Category: Farm and Ranch life
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Shifting sands of idealism.
How have your political views changed over time? In my youth and naivety, I believed that all Americans had a voice, and all we had to do was unite under the democratic art of voting. To bring balance and fairness to all parties involved. Now, pushing 46 years old, I’ve…
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Deep winter bedding
Deep compost bedding for chickens is so far one of the most efficient ways to keep a flock warm and comfortable over cold winters. For the sake of ease I will refer to “deep compost bedding” as DCB. We started DCB in our coop several winters ago after having a…
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Wintering Bees
Wintering bees is always a challenge, but isn’t rocket science! Bees are originally from warm climates but have adapted to live even in the coldest of places, like Southern Colorado! Most large bee keeping operations have shipped their buzzing friends off to warmer lands where the Queens of each colony…
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Let nature do the rest.
Fall is when the great Mother settles for her time of rest over the long cold of winter. Soil regenerates and the worms sleep. We don’t pull up the stocks of any of the plants, we let the birds pick the last of the seeds and the roots die off…
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BEES 🐝!!!
I installed my first package of bees back in May! I’ve got a funny little Hive made by Summer Hawk. It is cute, and smaller than the standard Langsworth. (Smaller by 2 inches!$) but it serves its purpose. Housing my bees. I got the hive back in 2018. But it…