Originally Published on March 1, 1973 Red raspberries should be planted at least five hundred feet away from other raspberry varieties to prevent the spread of berry diseases. Special Note: All material here reprinted from Grow It! Copyright © 1972 by Richard W. Langer. The title of this excerpted chapter is “Berries.” One of the tastiest spots onContinue reading “Growing Rasperries, Blueberries, Currants, Grapes, Strawberries and More”
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Repopulating the Endangered Heritage Java Chicken
Credit: Originally Published on February 1, 2002 by Mother Earth News (https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/endangered-heritage-java-chicken-zmaz02fmzgoe/) Learn how to save the endangered heritage Java chicken. I drive backward in time every day on my way to work. I leave Chicago and busy Route 38 behind, then head up a gravel road to a white-picketed yard full of plump chickensContinue reading “Repopulating the Endangered Heritage Java Chicken”
We can’t lose Heritage Breeds
*Certain chicken breeds have become extinct and more are about to become extinct. *There are about 25 billion chickens in the world today but more traditional or ‘heritage’ breeds are increasingly at risk of becoming extinct. *This is because industrialized chicken farming and factory farming bred in qualities to enhance meat and egg production. LittleContinue reading “We can’t lose Heritage Breeds”