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DIY Christmas Gifts You Can Make for (or With) Your Kids!

When we first announced to our kids that we would be making handmade gifts for each other for Christmas this year, the reactions were less than enthusiastic. Would Santa approve…

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The Farm Calendar

Last year about this time I wrote out a Farm Calendar with all the tasks for all of the animals and buildings and equipment we have to accomplish in each…

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Winter-Proof Chicken Waterer

As soon as the temps drop below freezing, we Minnesota farmers break out the winter gear. My least favorite contraption is the chicken waterer. In the summer, I hook a…

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Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing for Sheep

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Building a Top Bar Hive

We’re trying a new style of beehive this year called a top-bar hive. It’s new to us and most American beekeepers but is actually a very old style. It predates the…

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Queening the hives

Towards the end of last summer we discovered one of our two bee hives was vacant, a victim of Colony Collapse Disorder. We pulled frames with honey and added them…

DIY Christmas Gifts You Can Make for (or With) Your Kids!

The Farm Calendar

Winter-Proof Chicken Waterer

Managed Intensive Rotational Grazing for Sheep

Building a Top Bar Hive

Queening the hives

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