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To all 'Rural/Farm Life' peeps, please check in [View all] 72 jannyk Feb 2012 Sep 2022 6 27006

If you are here for the first time - Please SUBSCRIBE! 0 jannyk Feb 2012 Dec 2011 10 44040

Old Rural/Farm group - for reference only! 0 jannyk Feb 2012 Dec 2011 2 34354

My dog has died. [View all] 161 AnotherDreamWeaver Dec 2023 Feb 3 169 11357

Hey all - buying a horse 44 Aerows Apr 2012 Dec 2013 2 9860

Looking at rural land. Any advice? 40 OnionPatch Aug 2021 Oct 2021 9 16640

New baby goat! 31 Bayard Feb 2020 Apr 2020 91 6942

It just seems so WRONG..... Harvesting Asparagus. 27 bvar22 Mar 2012 Nov 2012 42 15521

about to buy a "farm" 24 mopinko Dec 2011 Feb 2012 7 6953

Oh, joy! We're having high winds today, so someone down the road has decided it's the 24 hedgehog Apr 2014 Nov 2014 0 4080

Town Board voted to allow me to have chickens 24 Kaleva Jan 2024 Jan 25 38 1808

can you disarm a rooster? 21 mopinko Jul 2012 Jan 2014 0 11024

Any advice on how to humanely get rid of groundhogs? 21 beam me up scottie May 2015 May 2015 0 6148

My town's ordinance prohibiting the raising of chickens 21 Kaleva Jan 2023 Jan 2023 15 6257

what kind of chickens should i get? 20 mopinko Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 6232

Spring is here, and our bathroom is FULL of Babies! 19 bvar22 Mar 2012 Mar 2012 8 6310

any recipes for homemade safe..effective... rattlesnake repellent? 19 samnsara Jun 2020 Apr 2021 0 8317

Neighbors from Hell 17 bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 Apr 2018 3 3589

Has anyone tried a 10% vinegar solution for killing weeds? If so, did it work? nt 17 in2herbs Feb 2019 Mar 2019 0 4795

Happy Birthday to Blossom the Rescue Fawn. 16 bvar22 Jun 2012 Dec 2019 16 19323

Back to rural life....advice anyone? 16 OnionPatch May 2021 May 2021 3 5751

chicken question - 15 hedgehog Aug 2012 Sep 2012 0 5156

my little farm. 15 mopinko Jan 2015 Feb 2016 5 5074

urban farming on the front page of the chicago tribune. 15 mopinko Jun 2017 Nov 2017 6 5132

Hows your tomatoes?!? 15 jcgoldie Jun 2019 Jun 2019 3 5615

I think we have a bobcat as a neighbor , first time ever hearing the cry 15 Duncanpup May 2021 May 2021 25 8079

Please advise... 15 littlemissmartypants Jul 2023 Nov 2023 4 2313

i think my old suburban would make a fine chicken coop. 14 mopinko Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 5654

Coyotes and a BB gun - I need advice 14 hedgehog Dec 2012 Apr 2013 0 17637

some pics (dialup warning) 14 ashling Mar 2013 Aug 2013 5 4215

Rural/Farm Life Continued...

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Here's my 3-legged goat story to share 14 jcgoldie Sep 2019 Sep 2019 23 4463

Cost of building a small, 4 hen chicken coop 14 Kaleva Aug 2022 Sep 2022 5 8321

how much room do 2 dozen chicks need? 13 mopinko Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 4404

please like me on facebook. 13 mopinko May 2012 Jul 2017 6 5286

Also, I'm thinking about getting a cow this year, a Jersey. any thoughts? cow owners? dairy guys? 13 farminator3000 Mar 2013 May 2013 0 5223

I just got my baby chicks in the mail! 13 hedgehog Apr 2013 Dec 2013 2 4401

psst 13 mopinko May 2013 Jun 2013 7 3915

Lynn planted mint in our yard. It has spread out, since. 13 3Hotdogs Sep 2021 Oct 2021 135 8491

Thinking of converting part of my storage shed into a chicken coop. 13 Kaleva Feb 2023 Feb 2023 3 5206

