Throughout summer and as fall nears, butterfly eggs can be found on the underside of leaves. It left me wondering about the life cycle of the butterfly. I had questions about how long they live and...

One of my daughters earliest memories is watching a butterfly chrysalis turn into a butterfly. She got to hold it on her finger before releasing it outside. Raising butterflies offers great benefits...

  Living out in the country I see a lot of chickens. As I was watching some chickens one day, I noticed one rolling around in the dirt. I’d never seen that before so I decided to do a...

  Like many of you, I have wanted to achieve greater self-sufficiency. It is hard to become completely self-sufficient without raising certain farm animals. But, What farm animals are the...

  I have been trying to decide if cows or pigs are more profitable. I have several acres of land that have sat empty for the last few years. Both beef and pork are popular meats. So I’ve...

  The other day I ran across an interesting statement. It said that pigs can’t look up into the sky and that as a result, pigs have no appreciation of the sky. That seemed a little odd to...