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To all 'Rural/Farm Life' peeps, please check in [View all] 72 jannyk Feb 2012 Sep 2022 6 27441

If you are here for the first time - Please SUBSCRIBE! 0 jannyk Feb 2012 Dec 2011 10 44365

Old Rural/Farm group - for reference only! 0 jannyk Feb 2012 Dec 2011 2 34678

"Hen pecked", "pecking order", "get your hackles up", how about 1 hedgehog Sep 2012 Sep 2012 1 2358

A crow question - 2 hedgehog Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 2218

A looming plague...locusts 0 mfcorey1 May 2020 May 2020 5 1770

a quick rural life (and first world problem) rant - The Yellow Card 6 Kali Mar 2019 Mar 2019 5 3867

about to buy a "farm" 24 mopinko Dec 2011 Feb 2012 7 7026

All Right! 0 Maxheader Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 2240

Almost that time again 0 hollowdweller Jan 2017 Jan 2017 2 1924

Also, I'm thinking about getting a cow this year, a Jersey. any thoughts? cow owners? dairy guys? 13 farminator3000 Mar 2013 May 2013 0 5239

Any advice on how to humanely get rid of groundhogs? 21 beam me up scottie May 2015 May 2015 0 6178

Any beekeepers in the house? 7 bluecollar2 Feb 2018 Apr 2018 3 3067

any good and i mean good woodchuck recipes 5 loli phabay Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 3021

Any idea why our chickens are only laying one egg when we usually got 9-10. We think it is the 12 jwirr Jul 2013 Dec 2013 0 5520

any one do bat rescure? Ive had downed bats around my house but this time I want to do it right.. 4 samnsara Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 3598

any recipes for homemade safe..effective... rattlesnake repellent? 19 samnsara Jun 2020 Apr 2021 0 8643

Anyone else having a great year for puffball mushrooms? 7 HereSince1628 Sep 2015 Sep 2015 0 2728

anyone ever have an isbar? 2 mopinko Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 3080

Anyone ever use old CDs hanging from a string to keep chickens out of 2 hedgehog May 2014 Mar 2016 0 2681

Anyone have new ideas for an old, intractable problem? 11 LWolf Mar 2012 Apr 2012 0 4687

Anyone here experienced with Scottish highland cattle? 4 mainer May 2013 Jul 2013 0 3069

Anyone here had experience getting rid of a skunk visitor? 7 jwirr Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2939

Anyone planning to downsize or eliminate their hobby flocks/herds due to drought and feed costs? 3 Denninmi Jul 2012 Aug 2012 0 2476

Anyone use satellite for internet and if so what do you use? 7 efhmc Apr 2020 Apr 2020 0 5667

Anyone want to talk about goats? 12 MuseRider Nov 2012 Jan 2013 0 3797

Are artichoke plants thorny enough for the horses to leave them alone? 2 EFerrari Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 2512

Are earthworms a destructive or benign invasive species in North America? 3 fasttense Mar 2015 Jul 2016 2 2826

Attack of the feral bunnies! 9 EFerrari Jun 2012 Jul 2012 0 3727

Back to rural life....advice anyone? 16 OnionPatch May 2021 May 2021 3 6084

Rural/Farm Life Continued...

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Bee Keeping 5 sue4e3 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1849

Beekeeping day 62, did the hive go Queenless??? 0 sue4e3 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 2409

Beekeeping Day 74, Nucs and a hive split 0 sue4e3 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 3 3199

Beekeeping, Day 103 "Marking The Blue Queen Green" 2 sue4e3 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 2961

Beekeeping, Day 110, "Finding And Marking The Green Queen" 0 sue4e3 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 3837

Beekeeping, Day 116, 3 Hives, 2 Queens, 1 Virgin 0 sue4e3 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 3287

Beekeeping, Day 124, "Still No Queen in the Main Hive?" 0 sue4e3 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 3 4175

Beekeeping, Day 132, "Say Farewell to the Original Hive" 0 sue4e3 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 3898

