenhouse or yard only to find… your spinach is holier than the pope, your walnut tree barely has a scrap of a leaf – …
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Just because you are a bee-ginner, it does not mean you need to bee making bee-ginners mistakes. I live by the mantra: a fool learns from his own mistakes; a wise man learns from the mistakes of others. Keeping a couple of hives has incredible benefits for your health as well as for the environment. …
If you are new to the adventure of DIY in the kitchen, you probably are reading all about the many toys you will need to turn your kitchen into a kitchen Gordon Ramsey himself would be jealous of. While it is great to have a Ramsey-worthy kitchen, it is better to start with what you …
Wild Bergamot (a.k.a. bee balm) provides one of the world’s most expensive teas – Earl Grey – with its delicious flavor. It is hard to believe that this tea had its introduction to western society from the Boston Tea Party in 1773, when colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Griffin’s Wharf because they were …
Say what? Yup, you can dehydrate canned pears – any canned fruit can be dehydrated! You may wonder why you would want to dehydrate fruit that is already canned for long term storage. I can only tell you why I do it. In summer I can my own pears to ensure I have plenty for …
