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How to Choose a Boer Show Goat : What to Feed Boer Show Goats

August 3, 2013 4 Comments

Learn about feed, salt, mineral blocks and grazing for your Boer goat from a farm and agriculture expert in this free livestock show video. Expert: Robert D….

What is so good about Solar power?

August 2, 2013 8 Comments

Image by UNDP in Europe and Central Asia Cost-effective pasture management practices in Kyrgyzstan are helping to reduce negative impacts of livestock grazing on land and improve rural livelihoods. The project is also working on attracting farmers to distant pastures by installing green technologies, including six mini hydropower stations and 18 solar energy stations. This […]

Best Materials to Build and Fill a Raised Bed Garden at Menards

July 30, 2013 25 Comments

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Menards Hardware Store in the Midwest to see what materials is available to build a raise…

Portable Farms Aquaponics System

July 30, 2013 4 Comments

Interior of Portable Farms Aquaponics Systems Research and Development Center – April 6, 2013, San Diego, California.

Undercover investigation at Torbay Turkeys in Devon

July 29, 2013 7 Comments

Torbay Turkeys is based at Compton Holt, near Paignton, Devon. We filmed there on 3rd December, 2007. The scenes we witnessed and filmed were deeply disturbi…

How to Grow the Best Tasting Tomatoes and Virtually all other Fruits & Vegetables too

July 28, 2013 25 Comments

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the special soil nutrient that he believes is missing in most gardens and farms. In this episode …

Are anaconda snakes illegal in Michigan?

July 25, 2013 4 Comments

Question by leosquest1@sbcglobal.net: Are anaconda snakes illegal in Michigan? My neighbor has a 12 foot anaconda snake, he is keeping it in his house. He also has scorpions. Are these legal in the State of Michigan? Just concerned for my children and other children in the neigborhood. Add your own answer in the comments!

Homesteading-Water

July 24, 2013 7 Comments

Getting water hauled in to put in our cistern. We are not hooked up to city water yet. It forces you to be very conservitive with your water consumtion.

to turkish friends. have you been asked strange questions about your cultures by strangers?

July 23, 2013 14 Comments

Image by Marji Beach Maya and Zarriah are royal palm turkey hens being raised on a free-range farm for slaughter. They escaped from the farm and were rescued. Maya is 2 and Zarriah is 10 (she came to the sanctuary in 2000!) Maya passed away on 6/30/2012. www.animalplace.org Question by Tolga,,,,: to turkish friends. have […]

stems of my squash plants are black???

July 21, 2013 2 Comments

Question by zach m: stems of my squash plants are black??? my stems, where they meet the dirt, on my squash plants have turned black. i dont know what happened but can someone help me? Add your own answer in the comments!