Animal Husbandry is one of the very oldest of man’s occupations, following close behind gardening/agriculture. And these days you can get an overload of information on how to care for your animals just by typing a few words into Google. In this post, I want to...
This post won’t tell you what to do when you vacation in the mountains, although there are plenty of options. It won’t really even tell you what is in the mountains. It will tell you what the mountains mean, at least to this one person who has grown up in the...
The New Ducks of Two Goose Farm Backyard ducks vs. backyard geese – what’s the difference? They seem like first cousins, right? I’ve kept Sebastopol geese for over six years now. This summer, I brought home the ducks of my dreams – a trio of 4-month-old Welsh...
4 years = 1 gosling. Not great results! But I learned along the way, and perhaps the recounting of my experiences will be helpful to you if you are thinking about letting your geese hatch their own eggs. Before I start in on the story and its morals, though, I feel I...
“There are several variations on the methods used to make sourdoughs, most American versions being made in three stages….From making the starter to baking the bread takes about five days. I find the whole process rather unrewarding….”~ Elizabeth David I found this...
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