Image by davosmith Part of the annual Puck Fair festival – raising the goat – ‘King Puck’ to the top of his tower, where he spends the next 3 days. by bunchofpants Article by Ted Allen Raising goats for meat can both enjoyable and profitable. It only requires very simple pieces of equipment and only […]
Continue reading …Image by sarahkim Graton, CA. Question by louise: I live in Orange County VT and I am looking for some dairy goats (2-3). Does any one know of some in NH or VT? I don’t need any thing fancy. We have some chickens and pigs and would like to add some goats. Milk is for […]
Continue reading …Here is my science fair that I did we used a bicycle wheel and attached tape so that it acted like a windmill, then we hooked up a pulley system and a motor mounted on velcro and we hooked up diffrent power of light bulbs and two generators that it could power. If you have […]
Continue reading …Image by Cliff Beckwith The worms like finely shredded scraps of uncoated paper for bedding material. It must be kept moist. The paper also keeps fruit flies in/out. Question by Deanna B: Would you rather eat a full giant worm or sleep in a bed FULL of tarantulas for one night? Add your own answer […]
Continue reading …Image by FlyingFox We really need to raise our hiring standards at the office. Question by Elizabeth T: How to Raise Champion Turkeys for 4-H or Pleasure? I want to start raising Turkeys for pleasure. My friend is going to join the 4-H and I told her she can use my turkeys to show if […]
Continue reading …Question by Runner: Is there any money to be made in goat farming? Have small acreage in the country without any zoning problems, and would like to know if there would be any money to be made in goat farming. I hear of people doing this, but I don’t know where the market is, or […]
Continue reading …Image by the.sprouts there was a ridiculous amount of life we unearthed (and disturbed) in prepping our plot for the prototype beds for our gardensense project [1] with Green City Growers [2] [1] gardensense.thesprouts.org [2] growmycitygreen.com Question by John C: how can i make a worm bed so i dont have to buy worms everytime […]
Continue reading …Image by sanbeiji Question by R.: A small isolated farm uses a windmill and a gas generator? A small isolated farm uses a windmill and a gas generator tor power. During a 10 day period, they produced 3010kW/h of power, with the windmill operating at 45% of capacity and the generator at capacity. During the […]
Continue reading …Goats produce approximately 2% of the world’s total annual milk supply.Doe milk naturally has small, well-emulsified fat globules, which means the cream remains suspended in the milk, instead of rising to the top, as in raw cow milk; therefore, it does not need to be homogenized. Indeed, if the milk is going to be used […]
Continue reading …Image by Salim Virji Beekeeping in Alphabet City Question by Rabbit: Does a beekeeping honey house smell like honey when not in production? For any beekeepers out there with a small honey house: does the smell of the honey linger in the honey house even during times when it’s not in use? Does it simply […]
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