Can Rabbits and Chickens Live Together?
August 15, 2024Learn Some Basics of Rabbit Care and How to Safely Keep Them Alongside Your Flock
Holland Lop Rabbit: Breed Profile
June 17, 2024The Holland Lop Rabbit Breed is a Dwarf Breed Known to be Excited, People-Oriented and Affectionate
Raising Rabbits in a Colony: Pros & Cons
April 29, 2024Colonies Are an Alternative to Cage-Breeding that is Rising in Popularity
5 Orchard Enemies and How to Control Them Naturally [VIDEO]
July 18, 2014Protect your fruit trees and ensure an abundant fruit or nut harvest by keeping these orchard pests out!
Kid-Friendly, Animal-Friendly Homegrown Feed
April 2, 2014Feeding animals out of the garden during summer is a great way to save a little money on feed, as well as provide the health benefits of natural homegrown fruits and veggies. For our little farm hands, though, it can also mean inadvertently making the animals sick.
Poop Inspection: The First Step in Homestead Health
March 18, 2014It never ceases to amaze me how much of my life revolves around feces! From baby diapers to golden compost, much of my day is spent cleaning, shoveling or scooping poop.
Bunny Love
June 6, 2011It’s wonderful being surrounded by so many animals all the time, but let’s face it: It can be hard to spend enough time with all of them when you are busy working and doing chores just to take care of them.
Cat Love
May 30, 2011When I’m surrounded by horses, chickens, rabbits and the most charming Corgi in the world, it’s easy to take my cats for granted.
Protect Your Garden Against Wildlife
March 25, 2011Courtesy Hemera/Thinkstock Use wire mesh to keep wild rabbits from enjoying a lunch from your garden. As you begin to salivate over the luscious tomatoes and crispy peppers you’ll soon have growing in your garden, think about how you can get the fruits of your labor to the dinner table unblemished. While starting plants from seed […]
Fiber Animals
January 17, 2011Yesterday morning it was 4 degrees F when Mom fed us our breakfast. She paused to scratch Mr. Tumnus’ back and hair came out! She looked closer and sure enough, the Boers are starting to shed their cashmere undercoats. Boers have cashmere?
