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Kate-Ruffing wrote a new blog post Spring Chickens Starting your flock / 1 year, 1 month ago · View
With the expansion of the urban farming movement, raising your own backyard flock is a growing trend that I get a lot of inquires about. Chickens can be a wonderful addition to your family as long as you don’t live in an apartment and your city or county allows for them. They help control pests and [...] -
Kate-Ruffing wrote a new blog post The Scoop on Poop Disposing of Animal Waste / 1 year, 2 months ago · View
We love our family pets but as every parent knows, the one chore that is debated at length is who picks up after them. As the famous bumper sticker highlights, “it happens” and when “it” does, there are actually right and wrong ways to dispose of our pets’ poop. We have two dogs and two cats [...] -
Kate-Ruffing wrote a new blog post Kick the Habit Alternatives to Buying Bottled Water / 1 year, 2 months ago · View
Fifteen hundred a second. That is the estimated bottles of water consumed in the United States. That means that almost 50 million single-use water bottles end are consumed every year. And with only 20% properly recycled, you could connect a line of them from Miami to Seattle over 3,500 times. And, to add to the impact, [...] -
Kate-Ruffing wrote a new blog post Oysters Nature’s Water Filters / 1 year, 2 months ago · View
Some people love ‘em, some people hate ‘em. But as March is “Water Month”, I thought we would celebrate the oyster regardless of personal culinary passions. For people that love eating oysters, there is nothing better than slurping fresh, briny oysters along the water’s edge right after harvest. But if the thought of eating one of [...] -
Kate-Ruffing wrote a new blog post Get Growing Starting your Garden with Seeds / 1 year, 2 months ago · View
The prophetic groundhog may have seen his shadow this year, but it doesn’t mean that Spring won’t be coming at all. The warmth and sunshine will eventually come and when it does, you’ll want to be ready to get your plants in the ground or containers. Of course, you can always catch up by purchasing plant [...] -
Kate-Ruffing wrote a new blog post Wild Neighbors Living with Wildlife / 1 year, 3 months ago · View
Last weekend I had the unique opportunity to meet some passionate volunteers that work at a local wildlife hospital. In addition to be introduced to a beautiful great horned owl that was being rehabilitated after being struck by a car, I learned what each of us can do to help our wild neighbors. As the human population continues [...]
