Home » Entries posted by Mike Curtis (Page 75)
Entries posted by Mike Curtis
Dairy Cow with her newborn

Milk Comes From Grieving Mothers – Truth About Organic Dairy www.youtube.com The truth about organic dairy. From Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative: “Economically, it is not possible for farmers to keep retired cows on the farm…. Organically raised cows will stay a part of the herd for an averag…e of 6-8 years verses conventionally raised cows who […]

Continue reading …
What job opportunities are there for someone who has majored in Aquaculture?

Image by Bytemarks November’s Bytemarks Lunch visit to the McKinley aquaculture fish farm. Question by mushroomgovernment: What job opportunities are there for someone who has majored in Aquaculture? Feel free to answer in the comment section below

Continue reading …
What is this pile of worm-like exoskeletons under my bed?

Image by jeffschuler Question by YunG DeW: What is this pile of worm-like exoskeletons under my bed? I started doing a massive cleaning project in my room. Under my bed is pretty dirty, there isn’t food around in my room and its mostly just clothes and old things building up since I’ve had the same […]

Continue reading …
What is the best way to raise turkeys?

Image by Paxsimius Shelly works with someone who knows a part-time turkey farmer. She raises free-range all natural turkeys. This was one of them. The breast was leaner and the meat a little darker, but the flavor was really good. She slit the skin and pushed garlic and herb butter under it and stuffed it […]

Continue reading …
Mason Bees Part 2 mellow.avi

This is a repost of a video on Mason Bees in response to several people who did not like the MXC loud music. This song will appeal to the viewer who tends to like classical and New Age music. The message is the same. Bees are needed to pollinate our crops and flowers. Mason Bees, […]

Continue reading …
How do I remove a live snake out of my chicken coop?

Image by Varanos Question by ccandcompany8.2007: How do I remove a live snake out of my chicken coop? I have a loose snake in with my chickens in the chicken coop. I need to remove the live snke. Can you help? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Continue reading …
How much would a 1/2 acre farm earn (organic) a year?

Image by uniteddiversity Question by PChardwareExpert: How much would a 1/2 acre farm earn (organic) a year? A friend who is extremely interested in agriculture, wants me to invest in his farm. He said I will receive my money back+25% interest. He said he would be growing ONLY organic vegetables by hand on a 1/2 […]

Continue reading …
aquaponics flood and drain?

Image by oceandesetoiles Question by Brenda h: aquaponics flood and drain? im just starting out with aquaponics and i have a 20 gallon fish tank that im going to use and a small grow bed with hydroton and i wanting to do a flood and drain with a auto siphon what size of tubing do […]

Continue reading …

Question by King Leo: Can anybody tell me more about goat farming in a scientific way? What do you think? Answer below!

Continue reading …

Question by prcoley: Do you have a compost heap, worm farm or both? It makes such a difference to the garden – I can’t believe people would put their kitchen and green waste in the garbage (obviously unless you live in an apartment) Can you help? Leave your own answer in the comments!

Continue reading …