http://farmingfriends.com Meet the animals and harvest the information without getting your hands dirty! Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:07:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The TopVeg website always provide me with excellent seed sowing information. Farming Friends & TopVeg have now collaborated to create a How To Grow Carrots growing card. [caption id="attachment_5109" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="How To Grow Carrots Instructions"][/caption] If you would like this document as a pdf, just contact farmingfriends and I will email you ... http://farmingfriends.com/how-to-grow-carrots-from-seed-instructions/ Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07 http://goo.gl/fb/5bL8 # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07 http://goo.gl/fb/yTMh # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07 http://ff.im/-h5TfT # Saw barn owl in next field at 5pm and a robin and two wrens feeding off the ground. http://bit.ly/9V0err # @FallowfieldsUK I had rioja which was nice. Hope you had a good time. ... http://farmingfriends.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-03-14/ I am delighted to inform you that due to Alan sourcing his wood at competitive rates, Once Upon A Pine have reduced the price of some of their products. Handcrafted Reclaimed Wood Kitchen Clock - new price £104.95 This Handcrafted Reclaimed Wood Kitchen Clock with Herb Box is both ornamental and practical ... http://farmingfriends.com/new-prices-for-once-upon-a-pine-products/ I have been kindly sent some photos of an embden goose nest. "My goose( Grace) has made a beautiful nest and has continued to lay. Would anyone like a pic of the nest? I have taken eggs from Sally my other goose to fill Grace's nest, hoping to turn Grace broody. ... http://farmingfriends.com/embden-goose-nest/ I have been asked if you can make a hen go broody. It depends on the breed of hen as some breeds are more susceptible to becoming broody than others. Bantams and Silkies (I have friends that have used Silkies to hatch guinea fowl and quail eggs before now) are known ... http://farmingfriends.com/can-you-make-a-hen-broody/ My friends Belinda and Gregg have 8 Saddleback weaners for sale. [caption id="attachment_5079" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Saddleback Piglets at 4 weeks old"][/caption] The weaners are 8 weeks on Friday 12th March 2010, they were born on the 15th January 2010. [caption id="attachment_5081" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Saddleback Weaners at 4 weeks old"][/caption] There are 2 boars and ... http://farmingfriends.com/saddleback-weaners-for-sale-yorkhull-area/ Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28 http://goo.gl/fb/BIjJ # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28 http://goo.gl/fb/9iBS # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-28 http://ff.im/-gHxNM # rjbtalia on "how long is too long for hatching chicken eggs?" http://ff.im/-gHKX5 # I posted 2 photos on Facebook in the album "Cattle" http://bit.ly/7pbLqy # Comment on Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-14 by prince ... http://farmingfriends.com/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-03-07/ This February the FeRN organisation, the Food and Education Rural e-Network, was launched to provide a voice for women in the agri-food sector. FeRN is a new voluntary organisation which aims to offer a fresh viewpoint on the UK agri-food industry and will primarily run as a women’s e-organisation, to ... http://farmingfriends.com/food-education-rural-e-network/ I have received this tip and advice about litter for a brooder. "The safest, most comfortable ,most hygienic, most chick friendly and cheapest litter for a brooder is clean chopped straw. All you need is a small bale of straw and your lawnmower (with it's collection bag on if ... http://farmingfriends.com/brooder-litter-for-chicks-ducklings-and-keets/ I have just been writing for my poultry newsletter about how it is a good time to think about how well protected your hens are against the threat of foxes and other predators especially as March is a time when fox cubs are born and so foxes will be looking ... http://farmingfriends.com/hens-cockerel-take-revenge-on-a-fox/