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Make Your Own Hurdles
Posted by Sharon Astyk on January 18, 2012 No, not the kind used in track and field (although if you really want to jump over them I won’t stop you), I mean the sort used to keep livestock in without breaking the budget on fencing. They look cool, and now is the perfect time of year to prune out branches and hurdle making…
On Sentiment…And Against Sentimentality
Posted by Sharon Astyk on October 4, 2010 It is pouring down rain – Tropical Storm Nicole is dumping 5 inches on us – and the dogs are barking out of control. I can’t see a thing in the storm, but I suddenly realize what they must be barking at – I forgot to put Blackberry in the barn. Blackberry, you see, is…
Tales from the Barnyard: The Sharks and the Jets
Posted by Sharon Astyk on June 15, 2010 The Sharks and the Jets are fighting over by the compost pile. Well, ok, maybe not quite, but it has that feel to it. You see, we have two street-gangs of ducks. The first ones, Pekins and one ratty looking Rouen who is shooting for the “oldest living duck record” have been around for a…
Once You’ve Got the Chickens, You’ll Hardly Notice the Yaks: Re-Inventing the Diversified Small Farm
Posted by Sharon Astyk on December 29, 2009 Over at ye olde blogge, on one of my Independence Days updates, a reader commented on something that I’d posted. I’d mentioned that we are having trouble with goat parasites – most specifically, meningeal worm. Meningeal worm is a parasite is hosted by snails and transmitted by the feces of white tailed deer. It is…