There are a few places in the world where hay is taken up for feeding stock in the old fashioned way and although this is very laborious indeed, the sharing of the work task among villagers and large families makes the work efficient, productive and expedient. There was once in the 1800’s an actual profession […]
One does not need vast holdings to feed a few goats, rabbits, chickens and such small animals to live on. In fact one person can do a great deal with basic hand tools, and although a tractor may be a dream of labor savings the expense is not always justified. My 5-acre hay field that […]
I was reviewing the archives, I had already written about corn. Not wanting to be redundant I just wanted to say it is too early to plant corn with the cold and wet. Now let us talk about the greenhouse as many Dear Readers have started this last year with the greenhouse advance seed starter […]
The bug has bitten me! A little late, perhaps due to the cold days of spring, but I am getting started. All of the little signs are there as the wild plants pop up with new surprises on the homestead. Three years ago I had collected Coltsfoot herb seeds from along the roadway and the […]
When the toilet backs up- well it is all over, then the clean up starts and all is forgotten. I for one, do not forget, forgive, or believe in Santa Claus. More bad news is on the way because of recent international man-made growing catastrophic events- so the ultimate question is” Are You Prepared?
In my neck of the hinterland of Floyd, honeybees are crowding out my birds on their feeder. As I sit for breakfast in the morning the little bees are early to seek pollen-which is not available from the early Quince flowers…yet? Sometimes we get thaws in the winter and the bees are out looking for […]
The phone rang: “Help! All my chickens are going bald”. This has been a major problem since Noah confined his birds on the Ark. Major chicken headaches, such as our lead in picture illustrates with mites, are manageable. But do you also have birds pulling their own feathers and pulling each other’s feathers. Oh, what […]
It is no secret that there are a growing number of news clips and hard news about the worldwide food shortages. Note that currently Mid East countries have been buying up hundreds of tons of wheat and other grains to stave off the hungry hoards that are rioting. When people are hungry-they riot-then political structures, […]