I love to spend my time on activities that accomplish more than one goal at a time. I also realize how important bees are to our ecosystem and food supply. Bees are responsible for more than 30% of our food supply because they pollinate hundreds of plants that rely on them to reproduce. But, […]
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If you missed part one of this article, you can find it here. This article covers 45 flowers that you can grow in a bee and butterfly garden that are also edible. What could be better than colorful, lovely flowers that help the ecosystem and can brighten up your dinners and desserts? Fireweed Firewood
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Spring can be a nightmare for allergy sufferers. The pollen in the air makes life difficult. But, eliminating flowers and pollen-heavy plants doesn’t have to be the only option. You can grow a beautiful garden with flowers that are bee-friendly and allergy-friendly. Did you know? Many of the flowers that cause allergies are not the
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Bees are essential to gardening, food production and farms. Although many people don’t realize it, bees are also essential to our way of life because so much of the food we eat depends on pollination by bees. If you want to make an environmental difference, then a very important action you can take is to
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Bees are arguably one of the most useful and important insects. Bees pollinate one-third of the world’s crops. Without bees, it would be a lot harder to grow enough food and we wouldn’t be able to enjoy crops like most fruits and veggies, fibers and plants used for raw materials in production. Bees are under
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Bees are far more important than most people realize. They are much more than the few varieties that sting. Bees are essential to the majority of the world’s food production. Vast amounts of fruits, vegetables, and textiles require pollination to reproduce or produce fruit. Although a few insects also help to pollinate, and occasionally the
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My 3-year-old son was outside playing in the neighbors yard when Ash, the resident rooster, attacked him. Flying into his face, spurs raised, Ash terrified my boy as adults ran to chase Ash off. Sadly, this is a common interaction between young children and roosters. Are all roosters aggressive? Roosters have a fundamental instinct to
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Whether you are raising rabbits as pets or as part of your homestead, it’s important to feed rabbits a healthy diet. It’s easy to assume that anything that’s healthy for people is also healthy for rabbits, but that isn’t the case. What do rabbits eat? Rabbits are herbivores. They will eat a wide variety
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Many chicken owners express concern that their rooster is being mean or aggressive toward their hens. Missing feathers, bald spots, and pecking are often signs of aggression. But, are roosters aggressive to hens? Behavior that most people interpret as signs of aggression in roosters are actually mating rituals in chickens. Most of the time roosters
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Alpacas sell for a huge range of prices. Some alpacas cost only a couple of hundred dollars while recently, one high-bred alpaca recently sold for $750,000. If you are looking into getting alpacas, it’s important to understand what makes an alpaca worth its cost and how to buy the right alpaca for you. How much
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