Dairy Sustainability Made Me Rethink Being Vegan
Originally posted on thecowlocale:
By Kayla Thomas – Utah State University Dietetics Student My decision to become vegan was not taken lightly. It was after much soul searching and research…
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The Crazy Experiment, Week 4
I didn’t really manage to get as much work done on the homestead as I planned (I am pretty sure that is a problem with ALL homesteaders…), but good things […]
Citizen Soil Science Rain Garden Day
I realize that I am skipping ahead like seven blog posts… but my girl scouts are doing amazing job teaching younger girls about rain gardens before we plant our final […]
Another Two Female Guinea Pigs
I went to the Durham Hub Farm yesterday to pull some weeds around fencing, and check on my plot sizes and dimensions (I am calculating the amount of seed that […]
Another Free Guinea Pig
Egg: This is my first long haired girl. I already have a Cadbury and a Creme, so, it is fitting to get an egg into the equation. She is about […]
Week 3 on the Urban Farmstead…
I realize that last week, I didn’t do my weekly update until like, Thursday. I was sick. I am still sick now, but at least I am moving again! I […]
Introducing Four New Guinea Pigs
So, this weekend I SCORED on Craigslist! A 5’x2′ cage with all of the trimmings (multiple levels, nail clipper, several food dishes, water dishes, play pen, food, hay, bedding, etc.) […]
My New Guinea Pig Girl
Last night (Wednesday), I drove down to Holly Springs, NC to pick up a 6-7 month old female from craigslist. She had a litter already (the family was told by […]
On the Farm, Week 2
Last Sunday, we went back to the auction and picked up 11 quail (Coturnix). There were three males, and 8 females (I THINK, I can’t vent sex for the life […]
Starting on the Free Range: Guinea Pigs that is.
So, last week after getting a female guinea pig at our livestock auction, I did some research and decided that they would be an amazing animal to free range, as […]
Apartment Acres is Baaaa-aack!
Well, I suppose that it can’t be apartment acres, as we now live on like, 0.75 acres… so it is appropriate for us to have birds now. After a lovely […]
Fall in Western Wisconsin: An artistic process
As spring dawns on the Southeast (FINALLY?!?), I find myself homesick for Wisconsin again. Today it was the region that I went to college (River Falls, GO FALCONS). The hills […]
Purple Mountains Majesty: An Artistic Process
When I was in middle school, we took a trip out west, into the mountains of Colorado. Being from the flat-lands of Wisconsin, I had a lot of love for […]
Portrait of a Sheltie
I will fully admit, I was sort of scared to take on a custom piece of a friends dog. Up until this point, I was practicing on stock photos, or […]
Launching My Art Business
So, in the last few months, I have gotten in a lot of practice in the pastel art medium. Landscapes, pet portraits, and other various commissions. All of these things […]
Pocosin: My new Blue Cattle Dog
Well, the last week has been pretty crazy. In my post Odyssey to the Sheep a little over a week ago, I decided that I wanted to get a new Cattle […]
Tobacco on Mars
I am a total nerd and I am not ashamed of it. As a card carrying nerd (that grew into a soil scientist), I have always wanted to be the […]
The Odyssey for Sheep
Lately, all of my dog work has been agility with Clark (who is making some amazing progress), several hours of training blocks once or twice a week. But, we have […]
Spent Grain Banana Bread
So, I had a bunch of five bananas, and a whole passel of spent grain. So, I really wanted to try out he Spent Grain Banana Bread from the Brooklyn […]
My Clark: An artistic process
So, by now it should be no secret that I am super proud of my dog Clark and his amazing agility career. I found him when I just started my […]
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