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  • The Year’s Harvest (2015)

    11 Nov 2015

    It may seem late in the season to be posting about gardening, but due to it being an El Niño…

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  • Piggies

    07 Jul 2015

    I’ve been totally remiss in posting lately. Not that we haven’t been busy with our garden, animals and plans for…

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  • Stealing Milk

    12 Sep 2013

    There is no question that owning livestock requires commitment, but the time required to coax a full udder of milk…

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  • Choosing Chickens

    17 Aug 2013

    While a lot of people are enthusiastic about heritage breeds (that’s what we raise), you have to know that this…

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  • Raw Milk

    10 Aug 2013

    No to raw milk, period. I absolutely recommend against it, and this is why: you can die. If you’re reading…

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  • The Smiling House Chicken Ark

    03 Aug 2013

    I’ve seen quite a few designs for chicken arks online and in books and magazines. Some of them are quite…

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  • Cow Power

    02 Aug 2013

    Many times I have been struggling with some annoying task — like digging up the garden, moving something heavy or…

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  • Killing Poultry

    01 Aug 2013

    The fact that we love and admire our chickens and turkeys, and often grow to know their adorably weird personalities…

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