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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Farming: Zombie chickens?
One of the things that veteran chicken farmers warn about is cannibalism. Chickens will attack each other when they are overcrowded, have sick chickens among them, or are just plain bored. The breed we got on April 15th, Speckled Sussex, has proven so far to be a particularly precocious one, and we discovered yet another element to […] Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, breeds, cannibalism, chickens, Experiments, Farming, free range, Heritage, speckled sussex
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The rise and fall of the British government
I watched the election in Britain yesterday with some interest and have a prediction as a result: no one will be able to form a stable government and whoever the sitting prime minister is will be forced to call new … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Elections, Europeah Union, Government, Great Britiain, Italy, Nations, News, Organizations, Politics, Predictions, Preparedness, Spain, Voting, World Watch
Tagged currency, Economy, Elections, Euro, Europe, Predictions, uncertainty
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The second slump?
The Dow is down hard for the third consecutive day, dropping 980 points at one point on investor worries over the growing crisis in Greece and predictions that Spain and Britain may not be that far behind. So, what’s your … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Entities, Farming, Great Britiain, Greece, History, Nations, News, Philosophy, Spain, United States, West, the, World Watch
Tagged change, Economy, History, planning, Predictions, readiness, The past, Thinking
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Farming: Cows in the yard!
They were invited, though.
It’s my first attempt at some pasture management in the form of using the cows to mow some grass that we’d otherwise have to burn gas to get rid of. The cows seem to be taking it all in stride, although one of our dogs wants to have a conniption because the […] Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, Cows, electric fence, Experiments, Farming, Grass, pasture, Self-sufficiency
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Farming: The one thing everyone can do
This morning, I read about a bill under consideration by the US Senate that would, if the language in it holds true, essentially criminalize local food producers by forcing them to register with regulatory agencies in the same way that industrial food companies must.
Reading about this bill once again struck home for me how far Americans […] Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Law, Philosophy
Tagged Farming, food production, Self-sufficiency, senate
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