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raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

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Folly or fantastic - I'm growing a cloak!

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diatomaceous earth

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Wildlife at Wheaton Labs

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Vancouver Island fibreshed - what are we getting right? what's missing?

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weird things chickens have done

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Who are my new neighbours? (apparently now yellow jackets afterall)

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best perennial chicken feed

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Raising sheep only for wool

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One Solution to the Crisis: Landrace Everything

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"Backyard Dairy Goats" book

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Post Cool Bug Pics

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Weird things dogs have done

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I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

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I thought permaculture insect control had failed me, but land racing saved the day!

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making the best of raising cornish rock cross

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If I ever teach butchery or dressing a carcass again

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Help. Goose eggs too thick shell to candle?

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Small white moth ID?

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Chicken Feeder Design - What do you use?

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Gnats Gnats Gnats Gnats HOW DO I GET RID OF GNATS!!

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pollinators

Euptoieta claudia - Variegated Fritillary...caterpillar and chrysalis and now a butterfly emerged!

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chickens eating eggs

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Egg Prices

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Ramming ram, what to do...

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Avian flu concerns

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pigs

Can Pigs add?

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chickens

Should I get chickens?

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What do you grow for your chickens?

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bugs

need legit help - Ticks

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nibblers

How could a Permie deal with Voles?

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nibblers

Keeping mice and rats out of storage sheds

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ducks and geese

Chickens and Ducks

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bugs

Before I do this... Mosquito dunks

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Livestock guardian pig

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wildlife

Making a net

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Ant question

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First-Year Chicken Keeper Mistakes That Cost Me $500+

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Any folks raising sheep on mostly browse?

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Fruit Flies

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Looking for Icelandic Sheep (WI/U.P./Eastern MN)

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Chicken Tractor Idea - Thoughts?

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A Salad Bar for Chickens (That Actually Works)

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Storing hatching eggs

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Jerusalem Artichoke for General Animal Feed?

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Where did all the tomato horn worms go?

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Green caterpillar with horn on his arse.

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How long does daily chicken chores take you?

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ducks in the garden - will they eat my plants?

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hens per rooster?

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Winter proofing a quail aviary

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What benefits do predators have?

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Itchy Dogs - Treatment Ideas

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Easy DIY Chick Brooder

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Keeping Chickens Cozy Without Electricity—How Do You Do It?

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Iberian ant queens lay eggs that hatch into another species

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Here's Why Layer Feed Isn’t Made for BACKYARD Chickens

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Dust Baths: Natural Pest Control or Just Chicken Spa Day?

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bugs

Insect picture exchange :)

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quail and pigeons

Deep litter method

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strange growth on the chicken's belly

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Using Squirrels to Harvest Nuts

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Sneezing Chickens—When Do You Worry, and When Do You Wait It Out?

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How Big Should a Chicken Coop Really Be? (Do the Charts Get It Wrong?)

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Yellowjackets in roof

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Bald-face hornets dilemna

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Relocating paper wasps and removing yellowjackets

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Creating a habitat for goldfinches.

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Including birds damage control in a permaculture design

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