True Facts About the Dung Beetle

Chickens are, without a doubt, one of the most interesting critters to own. To know them, is to fall madly in love with their beauty, their entertaining antics, and their sweet clucky chitter-chatter. These intelligent and very sociable chooks can “worm” their way into your heart within seconds. So, let’s take a peek at what makes them unique. 1. On average, chickens tend to live to be 5-8 years of age. 2. Chickens have an eclectic palate. They’re happy to devour your kitchen scraps,

Agricultural production has been a staple of the United States from the beginning. Year-round, American farmers leverage all the land has to offer in an effort to provide necessities for the world’s ever-expanding population. Over time, there have been a number of memorable farming quotes from historical figures that put it all into perspective for those that don’t make a living on the farm. 10 Memorable Farming Quotes To honor our American farmers as we head into the

Most of the time we talk about plants that you can grow and eat… But what about plants that grow by eating animals and insects?​ Enter carnivorous plants, a fascinating type of plant that gets most of its nutrition by preying on other living creatures! Here are 18+ things you didn’t know about carnivorous plants. Most of us know carnivorous plants from movies. They’ve been in a ton of movies over the years, but the most memorable is probably The Little Shop of Horrors . Carni

Blogger Shelby DeVore shares information about pumpkins, which are full of vitamins and other nutrients that your chickens and other poultry will love. When my husband and I bought our house several years ago, someone told us that we needed to put out horse apples or hedge apples (fruit of the Osage-orange tree, Maclura pomifera) to keep bugs away. We asked a few other people and they all agreed that horse apples have been used for centuries to keep bugs away.