July 2009

Name that Chicken

Barnyard

Are my chickens free range? I know they’re ‘cage-free’. They aren’t confined to the coop. In fact, they only go in to lay eggs. But, they’re penned. Would you say that the thousands of chicken generations before them that grew up in pens were ‘free range’? How big of an area must they roam to [...]

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5 Ways Goats Do Yardwork

Barnyard

I had no idea that if you didn’t give goats grain ‘feed’ every day–they’d mow!  (BTW, I’ve already gone back and changed the goat feeding post to reflect my corrected understanding…I’ve been wrong a lot lately, huh?)  Apparently, as long as there’s plenty of GREENERY around, they make do. Here’s the drill: 1.  They suck [...]

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Weed Killing!

DIY

We played this game last week.  Are you ready?  What do you think this is? Are you sure? You know I don’t play fair, so I’ll just tell you… It’s an herbicide drift eliminator!  Ever try to kill something lame and accidentally injure your awesome stuff?  If you’ve ever had a dog that wasn’t supposed [...]

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A Suburban Guide to Buying Lumber

DIY

Back when I started building things out of wood, I had no idea what I was doing. I would go up to the man in the hardware store and describe what I wanted and he would help me the best he could. Over the years and over numerous simple projects I am not an expert [...]

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Micro-soap

Body Care Products

I don’t know this never occurred to me before. When I was making my latest batch of liquid soap, I just popped all the oils in the micky for a couple of minutes on 30% power and they were ready to go! Ivory the Inventress (though somebody else has totally thought of this, I’m sure.) [...]

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