In this short video series you’ll see how a person decided to make a crawfish pond out of a raised bed in the garden in order to breed crawfish at home for fishing bait. An interesting project, one that could certainly be expanded to keep & breed crawfish for your own personal supply. The pond dig… […]
With this brilliant invention by Stuart and Cedar Anderson, a father-and-son beekeeper team in Australia, honey bees around the world can breathe a collective sigh of relief. Their Flow Hive invention allows beekeepers to harvest honey from their hives without disturbing the bees inside. The clever invention works by providing the bees with a partially-completed […]
In the harsh wilderness of the Himalayan Mountains live the Himalayan Cliff Bees; the world’s largest honey bees. They can grow up to three centimeters in length and produce a red colored honey unlike any other. The people of China and Nepal tout the benefits of this honey that not only helps with diabetes, hypertension, and […]
This short video presents, in detail, the idea of deep bed composting directly under your chickens. Using smart chicken house design & management, the hens will turn the compost and produce amazing fertilizer and even better eggs. They have been using this system at Atitlan Organics for many years and always have happy healthy hens and ridiculously […]
If you keep chickens, then you’re going to need to provide nesting boxes so they can lay their eggs. Fortunately, chickens aren’t really that fussy so long as the nesting boxes you provide are comfy. There are many different types of nesting boxes that you can provide, and many are cheap and can be sourced […]
Combining elements of natural beekeeping, citizen science, open source hardware, and networked smart devices, these DIY beehives could be a powerful tool in the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder. Honeybees are amazing creatures, because not only are they responsible for producing that jar of honey on your counter by flying tens of thousands of miles […]
Is your home, garden and pets infested with fleas, ticks, etc? If this is the case, you don’t have to worry any longer. Here is an effective recipe consisting of 4 ingredients that can be safely used on your friends as well as in your garden or patio for repelling and killing fleas, ticks, mosquitoes, ants, […]
A chicken tractor (sometimes called an ark) is a movable chicken coop lacking a floor. Chicken tractors allow free ranging along with shelter, allowing chickens fresh forage such as grass, weeds and bugs, which widens their diet and lowers their feed needs. They echo a natural, symbiotic cycle of foraging through which the birds eat down […]
When you go to the grocery store to buy eggs, you’ll see terms on the cartons like “cage-free” and “free-range.” But most people don’t know the difference between the two. As it turns out, “cage-free” might mean that the chickens do not live in tiny cages, but they’ll still never get to go outside into the sunlight. “Free-range,” […]
As far as television hosts go, few seemed to enjoy themselves more than Jon Stewart, the former host of the smash hit ‘The Daily Show’ on Comedy Central. But as it turns out, he’s much happier now in retirement than he was during his many years in the spotlight. “I wish somebody had told me life […]