Understanding and Measuring Soil pH

Correcting and Managing Soil pH 

Sheep and Goats - Nutrients and types of feed

Sheep and Goats - Nutrition-related health conditions

Raising rabbits as a source of meat. Topics include rules and best practices for butchering, consuming, and selling rabbit meat and fur.

Raising Rabbits for Meat - Part 8, Butchering

Raising rabbits as a source of meat. Topics include choosing feed, dietary considerations, and foods to avoid to keep your rabbits healthy.

Raising Rabbits for Meat - Part 6, Feeding

Raising rabbits as a source of meat. Topics include identifying when a rabbit is ready to breed, how to prepare for birth, and caring for the kits.

Raising Rabbits for Meat - Part 7, Breeding

Raising rabbits as a source of meat. Topics include when and how to quarantine rabbits.

Raising Rabbits for Meat - Part 4, Quarantine

Raising rabbits as a source of meat. Topics include what to look for in a good rabbit cage and important cage accessories.

Raising Rabbits for Meat - Part 5, Cages

Raising rabbits as a source of meat. Topics include ways to protect your rabbits from predators and the elements.

Raising Rabbits for Meat - Part 3, Protection

Living on The Land

Composting Manure

Learn the benefits of using cover crops for your soil, animals, water, and others.

Guide to Growing Cover Crops - Part 1

Find the best resources for selecting, maintaining, and terminating your cover crops.

Guide to Growing Cover Crops - Part 2

Raising rabbits as a source of meat. Topics include choosing which breed to raise and selecting your initial breeding stock.

Raising Rabbits for Meat - Part 2, Choosing a Breed

Raising Rabbits for Meat - Part 1, Overview

How to legally use water that flows through, under, or by your property.

Water Rights - Part 1

Soil Health Principles

Getting started with sheep and goats - part 1

Got A Stream Bank?

A guide to backyard chicken coop construction

Backyard chicken coop design - part 1

Guide to construction of a backyard chicken coop

Backyard chicken coop design - part 2

Each year before turnout, walk your pastures to make sure they are safe for animals.•	Check fences for breaks and down wires.•	Look for toxic plants and weeds. For more information, see the USDA publication Plants Poisonous to Livestock in the Western States:  http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/PoisonousPlants/PoisonousPlants.pdf •	Scout for dangerous debris that winter floods may have carried onto pastures. •	Look for holes that animals could step in and injure a leg.•	Remove any old wire, metal, batteries, etc.

Each year before turnout, walk your pastures to make sure they are safe for animals. •	Check fences for breaks and down wires. •	Look for toxic plants and weeds. For more information, see the USDA publication Plants Poisonous to Livestock in the Western States: <a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/PoisonousPlants/PoisonousPlants.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/np/PoisonousPlants/PoisonousPlants.pdf</a> •	Scout for dangerous debris that winter floods may have carried onto pastures. •	Look for holes that animals could step in and injure a leg. •	Remove any old wire, metal, batteries, etc.

Spring Pasture Essentials: Safety Check

Five suggestions to help you manage your manure.

Managing Manure

The Scoop on Poop

Tips on weight control, shelter, and water access to keep your livestock healthy

Livestock Management

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