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How-To: Build a better mouse trap

Posted in How-To, The Farm on Sep 10th, 2007 1 Comment »

Tired of catching mice one at a time? Tired of all the hassles trying to set the traps? How about building a better mouse trap? One that is self resetting, has no poisons, and best of all can be built from stuff that you already have. Even better, you can build it [...]

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Chic-Keet-A

Posted in The Farm on Aug 26th, 2007 No Comments »

Our rooster got beat up badly by a fox in the Spring and it was questionable if he would make it. Fortunately he has recovered quite well. During his recovery, he wasn’t fertilizing the eggs, so when one of our hens went broody, we weren’t too optimistic of how many chicks [...]

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Our buddy the garden spider

Posted in The Farm on Aug 20th, 2007 No Comments »

We have a black & yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) living in the burning bushes by the south side of our house. My son and I enjoy feeding it Japanese beetles and watching the spider mummify them. It is even more enjoyable than feeding them to the Guinea keets. Unfortunately, there [...]

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Some unsuspected visitors

Posted in The Farm on Jun 27th, 2007 No Comments »

I was out in the yard working tonight when our black lab Cinder started barking. The guinea hens where in the yard wandering around and squawking, but not the serious trouble type of squawk. I immediately thought a bear. I had gotten a call on Friday from my parents neighbor [...]

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