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I bet that'll look great in your garden! I wish I'd thought to ask my husband to make an arch for ours when he built it. My husband is good with woodworking, so he made a nice sturdy wooden frame. The nice thing about building one yourself is that you can make it as high and as sturdy as you...

I haven't personally used a meal service, but I'm sure they make things more convenient. I tend to cook things we can eat for a couple of nights at a time so I don't have to make something new everyday. If you try a meal service, please let us know how you like it!

I'm getting older, and my barn spring cleaning has really caused me a lot of pain the past few years. It's just hard on my knees and back to do all that intense scrubbing. They have house cleaners, but I've never heard of a professional barn cleaner. My kids can help a little, but they are still...

Have you all ever had to evacuate your farm for any reason, like a hurricane? If so, what did you do with your livestock? I was thinking about how we could be more prepared for natural disasters and realized that I have no idea what I'd do in a situation like this.

That's a great start! I would add some iodine, vet wrap, clean towels, and syringes to give oral medications. If you have chickens, I would suggest getting some Blue Kote as well. I don't have them in my kit, but I've heard that livestock diapers can be good for catching blood, if needed.

It might just be a preference thing. Have you tried different flavors of canned food? You can pour a little chicken broth on the canned food to make it more appetizing. You can also see if the puppy will get excited about the food if you make him/her do a little work for it. Have him or her do a...

It is not mandatory to have flood insurance where I am. However, we do have it. My childhood home flooded when I was a teen, and I remember what a headache it was for my parents who didn't have flood insurance.

Butchers recommend one-half pound per person. If you need to feed 100 people, you'll need 50 pounds of brisket. However, it's always a good idea to make more than you think you'll need. This will allow guests to take bigger portions or to have seconds if they want.

To be honest, it has been several yeas since I had our water tested last. I am going to get this done by the Spring. It's just not something I usually think about among all the other chores I need to tend to on the farm.

I love to make dessert with my Instant Pot. It's so easy and saves so much time. I really like this recipe for chocolate lava cake. I've made it a few times for dinner parties we've hosted. https://www.favfamilyrecipes.com/instant-pot-chocolate-lava-cake/ They suggest topping this with...

I always figured cows talk to one another, but today I learned that cows will actually change the pitch of their moos based on what emotional they're feeling. Has anyone noticed differences in your cows' moos based on what they seem to be feeling? If we can learn to distinguish how our cows are...

I agree with the others. If this isn't a regular occurrence, I'd go with replacing the window with another glass pane. You might want to slow down in the future as well or try to keep rocks away from the garage if you can.

My wife and one of our farm workers don't get along. They just seem to rub each other the wrong way. The farm worker does have a bit of an attitude, which isn't helping anything. It's gotten worse lately, maybe because the holidays are stressful. My wife wants me to fire him and hire someone...

We back up our business records. It would be a bit tough if the Internet went down just because we use it for so much these days, but we'd get through it.

I knew that goats tend to be social animals, but I didn't know they would make good companions for other livestock. Can you keep a goat with the other livestock or do you just let them socialize and house the goat elsewhere on the farm?

We'd like to turn a higher profit this next year. It probably won't happen this next year, but we would like to buy more land eventually and branch out into growing new crops.

I ran across an article that lists the 10 states with the most farms. My state (Montana) did not make the list. Here are the states with the most farms: 1. Texas 2. Missouri 3. Iowa 4. Oklahoma 5. Ohio 6. Kentucky 7. Illinois 8. California 9. Tennessee 10. Minnesota Did your state make the list?

We don't have a lot of homemade decorations for our tree, but we do have a few. I remember making some for our tree when I was young. I believe my parents still have the ones I made in school!

I agree - you have to have a pick-up truck! We use ours all the time. I don't know how we'd get anything done without it. A tractor is also definitely essential if you grow crops.

I agree, these bombs seem unnecessary. We have a fence to protect our livestock. Granted, it was a pretty expensive endeavor, but I think it's well worth the cost. We try to repair holes and damage to the fence right away so we don't have to replace large sections.