How to Sex Guinea Fowl
How to sex guinea fowl can be mystifying to anyone who hasn’t spent a lot of time around guineas. But it’s not quite so mystifying once you learn the clues to watch for. Vent Sexing Keets (baby guinea fowl) of...
Deworm Goats with Pine Trees — Fact or Fiction?
Deworming goats with prunings from pine trees and similar conifers is much less expensive than using chemicals. It also avoids the issue of internal parasites becoming resistant to chemical products. But can you really deworm goats with pine? Let’s find...
How to Grow Turmeric in Your Garden
Turmeric is, in many ways, similar to ginger. After I discovered how easy ginger is to grow in my garden, I was tempted to try turmeric. I was a bit reluctant, however, because I’d been led to believe turmeric stains...
Egg Size Conversions for Recipes
Most recipes calling for eggs are geared toward large chicken eggs. But what if you have only small bantams eggs? Or extra large duck eggs, or even jumbo turkey eggs? Some recipes can be ruined by using the wrong size...
Tattler Reusable Lids — Do They Work?
Tattler reusable canning lids continue to be the subject of controversy. Some home canners love them. Others can’t seem to make them work. So what are Tattler reusable lids? And more to the point, do they or don’t they seal?...
Frost or Freeze — What’s the Difference?
Frost or freeze? Weather reports often refer to such things as a “light frost” or a “hard freeze.” So what’s the difference between a frost and a freeze. And, more important, what temperature is “light” and what temperature is “hard”?...
What Is a Chicken’s Umwelt?
Umwelt is a concept developed in 1905 by German biologist Jakob von Uexküll. In German Um means around and Welt means the world. Your umwelt is everything you are able to perceive in the world around you. What we humans...
Not Bailey’s Irish Cream, But Close
Bailey’s Irish Cream is a whiskey-based cream liqueur. At our house we enjoy a little glass as dessert, or sometimes we have it over vanilla ice cream. The real deal is divine, but rather pricey. So I decided to find...
Do Chickens Have a Sense of Smell?
Chickens don’t have a nose to wriggle up, like a human who smells something odd or interesting. Neither to they noticeably sniff at things, like a dog does. Nevertheless, chickens have a keen sense of smell. And it’s likely every...
Cauliflower Pickles with Ginger and Turmeric
Ginger, along with its cousin turmeric, must be harvested before first frost. Accordingly, every fall I end up with an abundance of both. In seeking new ways to use either one, I ran across a delicious recipe that incorporates both...