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I've been fighting frozen water all day long, and I finally decided to bring my girls into the basement tonight. I was torn on what to do, because we're going down to -10 with -30 wind chills, and I just couldn't stomach the thought of finding frozen chickens in the morning. I can't get their...

My niece is 9 years old and that's far more than she has to do on a daily basis; she's responsible for setting the table for dinner, loading the dishwasher after all meals, making her bed, and feeding the cat and dog. I think this is a reasonable list; she's not allowed to slack off, yet she's...

Mine recently killed a frog in the garden, then fought over the carcass by chasing each other everywhere as they snatched the dangling dead frog from each other's beaks. Nasty! They picked the carcass clean, and we had great enormous eggs the next day. So gross. In the last week, they've killed...

I highly recommend Wally Lamb's excellent book of essays written by women prisoners, Couldn't Keep it to Myself. Lamb, a bestselling author, leads a writing group inside a women's prison, and the selected essays from his group are eye-opening. They really challenge preconceived notions about...

Well, I must be the only softie who supplements with heat lamps. When the wind chill here in Ohio is at zero degrees, I sleep better knowing that my chickens aren't suffering, or, worse, freezing to death. I only turn on one lamp when the temps get down in the low twenties or below, and when...

I used CDs to deter a red-tailed hawk from nest robbing. We had a little robin couple build a nest behind one of our lanterns near our garage, up against the wall. When the babies were about 4-5 days old, I was talking to my mother on the phone when I saw an enormous red-tailed hawk swoop in...

I've been flower gardening for a few years and just planted my first veggie garden this year. I grew all heirloom veggies and really enjoyed it. It was much easier than I thought it would be (although that's not to say it was without problems!). I'm already looking forward to next year, when...

Quote: Amen to THAT. Amy

Maybe you could bring him inside during the day?Scotties really aren't outside dogs. They do much better inside, with their families. Amy

This is why I skip dog food altogether and feed my dogs a homemade diet. It was nice in that last recall knowing that none of that stuff ever crossed my dogs' lips and never will. Anything processed by any company, no matter how good they are, always contains potential risk. Amy

Hmm, that's weird...mine do best with exactly two weeks. I've tried aging for one week and they still don't peel well, but two weeks has always done the trick! Amy

Earlier this summer one of my Dominiques tried to hatch golf balls; I let her sit on them for two nights, but because the girls couldn't get into the nest box, we weren't getting any eggs. So I took out all the golf balls and that was the end of that! No more broody Dominique, and everybody laid...

I used my LL for the first time the other day, and it was wonderful! So compact, and I was shocked at how much food I could jam in there. The only problem was that I put yogurt in one of the open containers with some fresh pineapple, and the pineapple leaked juices on the inside of the big...

My husband tried the Atkins diet at the suggestion of his doctor (ugh) and lost 60 pounds...then he gained it all back and then some. It's not a realistic or healthy lifestyle. Reinbeau is absolutely right: it's all about changing your relationship with food and getting yourself moving. Amy

Quote: I'll ask again. Does anyone have a reasonable explanation why they are so poor? Free trade is a huge whopping reason. You've asked the $64,000 question, and I'm thrilled that someone took this discussion a little further. When the trade borders were forcibly opened up so that our...