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Just like any other farm animal, if you are loving and kind to them they'll be kind and loving to you, so on and so forth. These are lovely animals can be your or your family's best friend.

Both parents are spotted. Nicky is a 42" small standard spotted donkey with a great disposition. He pasture breeds jennets and would most likely pasture breed small horses since he tries to breed our large horses but is too short.

It is an herb which appears annually and is able to withstand major changes in climate. Well known for its abilities as an aphrodisiac, Safed Musli has become increasingly popular and sought out worldwide.

The following article is a brief introduction to this beautiful place, along with some photos of my most recent trip. I have twice visited this amazing garden on the other side of the world; it is probably one of the finest gardens in all of Asia, if...

The San Diego Zoo is one of the more popular tourist destinations in the U.S., but hardly anyone notices their fantastic plant collection. I am lucky enough to live just a few hours from the San Diego Zoo and have visited it many times over the last 15...

This planting consists of succulents juxtaposed against a backdrop of striking views of Los Angeles. The stream is built into a natural ravine and like a natural stream, starts out small amid a rocky streambed and sycamore grove, then widens and smooths...

Then it becomes naked and rather unattractive. I needed them!My first was a hybrid Lonicera x heckrottii 'Gold Flame' which is a cross between Lonicera L. All winter long she continues, as everything else is barren and brown, her reddish orange flowers...

Chores were dictated by the seasons, and included preparing the ground in spring, garden tending and care of fruit orchards. A typical medieval garden, as represented in medieval manuscript paintings, was enclosed by a wall, fence, trellis or hedge, and...

Two of my best dogs had a litter, whelped 10-19-2009. All my dogs come with a lifetime health guarantee-if ever develops a life threatening genetic defect, I will replace the dog. From field trial Champion Bloodlines.

On a visit to France, the colonel admired the French hybrid lilacs in the Lemoine Gardens in Nancy and began to import them to plant at his home, eventually collecting 150 varieties; his collection was at one time believed to be the largest in the world.

We were especially interested in Queen Marie's retreat, a Romanian palace, now managed by the Bulgarians. She was the granddaughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain.She was a good queen and did a lot for our country, which she loved like her own.

There are some noteworthy shops and restaurants, but for the most part you may see bars, sex shops and people who had a few too many (at least they did the day we visited). Ornamental ironwork has a long history of tradition in New Orleans.We viewed many...

She will also offer tea in the garden for a small fee, you will probably not be too surprised to know that this is not straight black tea but rose tea, accompanied by hand-made scones possibly topped with roses jam for the sweet teeth.

Its beds hold over a thousandbushes of 55 varieties, grouped according to their flowering habit — Floribunda, Hybrid Tea, etc. Children are free to climb and play on the tanks.While the military museum is interesting and educational, this trip was dedicated...

And how did Fiacre become the patron saint of taxi cab drivers? (Don't we all wish we had one of those staffs?) A suspicious local woman was convinced that such a feat could only be performed by sorcery.

Would you like more information on the KuneKune breed in the United States? It is the Mission of the AKKPS to encourage a spirit of collaboration amongst breeders, to promote and improve the KuneKune breed of swine.

As you roam through Hemingway's bedroom, you will likely see a cat sprawled out on the king-sized bed.From here, you might walk over to Hemingway's writing studio. The cats are well loved at The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum.

Since then Key West has continued to thrive. It is the southernmost city in the continental United States.on the map, so to speak. The garden is flowering, not only with beautiful blooms, but with recordings of Robert Frost's poetry.

I think the lesson is to wait for somebody else to drink first.) Some parts of Palatino are ungroomed, giving the opportunity for wildflowers to spring up. We feel sure we made the most of our time and energy there; we just didn't have enough of either...

I prefer a stone walkway.If these pictures haven't given you some ideas to steal, it's time to head out to a community garden, retail display gardens or local garden walks. I like to steal.

Even here on my tiny little island, we have a Public Garden. This December it will be decorated again for a wedding. How about something that sounds a little more formal like a Botanical Garden?

The breeze conducts the chorus of leaf song and hummingbirds dart in and out, as they eradicate many a flying pest while stopping now and then to drink the nectar of the salvia.This special destination is like a sanctuary to me.

1 cubic yard ... This technology was known by the Incas, thousands of years ago, as they turned infertile jungle soil into the richest on the planet. Bio-chars, when humate infused will super-charge the soil biota.

Young female American Alligator w/ cage. Very tame can hold and walk. Must be picked up (unable to ship.) You are welcome to meet her of course and also see her eat if you'd like, just so that you know she will.

We then took a detour to thefor a nice break in the shade. My top choices were the. If that is not enough, the Butterfly Conservatory is the icing on the cake. With theright on the grounds, it is well worth the short side-trip.

For Dave's Garden subscribers, many more gorgeous photos are posted on the- first group photo, Pierce-du Pont House, orchid, cat- tree trunks, fern, Main fountains, (and apple fritters!)- Chimes tower, final group photo (and getting us all there in the...

Stationed at the entrance to the arboretum's visitors center, the most striking exhibit, the praying mantis, looks almost like a dinosaur striding through the flower bed, poised to strike.The exhibit is aimed primarily at children, and the children are...