Beekeeping, Day 139, "After The Combine" 0 sue4e3 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 2227

Beekeeping, Day 147, "So Far, So Good" 2 sue4e3 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 3 3327

Beekeeping, Day 159, "Just A Quick Inspection" 0 sue4e3 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 0 2888

Beekeeping, Day 176 "Vivaldi Boards, One Down, One To Go" 0 sue4e3 Oct 2019 Oct 2019 5 4190

Beekeeping, Day 81 "Nuc update and an old queen cell" 0 sue4e3 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 6 2939

Beekeeping, Day 88, What are these bees doing? 4 sue4e3 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 1 3811

Beginning Women Farmer Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1 Kali Jan 2012 Jan 2012 2 2336

Black Soldier Fly grubs for compost. 1 fasttense Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2973

Boog the chocolate lab 5 TEB Mar 2019 Mar 2019 6 2187

book coming out in this month 3 Kali Mar 2020 Apr 2020 14 3562

Broadband 4 littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 Apr 2019 8 2121

buy heirloom seeds 5 handmade34 Feb 2012 Feb 2012 5 2748

can you disarm a rooster? 21 mopinko Jul 2012 Jan 2014 0 11055

Cast Your Vote for The 1840 Farm Heirloom Seed Collection 4 ashling Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2700

Chicken breeds 11 Kaleva Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 4509

Chicken Farmers Thought Trump Was Going to Help Them. Then His Administration Did the Opposite. 3 TexasTowelie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 8007

chicken question - 15 hedgehog Aug 2012 Sep 2012 0 5179

Chicken weeding: My free range chickens love scratch grain, 5 hedgehog Oct 2013 Jan 2014 1 3017

chickens are getting big. 3 mopinko Jun 2012 Jul 2012 1 2277

Chickens can do magic - 2 hedgehog Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2553

chickens in the city- 3 mopinko May 2014 May 2014 1 2478

chickens! 5 mopinko May 2012 May 2012 0 3083

Rural/Farm Life Continued...

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chicks are hatched 8 handmade34 Jan 2017 Feb 2017 7 2501

Commercial growers and farmers, I need your help. 2 bluecollar2 Apr 2020 Apr 2020 4 4509

Cost of building a small, 4 hen chicken coop 14 Kaleva Aug 2022 Sep 2022 5 8653

Cows Fed Flaxseed Produce More Nutritious Dairy Products 0 Viva_La_Revolution Jan 2013 Jan 2013 1 1928

Coyotes and a BB gun - I need advice 14 hedgehog Dec 2012 Apr 2013 0 17701

Coyotes are busy this morning 9 TEB Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 4282

Craig's list, WOW! 1 hedgehog Sep 2012 Sep 2012 0 2178

cross posting from lounge. fun tool. 0 mopinko Jan 2017 Jan 2017 0 2586

day 56 of Beekeeping 2 sue4e3 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 2562

day 65 bee keeping 8 sue4e3 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 20 3284

Dec. 15th FREE Webcast on how to choose insulation 1 Dover Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 1665

DIY tractors and other cool stuff 1 gejohnston Jan 2013 Dec 2013 1 2988

Does anyone have a tool room/workshop that runs entirely on solar? 6 Dover Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 2595

Does anyone know where I can buy NON GMO seed (Corn and Soybeans)? I need to plan next years crops 7 Vincardog Nov 2012 Jan 2013 0 5300

Does anyone know where to find the market price for live adult geese. I could find what it costs to 2 jwirr Oct 2012 Oct 2012 0 2914

Don't know where else to ask this question. Last spring a whitetail 10 sinkingfeeling Apr 2017 Jan 2018 3 6030

Don't need no carcinogenic glysophate... 10 jcgoldie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 6 2896

Down On The Farm 5 Bayard Apr 2019 Apr 2019 5 3842

Droped in to learn and listen....if that is ok. 6 Stuart G Feb 2019 Oct 2023 0 3027

Dumb chicken question from someone who has raised them for 25 years: 3 hedgehog May 2012 May 2012 0 2604

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