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This fabulous gal has the color genetics we're all looking for, and produces the most extraordinary offspring! In 2009, it was a 23-pound MF/W/LSG male! We knew she could throw gray, and Mozart proved it.

Late into the summer, you might find the occasional nibble from this insect, and entomologists are unclear why—the pirate bug is not intentionally seeking out gardeners as a food source.

Since they are slow to emerge, mark the spot so you can remember to leave them plenty of room. If the soil isn't particularly rich, amend it with compost or other organic matter before planting.

They can have a trailing or upright growth habit, depending on cultivar. Plumbagos produce flowers on new wood and thus respond well to judicious pruning. Like most flowering shrubs, Plumbago grows most vigorously and blooms most profusely with regular...

Disease symptoms can be very similar to improper soil conditions. A beginner at growing spinach and other vegetables might be surprised at just how much of the plant naturally yellows with age.

Unfortunately, most pesticides include toxic and harsh chemicals, which will ruin the natural and organic status of your garden. Elizabeth Troutman Adams As an urban farmer with limited space and modest yields, the first signs of insect infiltration or...

Cut them flush to each specimen's main trunk.Shape and prune the pittosporum tree immediately after flowering. Use this method to disinfect the blades after each cut through dead or diseased wood.

Some peoples would peel and eat the young stem tips. That means that it will lose some leaves in response to drought. Flower spikes can be to seven or eight feet high.White sage is drought deciduous.

By adopting from a reputable rescue, you eliminate most unknowns. You need a llama or alpaca suited for a specific job. You can adopt your llamas and alpacas. And the other 20 percent?

Peas, clovers, mustards and buckwheat are a few examples of flowering plants that work well. Watch a tree grow over the coming decades? You can increase the benefits of that cover crop by choosing some great pollinator-attracting plants.

Most parasitic infestations can be diagnosed through a fecal test; however, because the meningeal worm in the ruminant doesn't produce eggs or larvae, fecal tests aren't useful. (Note: Cows are not known to have problems with meningeal worms.) Deer simply...

Many color variations are available from green to black.Once you've decided on a clumping or running bamboo, take a trip to the garden center to choose your plants. If you don't, you and your neighbors will beChoose a bamboo color that suits your taste.

Bathe the exterior of your home, driveway, barns and outbuildings in light at night. Lock It Up The first line of protection for securing equipment, rural outbuildings and gates is quality padlocks, hasps, chains and cables.

While a good rooster can—and will—fend off smaller predators, the bird's best defense is as guardian, scanning the ground and sky for trouble and sounding a loud alarm when trouble arrives on the scene.

It was a very interesting experience. Soil fertility fluctuates throughout the growing season each year--the quantity and availability of mineral nutrients are altered by the addition of fertilizers, manure, compost, mulch and lime or sulfur, in addition...

They also recommend plants in the garden according to one's birth star under the Zodiac signs.There are two sides to the quality of plants that are known to be of value in healthcare.

States set the bag limits and issue hunting licenses. I was one of them until People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) woke me up during an informational session at my college.

So they looked around for somewhere else to live and settled on Eugene, Ore., in the fertile Willamette Valley. “We never run out of frozen berries,” Hebert says. Most plants are allowed to flower and set seed, which is then harvested for planting...

Most of us would never think of learning to make salves to cure bug bites, not when we can zip into the pharmacy with a prescription from the doctor, and have salve in our hands within a few minutes.

According to a study published in 2011 in the British Journal of Nutrition , people who ate moderate amounts of grassfed meat for as little as four weeks had healthier levels of essential fatty acids.

You want to do the best for your dog. It's too easy for the dog to escape and get at the stock if you're not attentive, and the result could be a disaster. First, keep your puppy away from dangerous or counterproductive situations.

Top Adoption Considerations Just because a dog has found its way into rescue doesn't mean it automatically has behavioral issues. Many require a home visit and references, including a veterinarian's, and most insist that you have secure fencing to confine...

For instance, before committing to rare Oberhasli goats, hone your goat-keeping abilities with Nubian or Saanen dairy does (they'll reward you with tasty milk while you learn). We believe that breeds developed elsewhere are best conserved elsewhere.

In 1946 there was no cure.Before you get all upset, let me assure you that this is a gentle story, and it surely has a happy ending, so don't go away just yet. The plant also had other uses besides soap.

Mr. X wrote a check and handed it to Daniel, who refused it, acknowledging that accidents happen. Michigan's Dog Law states that: “Any person, including a law enforcement officer, may kill any dog which he sees in the act of pursuing, worrying or wounding...

D-limonene is an oil extracted from the rinds of citrus fruits. Organic weed-killers, on the other hand, are natural substances or non-chemical techniques for killing or removing weeds.

With natural habitats paved over, replaced with exotic plants, tidied up beyond recognition, distracting and confusing or just plain poisonous to these tiny creatures, fireflies benefit from a little wildness.