Livestock
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How To Stop Snakes From Stealing Chicken Eggs
In terms of keeping your eggs safe from snakes, prevention is the name of the game. Preventing snakes from entering…
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Raising Pigs — Part 4
Electric fencing works very effectively for pigs, IF you give them the right first impressions of it. Pigs see most…
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Minerals and Natural Instincts
We like to think that a ruminant’s tongue is the most dynamic and comprehensive nutritional laboratory in the world. For…
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Raising Pigs – Part 3
Can pigs learn manners? Here are some ideas to keep pig-raising enjoyable when those cute little piglets have grown big…
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Raising Pigs — Part 1
The pork we eat is raised and butchered here on our small farm because we like to be responsible for…
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Designed Soil Disturbance with Chickens
We’re moving the Chicken Caravan 30, aka ‘The Chickenator,’ into the main crop system which is a lovely new playground…
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Industrial Eggs Vs. Permaculture Eggs
What does it take to produce an industrial egg? Well, we need a battery chicken factory. It’s a horrible place…
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Permaculture Patterning with Animal Systems – Part 2
In part one of ‘Permaculture Patterning with Animal Systems,’ we explored some of the animal systems we are using in…
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Theory In Practice : A Tour of Zaytuna Farm
Take a sweeping 20-minute tour of our 66-acre Zaytuna Farm property. Throughout, I explain specific features of the farm, how…
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Goats and Permaculture
Bill Mollison once wrote that goats in any large number are incompatible with permaculture. Goats when overstocked can quickly turn…
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7 Ways to Use the Humble Choko Vine
Its spring time in Australia, and our area in Far North Queensland has gratefully received a decent fall of rain.…
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Backyard Chickens, and the Interconnectedness of all things. Part 2
This article is Part 2 of a series that is mostly about chickens – not how to care for them,…
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