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Elect an organic farmer to Congress! 0 hedgehog Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 1878

I love my crows! 3 hedgehog Oct 2012 Apr 2016 4 3493

Coyotes and a BB gun - I need advice 14 hedgehog Dec 2012 Apr 2013 0 17663

My DIL just saw a deer with a fawn outside her house near 1 hedgehog Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2180

I just got my baby chicks in the mail! 13 hedgehog Apr 2013 Dec 2013 2 4408

If you'd like some heritage breed chickens, but only want a few: 5 hedgehog May 2013 Jan 2014 1 2864

Question on a broody hen - 6 hedgehog May 2013 May 2013 0 3147

Well, damn! I just found out that my property was 6 hedgehog Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2950

How you going to keep them down on the farm.... 4 hedgehog Aug 2013 Sep 2013 0 2622

Question on broody hen - 1 hedgehog Aug 2013 Oct 2013 0 2079

Chicken weeding: My free range chickens love scratch grain, 5 hedgehog Oct 2013 Jan 2014 1 3006

i discovered a possum in my chicken house eating eggs last night. 0 hedgehog Dec 2013 Dec 2013 3 1893

One of my hens now looks like a rooster - 4 hedgehog Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2611

Chickens can do magic - 2 hedgehog Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2545

Oh, joy! We're having high winds today, so someone down the road has decided it's the 24 hedgehog Apr 2014 Nov 2014 0 4084

OK,what am I dealing with here in my hen house: 4 hedgehog Apr 2014 Apr 2014 0 2591

My egg bound hen - 5 hedgehog Apr 2014 Apr 2014 1 2620

Well, my little banty has been sitting her third clutch of eggs for 24 days now without a peep - 1 hedgehog Apr 2014 May 2014 0 2059

Anyone ever use old CDs hanging from a string to keep chickens out of 2 hedgehog May 2014 Mar 2016 0 2676

Mailbox down for the 4th time in 5 years, this time third year in a row 8 HereSince1628 Oct 2013 May 2014 2 3165

Anyone else having a great year for puffball mushrooms? 7 HereSince1628 Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 2718

Going on 2 weeks later, seemingly frozen-out tomato plant stems sprouting leaves. 0 HereSince1628 May 2016 May 2016 1 1917

They're Baaacccckkkk! 3 HereSince1628 Sep 2016 Dec 2016 0 2521

Almost that time again 0 hollowdweller Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1917

Home Made Cheese Press 8 hollowdweller Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 2334

Ripened stuff 2 hollowdweller Feb 2017 Feb 2017 1 1965

Wine cap mushrooms 2 hollowdweller Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 2320

Has anyone tried a 10% vinegar solution for killing weeds? If so, did it work? nt 17 in2herbs Feb 2019 Mar 2019 0 4801

Hi Guys. I'd like to serve as your Host on a longer term. 6 jannyk Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 6238

Where is everyone? 8 jannyk Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 6317

Rural/Farm Life Continued...

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Hows your tomatoes?!? 15 jcgoldie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 3 5624

Don't need no carcinogenic glysophate... 10 jcgoldie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 6 2697

Here's my 3-legged goat story to share 14 jcgoldie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 23 4594

Having lost a puppy to an eagle I need to know if predators like eagles are a threat to other animal 11 jwirr Feb 2012 Apr 2012 0 3511

My daughter's little farm is growing. The baby turkeys are getting big. The eight geese are out of 2 jwirr Jun 2012 Jun 2012 3 2194

Anyone here had experience getting rid of a skunk visitor? 7 jwirr Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2925

Does anyone know where to find the market price for live adult geese. I could find what it costs to 2 jwirr Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2909

We have a goose and a turkey hen laying eggs in November. I thought they would lay in the spring 3 jwirr Nov 2012 Apr 2013 0 3060

Any idea why our chickens are only laying one egg when we usually got 9-10. We think it is the 12 jwirr Jul 2013 Dec 2013 0 5510

We have a baby goat! It is now 5 days old and appears it is going to live. The barn is heated and it 8 jwirr Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2793

If my dad was still alive I would ask him but here goes. We have chickens - layers. Because it is so 8 jwirr Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 12586

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 2459

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 2533

Farming on a 50' X 100' village lot 5 Kaleva Jun 2017 Nov 2017 6 3889

Raising chickens w/o feeding them grain. 7 Kaleva Aug 2022 Aug 2022 7 6391

Chicken breeds 11 Kaleva Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 4495

Cost of building a small, 4 hen chicken coop 14 Kaleva Aug 2022 Sep 2022 5 8452

Neighbor lady said I could raise meat chickens on her property 5 Kaleva Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 6039

I'll be raising Buckeye layers at the neighbor's 8 Kaleva Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 2846

My town's ordinance prohibiting the raising of chickens 21 Kaleva Jan 2023 Jan 2023 15 6390

Thinking of converting part of my storage shed into a chicken coop. 13 Kaleva Feb 2023 Feb 2023 3 5333

There's serious resistance to allowing chickens in the towns here 7 Kaleva Feb 2023 Feb 2023 3 3073

Update on my effort to allow hens in town 4 Kaleva Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1521

Open meeting about allowing hens in town to take place in May 2 Kaleva Mar 2023 May 2023 2 4779

Planning commission recommends I be allowed to have chickens 6 Kaleva Jul 2023 Jul 2023 12 1448

Long term plan to develop sources of food for my extended family 5 Kaleva Aug 2023 Aug 2023 12 3361

Town Board voted to allow me to have chickens 24 Kaleva Jan 2024 Jan 2024 38 1938

Beginning Women Farmer Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1 Kali Jan 2012 Jan 2012 2 2329

Ranchers Fight Drought With Desert Cows 1 Kali Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 2424

Soil Critters - Life in the Great Underneath 0 Kali May 2015 May 2015 1 2291

Rural/Farm Life Continued...

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The Story of Numida meleagris 0 Kali Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 2117

Yikes! 4 Kali Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 3493

Up in the Sky: Saving Old Farm Photos, One Roll at a Time 11 Kali Feb 2018 Feb 2018 10 3175

new composting technique scalable for cropland and even range lands 5 Kali Apr 2018 May 2018 6 2543

The Soil Story 1 Kali Dec 2018 Dec 2018 8 1824

a quick rural life (and first world problem) rant - The Yellow Card 6 Kali Mar 2019 Mar 2019 5 3848

oxen! 2 Kali Apr 2019 Apr 2019 6 1667

LOL 2 Kali Apr 2019 Jun 2019 3 1889

book coming out in this month 3 Kali Mar 2020 Apr 2020 14 3362

One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts 4 Kali Apr 2020 Feb 2022 8 5390

Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund 0 Kali Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 839

good video for this group 0 Kali Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 1336

Heavy May rain and flooding delaying Kansas wheat harvest 3 left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 4 2432

My mom, in the mid 1950's 1 left-of-center2012 May 2020 May 2020 7 2812

This straw picking and spreading machine is awesome!! 11 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 9 6431

Question.... 5 Little Star Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 2214

Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware 9 littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 Oct 2017 8 6994

Broadband 4 littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 Apr 2019 8 2107

Please advise... 15 littlemissmartypants Jul 2023 Nov 2023 4 2316

any good and i mean good woodchuck recipes 5 loli phabay Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 3016

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