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goats and sheep

Folly or fantastic - I'm growing a cloak!

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raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

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critter care

diatomaceous earth

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wildlife

Wildlife at Wheaton Labs

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goats and sheep

Vancouver Island fibreshed - what are we getting right? what's missing?

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goats and sheep

Raising sheep only for wool

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chickens

best perennial chicken feed

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critter care

organic war on fleas!

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dogs and cats

Weird things cats have done

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honey bees

One Solution to the Crisis: Landrace Everything

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chickens

weird things chickens have done

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goats and sheep

"Backyard Dairy Goats" book

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dogs and cats

Just checking in

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chickens

making the best of raising cornish rock cross

91 replies 5 11

butchery

If I ever teach butchery or dressing a carcass again

53 replies 43

bugs

I thought permaculture insect control had failed me, but land racing saved the day!

144 replies 18 34

goats and sheep

I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

80 replies 5 11 26

llamas and alpaca

A book on designing a permaculture farm with a focus on Fiber?

48 replies 1 9 20

honey bees

What type of hive would be best for Sheer Total and Utter Neglect?

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goats and sheep

bought an old spinning wheel...photos and questions

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goats and sheep

Folly or fantastic - I'm growing a cloak!

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goats and sheep

What would you like to see in a cheesemaking book?

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chickens

Neighbors removed chicken fence

54 replies 1 1 19

bugs

grasshopper season coming in

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bugs

I need to make ladybug food

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ducks and geese

Making and filtering pond for 8 ducks

42 replies 1 5 22

dogs and cats

Should we get a cat?

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chickens

Encouraging free ranging for baby chicks raised indoor

40 replies 21 27

dogs and cats

new shepherd pup! I must be nuts!

40 replies 15 41

chickens

Commercial feed and egg production

37 replies 1 2 10

nibblers

Death to scale bugs - help me brew up some organic death spray to save my citrus trees

34 replies 1 4

wildlife

Anyone else fond of amphibians?

24 replies 1 30 34

honey bees

Help me fact check and find the words to describe beeswax

16 replies 1 10 17

wildlife

Beavers, can they just all get along?

34 replies 2 8 16

goats and sheep

Brush clearing goats: fact or fantasy?

49 replies 1 3 20

pollinators

Very surprising friend in my garden

33 replies 2 11

chickens

chickens - water vs mud

18 replies 1 5

cattle

Hidden dangers of hay rings - learn from my experience

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goats and sheep

Questions for those with goat experience

14 replies 2 9

chickens

Quiet Chicken Breeds

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rabbits

Homegrown foods for rabbits

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ducks and geese

Ducks free range daytime and cooped nighttime

6 months ago 11 replies 1

ducks and geese

Pinto peanuts as forage for geese - www. has no info

6 months ago 2 replies

rabbits

Help me ID these bunnies!

6 months ago 4 replies 1 1

chickens

Growing your own chicken feed

6 months ago 12 replies 2 1

nibblers

What poultry are the most voracious gobblers of slugs?

6 months ago 22 replies 3 9

nibblers

Preventing slug damage with foliar feeds of Si

6 months ago 5 replies 3

critter care

Suicidal Cardinal

6 months ago 7 replies

honey bees

Electroculture & bees

6 months ago 0 replies

honey bees

Bumblebees love to play ball, says study!

6 months ago 2 replies 2

ducks and geese

Feedback on my basement winter duck shelter design

6 months ago 3 replies 3 1

chickens

Moving (Hen) House and getting the girls to bed down together.

6 months ago 1 reply 1

wildlife

Winter grazing

6 months ago 4 replies

ducks and geese

Gosling just hatched

6 months ago 2 replies

nibblers

Sepp Holzer's recipe to keep animals off of trees

6 months ago 190 replies [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ] 2 22 6

goats and sheep

Brush clearing goats: fact or fantasy?

6 months ago 49 replies [ 1, 2 ] 1 3 20

pigs

Despite the mouse, a road trip with the fat boys & one large girl

6 months ago 11 replies 2 9

pollinators

Name the top plants in your yard for bees.

6 months ago 103 replies [ 1, 2, 3 ] 1 28 13

ducks and geese

Duck penis hanging out--any intervention necessary?

7 months ago 4 replies 1

rabbits

Rabbits eating mushroom waste

7 months ago 7 replies

pollinators

How to spare Black Swallowtail caterpillars and still save my dill

7 months ago 5 replies 2 1

chickens

Adding 2 week old chicks under a new momma broody hen

7 months ago 7 replies 2

wildlife

Tell me about Birdhouses

7 months ago 3 replies 1 1

bugs

fruit fly control

7 months ago 18 replies 3 6

nibblers

Height and shape for a raptor perch?

7 months ago 6 replies 2 2

honey bees

Honeybee swarms create more electricity than a storm cloud!

7 months ago 0 replies 2

goats and sheep

Sheep Yard brainstorm!

7 months ago 17 replies 2 1

chickens

Are Chickens a Good Idea?

7 months ago 22 replies 2 3

honey bees

Stressed beehive

7 months ago 16 replies 3 6

rabbits

Rabbits: colony approach

7 months ago 59 replies [ 1, 2 ]

goats and sheep

Goat emery ramp

7 months ago 1 reply 10 2

dogs and cats

Can someone who isn't a pet-person become a pet-person?

7 months ago 14 replies 1 15

goats and sheep

Sheep vs. goats vs. camelid: which one to raise in a given set of circumstances?

7 months ago 9 replies 3

critter care

Why do cats eat grass?

7 months ago 10 replies 1 4

pollinators

Bee ID?

7 months ago 3 replies 1

dogs and cats

when management fails..

7 months ago 3 replies 3 7

chickens

New Woods Open Air Coop

7 months ago 1 reply 5 4

fish

Native Fish that can survive in Very Small Ponds

7 months ago 22 replies 8 11

cattle

Hidden dangers of hay rings - learn from my experience

7 months ago 13 replies 6 12

goats and sheep

New Goat Owner Experience

7 months ago 2 replies 2

fish

How shallow of a pond/pool can fish survive in?

7 months ago 15 replies 3

rabbits

Question about rabbit holes.

7 months ago 4 replies

ducks and geese

advice on butchering geese?

7 months ago 26 replies 1 3

dogs and cats

Fascinated with Cat Colors

7 months ago 12 replies 5 6

dogs and cats

'Dog resistant' plants ?

7 months ago 5 replies 1 2
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