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Question by : I live on the north coast of Honduras and am interested in getting goats for milking.? I have a nice rocky piece of jungle with a wide variety of trees and plants. My question is this what is the best breed for the climate being pretty hot and humid. obviously my supply […]

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Bee sting happened sunday why does it itch now?

Image by mlhradio Berclair School, Bee County, Texas. In an open field in front of the Berclair Mansion sits an abandoned schoolhouse, filled with faded and broken memories of decades past. If there is one thing I have learned about Texas, it’s that Texas is filled with abandoned schoolhouses. I’ve run across all sorts of […]

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Permaculture From Parking Lot Into Permaculture (pt. 2)

You “Do” Less and Less, While More and More Grows It’s hard to believe this magical permaculture food forest used to be an asphalt parking lot 3 years ago. Fruits, vegetables, berries, medicinal and cooking herbs all flourish here in abundance. Welcome to The Permaculture Neighborhood Center in Sebastapol, CA, where a group called the […]

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Pastured chickens give organic eggs!

This is the 2nd day we moved the chickens outside. Yesterday they were very afraid for about 10 minutes, they slowly started enjoying themselves. After a couple of hours we brought them back in the house and now today they were loving it INSTANTLY! They just like having us outside with them… Which is fine […]

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Homesteading and pioneer skills part 2, peak oil, blacksmithing, survivalist

Part Two of a new series showcasing some Homesteading and Pioneer living skills. We recently attended a public festival demonstrating some of these “old school” skills. This second part shows some blacksmithing. Later parts will cover candlemaking, sugar cane and other homesteading/pioneer type skills. In these videos we toured the festival and talked with some […]

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What scraps are ok to feed chickens?

Image by justinsfpics Kauai has almost as many wild chickens as San Francisco has pigeons, well not quite but there are a lot. Question by : What scraps are ok to feed chickens? We just got 12 chickens and they have their normal chicken food we bought, but we have alot of food scraps but […]

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Mark Lakeman on Urban Permaculture: City Repair, Re-patterning the Grid, Solar Cat Palace

URBAN PERMACULTURE: Mark Lakeman describes the origins of the City Repair Project, talks about re-patterning the Roman grid, and leads us through the world’s first Solar Powered Cat Palace! Mark is the founder of City Repair, Communitecture architects, and the Planet Repair Institute. Links to his work are at the end of the video. This […]

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More about Goat and Sheep

by Sifu Renka Article by asai Goat is one of the smallest domesticated ruminants that have served the mankind former and longer than the cattle and sheep. It is controlled for the production of milk, meat, wool and may other products, particularly in arid, semitropical or mountainous countries. In temperate zones, goats are kept frequently […]

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English Pointer and backyard chickens?

Image by chrisdat Processing 280 Chickens – Cornish Cross & Red Bros at Pete and Jen Backyard Bird’s Mobile Poultry Processing Unit Question by the weird girl in the corner.: English Pointer and backyard chickens? We just got a young dog that appears to be an English Pointer, possibly a Lab/Pointer mix, we’re not sure. […]

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Organic Gardening Pesticide Alternatives Tomato Horn Worm

Organic Gardening Pesticide Alternatives show you how to recognize Tomato Horn Worm destruction and how to fix this organically. All shown by Perry Henderson www.perryhenderson.com anAustin REALTOR at Prudential Texas Realty. When you select your Rosedale Austin REALTOR, the right REALTOR, like Perry Henderson and the Live Well Team, we’re here to help and never […]

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