Skid Steer Vs Bobcat

Cooking Oils Both animal and plant-based cooking oils, especially in large quantities, should be left out of the compost pile. When using manure from plant-eaters, it's still important to balance out the pile with a lot of carbon-rich inputs because manure...

Another fine gift for livestock: a heated waterer or submergible heater for a bigger stock tank. Remember that animals need extra bedding to snuggle into; a deep bed of clean straw is best for winter use.

Everybody knows about oxen but did you know you can drive just one cow or steer to a cart or buggy? Mom has antique photos of people riding them, like this postcard picture of Bobby, the famous trick-trained steer.

They will likely be here for about two weeks, weather willing, and then it will be our job to create the flowerbeds, sow the grass seed and set the steppingstone pathways once they are finished.

Pick a favorite vegetable, plant a few seeds and have fun watching them mature. Have fun and share. The time it takes from planting to picking can vary. Tomatoes and berries seem to be the easiest.

For what it's worth, if I had a weighted feeder, that's what I would recommend for keeping wild birds and rodents out of your feed supply and away from your flock. Instead of focusing on what might bring pests to your flock, focus on what will keep them...

Yes indeed, a skid steer would make for a very nice present and if Santa can't fit it into his sled in December, perhaps he can pass along my request to the Easter Bunny?” “ What we want for Christmas is 365 extra hours —an average of about one...

He also demonstrated that early weaning increases the likelihood that heifers will become pregnant on time in the following breeding season. Drought can also cause cows to lose body weight and can weaken their immune functions, reducing their overall...

Good questions. Most miniature breeds and some heritage and imported breeds are in demand, as well as breeds listed on the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy's endangered list. Jerseys are naturally social; they make really good family cows.” Another...

Someday maybe he'll teach me how and my husband and I can have a hive of our own, too. I have a harder time visiting the garden of a friend (or a stranger) whose garden always looks perfect.

Gravel on the lower side of the wall covers a walkway around the retaining wall to the dog's winter home. Finally, I gave up and bought a new spade. I walked the gardens, our paths through the woods, and even the edges of the woods in case I had been...

Brown-Spined Prickly Pear: This cactus species has thin, green oblong pads with spaced clusters of long, straight spines. Jumping Cholla: We've learned to give this bristling, many-branched cactus a wide berth on our hikes; its wickedly barbed spines...

I had to go and investigate. With so much space at our new place, I had to train my ladies to come when called. If I am digging in the garden, she is digging. She missed her best buddy.

Give yourself plenty of room to play on your farm with a well-mowed yard. For most people, thinking about a riding mower likely conjures images of these. They look substantially different than regular lawn tractors, given their rear-mounted engines and...

Coyotes, kit foxes and raccoons are omnivores that survive in the desert by eating cacti, frogs, toads, fish, rabbits, squirrels and anything else they can scavenge.Mule deer, rabbits and gophers are herbivores that eat roots, tubers, grasses and prickly...

Still, I long for summer to continue just a little while longer. For more about RobinFor more information on communal South Amana and its sister villages,Tourist information on the Amana Colonies is availablePhotos of swans and deer courtesy of the U.S

An innate sense of danger often – but not always – steers animals away from plants that are toxic.Often, native plants are relatively rabbit resistant more so than non native (exotic) plants.

Never try to haul a big, heavy turkey shelter with a slender rope attached to your truck. Right now, they're getting used to their new home before we release them, wings clipped, to start roaming the pasture by day.

Coyote urine and the urine of larger predators is a better choice forand other larger animals, and is also reported to work againstPredator urine in gardens is not a foolproof solution to pest problems.

The next step in the project is to finish hauling away all the rocks (many of which will be used to build a new retaining wall and create a stepping stone path to the veggie garden) and to get out the last piece of liner that is currently wedged under...

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Unfortunately, this particular mosquito species is native to sub-Saharan Africa, meaning that the mosquitoes in your area might not react the same way to your flock. If you hate itchy mosquito bites, take a chicken friend under your wing.

While there is no tell-tale sign that a plant is poisonous, there are a few standard signs that can help you identify potentially toxic plants. These include:If you are a pet owner, you know that keeping your house free of poison houseplants is important.

If Ludo was a cow, he'd give lots of yummy, extra high-fat milk . In fact, she sings it to our water buffalo, Ludo. Ludo and Fez arrived last October when they were only a few days old.

An array of animals domestic and wild appear, some who are regulars, others unexpected: glossy-coated horses nibbling hay and a trio of terriers yapping at our heels; elk grazing an emerald pasture and a shy bobcat – just a tawny blur – loping across...

Clean up brush and weeds with the rough-cut mower that's right for your farm and equipment. It has no problem knocking over and chewing up 2- to 3-inch saplings, 8-foot-tall giant ragweed or 2- to 3-foot cedar invading a hillside pasture.

However, for young fruit trees, the process of burying fruit trees in winter is fairly simple. Considering fruit tree winter protection may be crucial to the tree's survival. Almost anything will work, from tar paper to old blankets, house insulation,...