“The eagle has landed”

This weekend we went to an event called “eagle days” that was put on by the State Department of Wildlife and Parks.
This is an event centered around making the public aware of the fact that human activity is damaging the eagle, owl, and hawk population.
At the event they had many live raptors (2 species of [...]

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This is the happiest day of my life!

Well, besides the birth of my daughter, meeting my wife etc.
Now I know I talk about beer a lot, and you might think that all I do is sit around the house in a stained wife beater eating potato chips and swilling can after can of PBR! Well I will have you know, there are [...]

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Cleaning Green

“The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
I love a clean house, but I don’t like all of the chemical laden products available out there that are so harmful to humans and the environment. [...]

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C’mon… we all know that bran ANYTHING tastes like saw dust!

There are some things we should all be doing on a regular basis. Drink more water, exercise more, get more sleep, and drink less beer (or NOT).
*Dr. Jerome L. Abramson of Emory University and his team of researchers studied 2,235 elderly men and women with an average age of 74. They found that [...]

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I hope you all like eggs !

We should have a bumper crop this year as we are starting out fresh with all new hens.
First off, I need to make sure that our customers understand the USDA’s definition of “free range” and “Organic”.

“free range”
The USDA requires that “free-range” animals have access to outdoor areas, but there is no provision for how long [...]

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It ain’t no Guinea, and it ain’t no pig !

Meet “Larry” … Larry is a RAT, well technically, Larry is a guinea pig, but to me, she (yea Larry is a girl) is a RAT. Rat rhymes with cat, and I hate cats too!
Come to think of it, I am not sure I like much of anything that rhymes with cat!
I don’t ever want [...]

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Just another fantastic weekend on the farm!

This was the second weekend in a row with very unseasonably warm weather. We spend every possible minute outdoors on the weekend and the warm weather sure makes it fun.
We had to “process” 2 more roosters yesterday. Now before you all start thinking I like killing our birds, just remember, I raised these birds from [...]

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BRRRRRR, this is kinda cool.

Still unsure about this one.
What do you think.

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It’s about time, I AM FAMOUS !

So I bought a low end Professional camera last year, and after some beginers luck I won two awards in a wildlife photo contest (including the overall grand prize).
I then set a goal of being published before year end.
I was contacted in October to do the pictures for an environmental magazine.
One of my shots made [...]

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The Other Love of My Life

Zander, my big old man. He is one of the sweetest dogs I have ever met, and I appreciate him more than he will ever know. One of the highlights of my day is to go down to feed him and spend time rubbing his ears. He just lays there and groans. [...]

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