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My Life as a Chew Toy

I’m pretty sure that if I understood goat speak, I would hear Clove, Mace, Basil, Nutmeg and Ginger (this year’s baby goats at Parky’s Farm) say something like this as I entered their pen: “Okay… My Life as a Chew Toy

Hard Times for Toads

Amphibians have been having a pretty hard go of it lately. Numerous studies have shown that worldwide amphibian populations are on the decline. Worse yet, in May the US Geological Survey released a study that… Hard Times for Toads

Long-Crowers

My family keeps chickens at our house in the country. I built a small coop called a “chicken tractor” in 2009. Many of these coop designs have wheels so you can easily move them over… Long-Crowers

Scarlet Cup Fungus

We’ve talked about fungi and their complicated lives before, but here’s another one of our cool forest inhabitants: the scarlet cup fungus (Sarcoscypha coccinea). The scarlet fungus lacks the “gills” that we are used to… Scarlet Cup Fungus