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Home Made Cheese Press 8 hollowdweller Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2332

I wonder if this wild turkey self identifies as guinea hen 8 TEB Apr 2019 Jun 2019 3 3364

day 65 bee keeping 8 sue4e3 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 20 3269

Replacing a very old windmill with a solar pump. Any suggestions, remarks? 8 efhmc Nov 2019 Feb 2020 3 6104

Egg production is down with the ladies they're traumatized 8 TEB Aug 2020 Aug 2020 9 14168

I'll be raising Buckeye layers at the neighbor's 8 Kaleva Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 2781

Trout fishing yesterday in the rain with sixteen and Curt Gowdy one and two. 8 Duncanpup May 2023 May 2023 30 5352

what can you teach a chicken? 7 mopinko May 2012 Jul 2012 2 3569

i love these chickens! 7 mopinko May 2012 Jun 2012 3 2977

I'm thinking of building a llittle greenhouse 7 EFerrari Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 2904

Anyone here had experience getting rid of a skunk visitor? 7 jwirr Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2921

Does anyone know where I can buy NON GMO seed (Corn and Soybeans)? I need to plan next years crops 7 Vincardog Nov 2012 Jan 2013 0 5261

Anyone else having a great year for puffball mushrooms? 7 HereSince1628 Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 2716

Any beekeepers in the house? 7 bluecollar2 Feb 2018 Apr 2018 3 3047

Fencing question for dogs 7 womanofthehills Feb 2019 Feb 2019 0 2068

the inflexibility of monocultures will be their undoing. 7 mopinko May 2019 May 2019 4 2578

Anyone use satellite for internet and if so what do you use? 7 efhmc Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 5410

Raising chickens w/o feeding them grain. 7 Kaleva Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 6326

There's serious resistance to allowing chickens in the towns here 7 Kaleva Feb 2023 Feb 2023 3 3010

OK folks - I have to practically start over with my chickens after the 6 hedgehog Jan 2012 Feb 2012 0 2614

I have to face the fact that I cannot "let nature take its course" 6 EFerrari Jan 2012 Nov 2012 0 3443

Does anyone have a tool room/workshop that runs entirely on solar? 6 Dover Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 2588

I'm ready for some eggs, Dammit! 6 Vanje Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 2539

Hi Guys. I'd like to serve as your Host on a longer term. 6 jannyk Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 6234

Question on a broody hen - 6 hedgehog May 2013 May 2013 0 3143

Well, damn! I just found out that my property was 6 hedgehog Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2948

ok, i am not a beggar. but i think this is something that anyone can support. 6 mopinko Mar 2014 Mar 2014 0 3261

I am thankful for all the rain this spring - no forest fires. But we are being eaten alive by 6 jwirr Jun 2014 Jun 2014 0 2458

Droped in to learn and listen....if that is ok. 6 Stuart G Feb 2019 Oct 2023 0 2770

a quick rural life (and first world problem) rant - The Yellow Card 6 Kali Mar 2019 Mar 2019 5 3845

Rural/Farm Life Continued...

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The bobcat is back 6 Duncanpup Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1543

Thinking about my grandmother... gone in '57. September was the time of year for canning tomatoes. 6 3Hotdogs Nov 2021 Jul 2023 11 8910

Planning commission recommends I be allowed to have chickens 6 Kaleva Jul 2023 Jul 2023 12 1386

buy heirloom seeds 5 handmade34 Feb 2012 Feb 2012 5 2734

Question.... 5 Little Star Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 2211

multi-variety fruit trees. 5 mopinko Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 2795

chickens! 5 mopinko May 2012 May 2012 0 3071

any good and i mean good woodchuck recipes 5 loli phabay Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 3015

How Millions of Farmers are Advancing Agriculture For Themselves 5 Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 Dec 2013 4 2916

my first born and bred chick- 5 mopinko Apr 2013 Apr 2013 4 2991

If you'd like some heritage breed chickens, but only want a few: 5 hedgehog May 2013 Jan 2014 1 2860

Chicken weeding: My free range chickens love scratch grain, 5 hedgehog Oct 2013 Jan 2014 1 3005

My egg bound hen - 5 hedgehog Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2619

Will I be able to ride any more? 5 Rider3 Aug 2014 Feb 2015 0 2911

Farming on a 50' X 100' village lot 5 Kaleva Jun 2017 Nov 2017 6 3886

I'm wondering if we have a bobcat around 5 TEB Sep 2017 Jan 2018 3 3504

new composting technique scalable for cropland and even range lands 5 Kali Apr 2018 May 2018 6 2539

Boog the chocolate lab 5 TEB Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 2173

Down On The Farm 5 Bayard Apr 2019 Apr 2019 5 3832

Bee Keeping 5 sue4e3 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1835

Farmers struggle to find hay for animals as wet spring creates shortage 5 TexasTowelie Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 5311

Handling the Cicada invasion.... 5 3Hotdogs Jun 2021 Jun 2021 5 2071

Neighbor lady said I could raise meat chickens on her property 5 Kaleva Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 5978

Long term plan to develop sources of food for my extended family 5 Kaleva Aug 2023 Aug 2023 12 3300

just a nice photo... 4 handmade34 Jan 2012 Feb 2012 5 2928

I need HELP! crosspost from the environment/energy group 4 MuseRider Jan 2012 Jan 2012 1 2081

Ha! after years of abstinence, we are getting chickens again. 4 dixiegrrrrl Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 2570

This ten minute wheat harvest video amazes me. 4 Ptah Dec 2011 Dec 2011 2 3428

I picked up 33 baby chicks at the Post office this morning - 4 hedgehog Apr 2012 Apr 2012 1 2817

Growing beans against a wood fence? 4 TNDemo Apr 2012 May 2012 0 3103

Rural/Farm Life Continued...

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I added 10 older hens to my flock last night - 4 hedgehog Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2602

Interesting Idea on Tenderizing Old Roosters and Hens 4 Redlo Nosrep Oct 2012 Nov 2012 0 5140

name that weed 4 mopinko Oct 2012 Jan 2013 0 3072

WSJ: U.S. closes antitrust investigation into seed industry, Monsanto. 4 proverbialwisdom Nov 2012 Nov 2012 3 3584

Cast Your Vote for The 1840 Farm Heirloom Seed Collection 4 ashling Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2689

Anyone here experienced with Scottish highland cattle? 4 mainer May 2013 Jul 2013 0 3059

How you going to keep them down on the farm.... 4 hedgehog Aug 2013 Sep 2013 0 2619

One of my hens now looks like a rooster - 4 hedgehog Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2608

OK,what am I dealing with here in my hen house: 4 hedgehog Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2590

I do not know what went wrong this summer but both my tomatoes and my s-i-l's have 4 jwirr Jul 2014 Jul 2014 0 2532

i dont really think of my chickens as food but, 4 mopinko Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 2854

Yikes! 4 Kali Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 3490

Broadband 4 littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 Apr 2019 8 2105

Beekeeping, Day 88, What are these bees doing? 4 sue4e3 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 3565

I have to admit 4 bluecollar2 Mar 2020 Mar 2020 4 3851

One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts 4 Kali Apr 2020 Feb 2022 8 5327

Stolen Rooster and two Hens. 4 Duncanpup Oct 2022 Jan 2023 7 3510

Update on my effort to allow hens in town 4 Kaleva Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1457

any one do bat rescure? Ive had downed bats around my house but this time I want to do it right.. 4 samnsara Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 3335

Who s got sheep? 3 Vanje Dec 2011 Feb 2012 0 1850

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