DIY Chicken Water & Feeder From 5-Gallon Buckets

“Not everyone needs a post on a DIY chicken water and feeder from 5-gallon buckets, but someone out there does need it! Is it you? Even if you

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Thrive Hive – Top Bar Bee Hive

“‘Thrive Hive’ provides a more simple and practical natural environment for beekeeping. Conceived by tom back, a student of Kingston university in London, UK, the design uses traditional

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Catch Bass Under Bridges With These Tips

“If you’re not sure where to cast for bass on any given lake, head for the nearest bridge. Most bridges provide bass with deep water, shade, bridge pilings

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Nigerian Dwarf Goats For Urban Farming & Homesteading

“Nigerian dwarf goats grow to only 21 in. tall, about equal to a medium-size dog. “But they have giant udders,” says Novella Carpenter. She should know: she has

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Backyard Fish Farming

“Have you considered the benefits of backyard fish farming? Fish farming is a very old practice that can be fun, productive and rewarding. As many wild fish stocks

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Making Your Own Organic Chicken Manure Compost

“Did you know chickens are great gardeners? Not only does their scratching aerate the soil, they also keep the weeds at bay and can clean up some of

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A Simple Guide To Raising & Milking Goats

“Since I know all you guys are just {dying} to own some goats and since I know all your husbands / boyfriends / fiancés / girlfriends / wives

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Egg Eating – 7 Causes & Ways To Break This Messy Habit

“Egg eating by your chickens is a bad habit that gets harder to break the longer you let it go on. It is obviously undesirable to have your

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Raising Animals As Gardening Allies

“When I go into the garden first thing in the morning, fuzzy, yellow ducklings race into view. Running around cheeping, they take a bite from the feeder, have

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How To Raise Tilapia In The Backyard

“Tilapia ranks as the second most cultivated fish in the world, after carp. Tilapia is one of the most popular farmed fish in the world and its production is increasing.

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How To Build A Bee Hive

“A warre hive is a vertical top bar hive that is simple to build and easy to use. The cost is about one-third to one-fourth the cost of

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Baking Soda For Goats?

“We homesteaders sure do love our baking soda, don’t we? I think it’s really only second to vinegar when it comes to being one of my favorite all-purpose

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DIY Rabbit Hutch Instructions

“Due to our impending move to a neighborhood with HOA regulations, we decided weeks ago that it was time. Time to move the bunnies from the piece-meal wire

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Frozen Ice Cube Treats for Chickens

“Fresh clean water is the most important thing you can provide your flock – especially in the summer. Eggs contain mostly water and keeping your chickens hydrated not

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Closed Loop Food Producing Urban Greenhouse – Garden Pool

“Garden Pool started as one family’s blog to document converting an old backyard swimming pool in to a closed-loop food-producing urban greenhouse and has evolved in to a

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Barley Fodder Sprouting In 8 Days

“This Spring we are exploring an alternative to how we are feeding our herd (and chickens too!). The idea comes from the notion of fresh sprouts as a

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How To Build Grazing Frames For Your Backyard Chickens

“Allowing your chickens to graze on fresh grass is a good thing – not just for them, but for you as well. The nutrients in green vegetation enhances the

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Making A Fish Trap

“The content of this tutorial doesn’t have to be followed precisely, its just how i did things and it turned out well. First you need to go gathering

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How To Make A Chicken Barrow

I call this a Chicken Barrow instead of a Chicken Tractor because it really reminds me more of a wheel barrow than a tractor! Anyway, after researching chicken

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PVC Chicken Feeder With DIY Instructions

“Wasted chicken feed drives me nuts and I was determined to build a feeder that would put an end to chickens billing feed out onto the ground. After

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