There are many chicken predators that want to make a tasty meal of your chickens or their eggs. These are the most common ones you may encounter and the best ways to foil them. Warning: There are a few details of our raccoon attack that may not be suitable for children to read. How to Identify Your Chicken Predators Many…
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Common Chicken Predators
What Kinds of Tomatoes Should I Grow?
When you think about starting a garden, almost everyone wants to grow tomatoes. But how do you know what kinds of tomatoes to grow? This post will help you choose the best tomato varieties for your garden. Classifications of Tomatoes Tomatoes can be classified many ways. open-pollinated, hybrid, heirloom determinate, indeterminate grape, cherry, pear, paste, slicer disease resistance color even…
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Ways To Use Herbs In The Chicken Coop
Preview: Using herbs in the chicken coop can provide many benefits to your chickens. As a bonus, you can use many of these same herbs in your kitchen! Why Would You Want To Use Herbs For Your Chickens? First, let’s discuss why you would even want to use herbs for your chickens. Herbs can benefit your chickens in many ways….
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How to Harden Off Seedlings
Preview: Learning how to harden off seedlings is important to ensure success when you transplant seedlings to the garden. Spring has come and your new little seedlings are doing well under their grow lights. Your last expected spring frost date has come and gone. You are ready to put those plants in the garden. But wait! Have you hardened off…
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Direct Sowing vs. Transplants
It can be hard for beginning gardeners to know what should be started as seeds indoors and what should be sown directly in the ground. I’ll explain the benefits and downfalls to direct sowing and share what vegetables you should seed directly in the ground and what you should purchase as transplants. First, lets cover some terminology. Direct sowing is…
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How To Start A Garden On A Budget
Looking to save money when growing a garden? These ideas will help you start a garden on a budget. Start A Raised Bed Garden On A Budget If you want to make a raised bed on a budget, the best way to build your raised bed is to try to find materials you can re-purpose. To line the raised bed,…
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Fast Growing Vegetables
With everything going on in the world right now, you may have decided to start growing some of your own food. And if so, you probably want that food as soon as possible. And while growing a garden definitely doesn’t happen overnight, there are some vegetables that grow quicker than others. Below are some fast growing vegetables that you can…
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