Growing Rasperries, Blueberries, Currants, Grapes, Strawberries and More

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”

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”