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how to certain plants pollinate?

March 13, 2013 2 Comments

Question by bobyjdizle: how to certain plants pollinate? cucumbers and squash need bees to pollinate, so how do massive cucumber and squash farms get their product pollinated? also, does wheat and rice need to pollinate? Give your answer to this question below!

How would one go about starting a farm?

March 13, 2013 5 Comments

Image by frank2037 Question by Donnie: How would one go about starting a farm? In a few years I want to purchase a good sized portion of land to be able to sustain 50 – 100 people. How does one go about finding out how to grow all kinds of crops, the laws of keeping(and […]

Pastured Chickens out of the House

March 13, 2013 No Comment

We put them in the brooder, no casualties. They are doing well, and it is awesome! Just a few days and I will put them in the grass, within a mobile pen!

FRESNEL LENS SOLAR HOT WATER, Heat Solar Pool Heater Solar Swimming Pool Heater

March 12, 2013 25 Comments

greenpowerscience.com This is a large Fresnel Lens focused on a copper tube with a 12 V pump (powered by two 6 watt solar panels) with water circulating through the unit. Water, seven gallons, was raised from 63 F to 106 F in one hour. It is not super efficient as heat is lost at the […]

2013 HFE-36 Homesteader Sawmill

March 11, 2013 18 Comments

The HFE-36 sawmill is an important tool for any homestead. Whether your land offers you large or small diameter logs, hard or soft woods, the HFE-36 will turn them into beautiful boards. With the 36″ diameter log capacity and 13hp engine the HFE-36 gets the job done. The proven Hud-Son guide system will keep your […]

How to write a southern accent?

March 11, 2013 3 Comments

Image by jalexartis Designed to fit in with the landscaping of my yard. Question by EMME: How to write a southern accent? I am currently writing a novel that takes place in Alabama for the majority of the time. many of my characters have strong southern accents. what are words that people with southern accents […]

What food do you like best to eat when it’s left overs?

March 6, 2013 15 Comments

Question by Gary: What food do you like best to eat when it’s left overs? Me Turkey I love it when It’s cold(refrigerated) from the next day. Make turkey sandwiches out of them. What do you think? Answer below!

How can we make these things sustainable?

March 2, 2013 3 Comments

Image by friendsoffamilyfarmers Question by G2: How can we make these things sustainable? How can we reduce growing Crops for food, feed, and fibre such as cotton. And how can we reduce making room for infrastructure such as roads and housing. Can you help? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Goat Farming: “The Goat Dairy Farm” circa 1954 Frith Films

February 27, 2013 1 Comment

more at quickfound.net Public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archive, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and 1-pass exposure & color correction applied (cannot be ideal in all scenes). The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though […]

can you put a baby duckling with older ducks and have the older ducks take care of it?

February 26, 2013 2 Comments

Question by Horses4LIFE!: can you put a baby duckling with older ducks and have the older ducks take care of it? we have a bunch of ducks. one of them made a nest and laid a bunch of eggs, then kept leaving them. so, we decided to incubate them and see if anything happens. a […]