This was really scary, so we want to tell you this: If you live in tick country (and that's most of the United States) and you have serious “flu” symptoms for more than a day or two, go see your doctor right away! Mom and Dad have picked off thousands,...
Is the chain sharp? Between fence line cleanup and firewood making, there is plenty of cutting to be done. Slip on a pair of leather gloves and grasp the chain mid bar. Chainsaw safety has become more important than speed.
5 (that's the eve of the feast of St. Nicholas) and leave candy and small gifts in shoes the children set next to the door. Remember people less fortunate than you. Then after Christmas, Uzzi and I get to eat it! If you don't live where evergreens grow,...
Gardens attract beautiful birds that can capture our imagination and become the setting for a photo opportunity.One of the treasures of photographs is that they capture memories for us to later reflect on, for as long as the photo is preserved.Teach us...
Rumen Movements If a sheep, goat or cow's rumen isn't moving normally, he is or soon will be sick. Count the number of breaths he takes in 15 seconds and multiply by four. Pull the animal's tail aside and insert the business end of a lubricated digital...
See, our mom is really old (64!) and she's had horses for 52 years. And, Mom says, don't be afraid to buy a sound, healthy, well-trained older horse in his teens or even 20s, especially if you're a beginning rider.
Watch your local newspaper or call your local chamber of commerce for dates and times of holiday performances throughout the community. Attend free holiday performances. Bring the scent of Christmas to your home.
He put a towel in the bottom, next a heating pad set on low, then another towel, and then Hutch. Mom milked Latifah's colostrum—that's the antibody-rich first milk that mothers make—and took it inside.
She says, "I can get nice close shots without even using the macro zoom feature." However, she noted that she does switch to her Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro Zoom for taking photos of butterflies and flowers.
The Acacias, and their close cousins, the Peas and the Cassias have handled the frequency of fire by developing a very hard coat on their seed. The cutting should be cut below a node with sharp secateurs and the lower two thirds of the ‘leaves' removed...
Burly golden and black bumblebees buzzed the butterfly bush. These are just a few of the mind-boggling array of arthropods—invertebrate animals with external skeletons, including spiders and insects—that make their home on our farm and fill me with...
Sometimes horse owners attach an alligator clip to the end of the cord so that it can be clipped to a horse's tail; however, nowadays most people, my mom and dad included, use digital thermometers.
It looks funny (you should've seen Mom jump out of the pool last week when the UPS truck turned into our driveway), but it works! And learn to recognize heat exhaustion . Rest often, in the shade if you can, and avoid heavy meals just before chore time.
Some of this is a direct result of throwing out food we have been conditioned to think is inedible. This practice is referred to as “stem to root” and has actually been a Western philosophy, but not recently.
Although the ovary wall is edible, its texture is a bit thick and dry. When you core a pear, you remove both the ovary wall and the seeds.The part of the pear that you eat is the hypanthium.
“I keep the bottle and nose aligned so the lamb doesn't spit out the nipple or move it to the side or back of its mouth. That won't hurt them as far as enterotoxemia goes, and it gives them electrolytes while filling the void for them.
One of the most popular patterns is Desert Rose created inby Frederick and Mary Grant in 1941 for the Gladding McBean pottery. Floral patterns have been used to decorate just about everything and appear almost everywhere.They have been used so extensively,...
Today we will go for a second stroll in the same area and see what else we can discover. A previous article introduced the typical garrigue environment and plants as well as a water-color artist worth to meet.
Then let the turkey broth cool a little and pour it through a sieve to remove spices & cooked vegetables. Read more of Locavore Recipes » Tags Hungry Locavore , Judith Hausman , locavore , recipe
My daughter, Simka, is a champ! When alarmed, we curl our tails tightly over our backs and snort a high-pitched sneeze-like sound. We also have an acute sense of smell. That's because our ancestors were mountain goats.
A single seed will typically develop six or seven tillers in one season.The leaves of the rice plant sprout from the nodes along the stem. Each branch has several smaller branches called spikelets, each with one flower.
They're usually orphans, but some are triplets or quadruplets and their goat moms can only make milk for two. That way, until Milo gets big enough to jump out, the top stays open for easy access.
The florets display three petals fused into an upper lip and two recurving lower petals, which give a rather fluffy look to the disc. The pistil extends down into the flower, ending in the flower's ovary, which will give rise to a seed.
Some breeds, like Pygmies , dual-purpose Kinder goats , Myotonic goats and rare San Clemente Island and Arapawa Island goats are in categories all by themselves. Bride prices and dowries were paid in goats, and goats sometimes provided sacrifices for...
Spanish conquerors took Churros to South America, too, where they replaced the “sheep of Peru” ( llamas ) as primary livestock. Although Britain soon forbade further importations, colonial Americans continued smuggling thousands of sheep.
Fertilization provides the other half resulting in the production of new cell called a zygote which can continue to develop and become an embryo. This is where the embryo sac is located.
Amazingly, all but two ducklings heroically chiseled out of their eggshells at about the same time, meaning the girls had begun incubation simultaneously (what a team!). I needed to move the ducklings to an adjacent pen, where they wouldn't be bothered...
