Animals 
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Get Started and Have No Expectations!(1)
We sure had a tremendous amount of success from our backyard farm, but we sure did have a lot of fails too! All of those failures have brought knowledge and a plan for how to fix it next year! I am so excited for next year!!
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Greetings Friends!
I was very excited to get a delightful confirmation message this week. There was something that “clicked” inside when I read the invitation to become a contributing writer for this fabulous site! I wanted to share my first post by introducing myself and offering a little background. My name is Robyn Johnston and I am [...]
Full Story»Rabbits suffer in cages
One of my pet peeves is seeing the accepted practice of keeping rabbits confined in cages and hutches. Recently I have met a 4H leader with many kids taking instruction on rabbit husbandry and keeping all of the bunnies in dinky little cages. Rabbits are intelligent, playful, inquisitive, and active animals. They need room to [...]
Full Story»Rabbit healthy diet
A friend of mine recently rescued a neglected “jail” bunny whose owner had been feeding it mostly carrots!! I find many people have ‘funny’ ideas about what constitutes a good diet for rabbits. Though pet stores hawk the well-known alfalfa pellet as the all-purpose food, this is actually not a good diet for an adult [...]
Full Story»Another Story for Another Day…
It was over a year after I attended the Rhode Island Beekeepers’ Association’s “Bee School” before I was able to get my first hive and 3 lbs. of bees. Of course, I live in Connecticut (RI native and, at the time, working a corporate job in RI), so I was not eligible for a mentor [...]
Full Story»Bee Die-Off Case Not Closed
Well, well, well. A follow up to the New York Times much emailed announcement that the bee die-off attributed to CCD has been solved proved that the grand news wasn’t all it cracked up to be. It’s a story of deception, greed, profit, and good-old-American “buy off the scientists!” For more: http://www.grist.org/article/food-2010-10-14-the-new-york-times-gets-it-wrong-on-bees
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