Image by Moosicorn We harvested our meat chickens today. We used cones to keep them calm and still during blood letting. This is considered to be the one of the most humane ways of killing a chicken. After allowing the blood to drain, the chickens are dunked in 145*F water. This scalding loosens the feathers. […]
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by centermez Article by Peter Hansen How To Care For Goats – 5 Important Tips – Family Search by Author, Title or Content Article ContentAuthor NameArticle Title Home Submit Articles Author Guidelines Publisher Guidelines Content Feeds RSS Feeds FAQ Contact Us It is important to know how to care for goats if you own a […]
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Image by robot_zombie_monkey A bunch of us went out to St. Johns to visit Eric’s (and Ben’s) chicks. This was their second time outside and they were having a grand old time. Question by nmccabe: know any urban legends? i recently heard an urban legend about a girl with a sore throat and could hardly […]
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This webinar addresses multi-species cover crops that can be used to improve soil health, increase biological diversity, and benefit the bottom line in no-till grain operations. An increasing number of grain farmers are experimenting with these “cocktails” of cover crops such as legumes, grasses, and companion crops to keep the soil covered year-round. During this […]
Continue reading …If I want to cross a Nubian dairy goat with a Boer meat goat, what happens to the dairy production of kids?
July 4, 2012 3 CommentsQuestion by Thador: If I want to cross a Nubian dairy goat with a Boer meat goat, what happens to the dairy production of kids? I know that the Boer cross will result in a more meaty carcass, but I don’t know if milk production will decline from the Nubian side as a result of […]
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Living Culture host, Nate Rafn, and chef Steve Morton visit with Scott Jondle at Abundant Life Farm in Dallas, Oregon. Steve and Scott discuss their pig-feeding pilot program, which incorporates vegetable scraps from Steve’s West Salem restaurant, Morton’s Bistro NW. We also talk with Scott about raising pigs and other livestock on the farm. Abundant […]
Continue reading …The Secret Life of Bees and The Color of Water similarities between Lily and Ruth?
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Image by hdes.copeland Charleston, SC. 167 Ashley Avenue., Porter Military Academy, site of the former US Arsenal in Charleston. Historic American Buildings Survey, or HABS, photo by Louis Schwartz, taken c.1963. Louis Schwartz was a professional photographer with the editorial staff of both Charleston daily newspapers at the time, the Charleston Evening Post and the […]
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PART 2 NOW AT: youtu.be Ricky Baruc and Deb Habib lead a hands-on workshop on no-till farming/gardening based on cardboard mulch with students from a University of Massachusetts sustainable agriculture class. Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center was the site of a Northeast SARE farmer research program in 2010 and 2011 to investigate the […]
Continue reading …Question by : Accidentally baked chicken in oven with plastic in the broiler? I was cooking cordon bleu in the oven when I smelled burning plastic. I then realized that there was a calculator in the broiler(thanks to my toddler). Anyway, I peeled all of the coating off of the chicken and ate it. Do […]
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