Author: Roman

Why we keep Guinea fowl

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"A Guinea... What?" is perhaps the most frequent question we get about our free-ranging Guinea Fowl. Ever since we tested the avian waters with our chickens, and found birds to be an easy and rewarding addition to the farm, we've been looking to expand the menagerie. Our requirements were simple: they should devour garden pests like the chickens - but not destroy our garden...
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Making compost from table and yard scraps

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The benefits of composting are abundant. By making your own compost, you can cut down on household waste, improve your soil to grow healthier plants without chemicals, and reduce the costs associated with your garden. So the decision was easy, but starting this adventure was not quite so straight forward. First things to consider... Space - For starters you'll need to ...
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The Working Chicken

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This book is a great hip-pocket manual, for most general topics when it comes to having your own flock. I'd recommend it as a first  book, or as a supplement to other sources of info. Aside from researching on the internet, reading message boards, and watching videos on YouTube to learn about new interests, we try to read books as often as we can. I downloaded "The Short, ...
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How to Start Your Garden from Seeds

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Starting a garden  from scratch can end up being a big investment. We didn't even have a shovel to break ground with when we started this adventure, so after we purchased our shovels, rakes, trowels, gloves, materials to build raised beds, I could keep going... equipment which will serve us for years, the last thing we wanted to cut a large budget for was plants. So, we decided...
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The Organically Clean Home

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When I decided I wanted to get away from store bought, potentially toxic cleaners I bought this book. It is full of recipes for cleaning just about everything in my house. I have been following CleanMama.net for a couple of years now. I love her printables for organizing everything from cleaning schedules to meal planning. When I decided I wanted to get away from store b...
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