Standing at the Fall Fair one year next to my first-prize-winning tomatoes, I heard someone say, “There’s no way those were grown organically, they don’t get that big unless you fertilize them.” Not so! Not only were my tomatoes only fed compost, but a lot of the other prize-winning vegetables that day were grown the …
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Basic Sheep Care 101: You’ve just bought a sheep, now what?
Congratulations! You’ve taken the plunge and bought some sheep! Sheep are one of the most rewarding farm animals as they can be very gregarious and can provide so many products and services for a farm – wool, milk, meat, field maintenance, brush and weed control, to name the most common. Here in British Columbia, sheep …
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