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Bonnie The Beekeeper Installing CARNIOLAN Honey Bees.

February 2, 2013 25 Comments

Everything goes relatively smooth today as I install my carniolan honey bees BY MYSELF lol. Buzz Buzz! Thanks for watching!

Honey Bees and Beekeeping 4.2: Queen Rearing

February 1, 2013 8 Comments

Presented with permission of the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education. To purchase the complete “Honey Bees and Beekeeping” television series on DVD or accompanying book, please call 1-800-359-4040.

Joel Salatin and Polyface Farm part 4 Video #45

January 23, 2013 4 Comments

The Egg Mobiles. This is the last part of the 4 part series from Polyface Farm.

How do you make the skin of fried chicken?

January 22, 2013 6 Comments

Image by jessicareeder Joel Salatin demonstrates how a chicken tractor works, at Polyface Farm in Virginia. Photo by Margie Burks. Posted in Joel Salatin and the Future of Food. Question by raheemalvi23: How do you make the skin of fried chicken? How do you make the fried part of the fried chicken the part with […]

German Goats at Mount Kenya

January 22, 2013 2 Comments

Documentary of a dairy goat project on the slopes of Mount Kenya produced by Gerd Vanselow TV Productions supported by German Development Service (DED) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ). Directors – Gerd Vanselow and Agnes Munyi-Vanselow Camera – Günther Wittmann Editor – Winfried Schuhmann With permission of the copyright holder.

How do you explain “The birds and the bees” thing to kids? I don’t even know what that is…?

January 19, 2013 4 Comments

Image by jurvetson It all began when two termites fell in love. Were it not for the terraforming termites, the Okavango Delta of Botswana would be a barren flat floodplain in the Kalahari desert, much like the Black Rock Desert. The termite mounds tower up above the seasonal floodplain, up to 30 ft. tall in […]

Going to the Auction with Homesteader News

January 19, 2013 25 Comments

Come along to a country auction with Homesteader News! We discuss selling and buying animals at auctions, paperwork, and proper auction etiquette We watch a live auction for goats, lambs, sheep and a bull. For more homesteader info please visit our websites: www.simplesoarhomesteading.com.

why is it illegal to use bird feathers in crafts? or to harvest bird feathers?

January 18, 2013 3 Comments

Question by julie: why is it illegal to use bird feathers in crafts? or to harvest bird feathers? About 45 million Turkeys are killed for thanksgiving alone, each turkey has about 3500 feathers. that is a ton of craft supplies that i can use, and that is just turkeys alone and just during one thanksgiving. […]

Mountain Run Farm, Sedalia, VA – chicken herding

January 17, 2013 2 Comments

On scene at Mountain Run Farm in Sedalia, Virginia (near Lynchburg). Another snapshot in the life of a small-scale sustainable Virginia farmer. Support your local grass-fed beef farmers!

Where can I get electrolyte fluid for a young goat kid?

January 15, 2013 1 Comment

Question by Melchild: Where can I get electrolyte fluid for a young goat kid? I have a 4 week old mini nubian buckling, and he has diarrhea, and most likley scours. I read that with diarrhea, comes loss of electrolytes, and that electrolyte fluid will rid the diarrhea, and boost a goat kid’s electrolytes. Could […]