Anyone want to talk about goats? 12 MuseRider Nov 2012 Jan 2013 0 3783

Any idea why our chickens are only laying one egg when we usually got 9-10. We think it is the 12 jwirr Jul 2013 Dec 2013 0 5504

Wake up, wake up! I haz a chicken question ... 12 ebayfool Feb 2016 Apr 2016 0 4405

I'm thinking I am gonna "cash in my chips" and get outta dodge within 2 years 12 FirstLight Jul 2021 Jul 2021 9 7006

My day was so Thrilling I just had to share 12 AnotherDreamWeaver Nov 2021 Nov 2021 25 5362

Trout fishing yesterday 18-19 -16 went full Kirk Gowdy. 12 Duncanpup Apr 2023 Apr 2023 16 4088

Having lost a puppy to an eagle I need to know if predators like eagles are a threat to other animal 11 jwirr Feb 2012 Apr 2012 0 3507

link to Murray McMurray 11 handmade34 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 4510

Ever wonder why most of the small rural towns are all about 6-7 miles away from each other? 11 NNN0LHI Dec 2011 Dec 2011 2 32853

Anyone have new ideas for an old, intractable problem? 11 LWolf Mar 2012 Apr 2012 0 4673

Early Honey Bounty in Central Arkansas! 11 bvar22 May 2012 May 2014 13 8702

Those of you in the north east and upper midwest - (Poll) 11 hedgehog May 2012 Jun 2012 0 3154

I think I found a stone tool on Sunday 11 EFerrari Jun 2012 Jul 2012 0 4036

It's like we have a plague of skunks anyone else having this problem 11 TEB Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 4229

Up in the Sky: Saving Old Farm Photos, One Roll at a Time 11 Kali Feb 2018 Feb 2018 10 3158

This is a fyi on farming praire hay... 11 Maxheader Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 3291

I had a sick bat on my deck and NO one could tell me what to do... 11 samnsara Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 9516

This straw picking and spreading machine is awesome!! 11 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 9 6301

Chicken breeds 11 Kaleva Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 4490

what's your favorite bean? 10 mopinko Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 4123

Don't know where else to ask this question. Last spring a whitetail 10 sinkingfeeling Apr 2017 Jan 2018 3 6001

Rural/Farm Life Continued...

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the Boog and I listening to the coyotes 10 TEB Mar 2018 Mar 2018 15 3383

Don't need no carcinogenic glysophate... 10 jcgoldie Aug 2019 Aug 2019 6 2569

Stopped at Mennonite produce stand , puppies and tomatoes 10 Duncanpup Jun 2021 Jun 2021 10 4248

Heehaw! Anyone care to adopt a donkey (or two)? 9 Dover Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 3505

Attack of the feral bunnies! 9 EFerrari Jun 2012 Jul 2012 0 3717

Why American Farmers Are Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware 9 littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 Oct 2017 8 6991

This message was self-deleted by its author 9 TEB Jun 2018 Jun 2018 1 2675

The neighbors the coyotes very vocal this morning 9 TEB Aug 2018 Mar 2019 18 3766

Coyotes are busy this morning 9 TEB Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 3929

this is what I want... really! 8 handmade34 Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 2804

Finally found it! 8 frebrd May 2011 Dec 2011 0 2541

Where is everyone? 8 jannyk Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 6307

Oh, the joy of Spring... 8 handmade34 Mar 2012 Mar 2012 1 2938

How have you dealt with a broody hen? 8 womanofthehills Jul 2013 Aug 2013 0 3187

Mailbox down for the 4th time in 5 years, this time third year in a row 8 HereSince1628 Oct 2013 May 2014 2 3159

We have a baby goat! It is now 5 days old and appears it is going to live. The barn is heated and it 8 jwirr Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2788

If my dad was still alive I would ask him but here goes. We have chickens - layers. Because it is so 8 jwirr Mar 2014 Apr 2014 0 12581

Growing Mushrooms for Farmer's Markets 8 fasttense Feb 2015 May 2015 5 4193

know who has chickens? 8 SwampG8r Mar 2015 Jul 2015 3 3236

chicks are hatched 8 handmade34 Jan 2017 Feb 2017 7 2476

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