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The Importance of Mobility in Older Dogs

As our beloved canine companions age, maintaining their mobility becomes increasingly crucial to their overall quality of life. Whether your senior dog is a playful pup at heart or a laid-back, easygoing buddy, keeping them mobile can greatly impact their happiness and well-being. In this blog,...

Caring For Your Yard in the Fall

The picturesque verdant lawn with accompanying garden, rife with eclectic herbs, flowers and vegetables…this is the image most elicited upon hearing the word “lawn,” but oftentimes, depending on your climate, that phase of a lawn's life cycle may only last a few months. To increase the quality of...

Chicken Molting Tips

Molting is an essential part of chickens’ growth and health, but losing and replacing feathers is also a messy, stressful process. Taking steps to help chickens with molting can minimize the stress and keep your backyard flock happy and healthy. About Molting All chickens molt to replace old,...

Essential Tips for Keeping Your Pet Safe and Cool During the Summer Heat

The scorching summer heat can pose significant risks to our beloved pets. As pet owners, it's crucial to take proactive measures to ensure their safety and well-being during the hot months. This blog will provide you with essential tips to help keep your furry friends safe, cool, and comfortable...

Keeping Your Pets Cool in Hot Weather

Summer weather is one of the best times to get outside and be active with your furry friend. However, you should keep in mind that your pet reacts differently to heat than you do. Here are some things to keep an eye out for during hot weather: Pre-hot weather grooming Before the hot summer days...

Weed Control Tips

Weeds are a common problem in gardens and lawns. They compete with desirable plants for nutrients, water, and sunlight, and can quickly take over if left unchecked. But with the right strategies and tools, you can control weeds and maintain a healthy, beautiful garden and lawn. Welcome to this blog...

Pecking Order in Chicks

Every commercial poultry farmer, hobby farmer or urban backyard farmer who keep a few chickens is aware that a pecking order exists in every flock, but how can young chicks fit into that hierarchy? Understanding the pecking order of chickens can help you add chicks to your flock without creating...

Time to Seed Your Lawn

Over time, every lawn can look worn and thin, but how do you know when to reseed your lawn so new grass can grow into thick, healthy, luxurious turf? An Unhealthy Lawn When your grass starts to show wear, it isn't always time to reseed. First, check your watering to be sure the grass is well...

Spring Bird Feeding Tips

Spring is an amazing birding season and great for feeding birds. In spring, not only are year-round resident birds eager to visit feeders as winter food supplies run low, but returning migrants need reliable food sources as they head north to their breeding grounds, and well-stocked bird feeders...

Dental Care Tips for Your Pet

Healthy teeth and gums are essential for all pets, from chewing and eating to grooming, defense and clean breath. With just a few steps, pet owners can keep their pet's mouth healthy and avoid a range of unpleasant and dangerous health issues that result from poor dental care. Know the Signs The...

Holiday Gifts for Pets

Pets of all shapes, sizes, and species often become treasured members of the family, and what better way to include them in holiday celebrations than with gifts of their own? Choosing the right gift for your pet is harder than just grabbing the latest seasonal trinket, however, and it is important...

Helping Dogs Cope With Visitors to Your Home

Dogs can have many different reactions to visitors, from excited piddling and jumping to fearful growling and anxiety to barking and aggression. Every dog owner should take steps to train their canine companion to react appropriately when guests arrive, and there are several ways to help dogs have...

Make the Most of Your Garden with Home Canning

The process of canning and preserving foods takes place for many reasons. For the gardener in all of us, home canning is a way to take all of the hard work that was done outside, and bring it inside. Canning allows us to extend the life of farm to table by ensuring you get the most out of your...

Stop Grubs From Killing Your Lawn

Grubs are small but mighty pests, causing a lot of lawn damage and frustrating homeowners. Fortunately, there are easy steps to protect lawns and minimize any risk of grub infestations or extensive damage. How Grubs Damage Lawns Grubs may seem small and insignificant, and most lawns can handle a...

What Is Bugging Your Garden?

Many gardeners have a love-hate relationship with the bugs in their garden. There are insects that are undeniably beneficial and great residents, as they enhance pollination, improve soil quality and defend plants against more aggressive, harmful bugs and other wildlife. Other insects, however, can...

Knowing the Signs of Allergies in Pets

Allergies in pets are rarer than allergies in humans, but they can still make pets uncomfortable and severe reactions can cause grave health problems. Pet owners who recognize their pet's allergy symptoms can take steps to alleviate the discomfort and help pets lead happy, healthy lives. What Is an...

Attracting Bats to Your Yard

Bats are often misunderstood as “flying rats” – undesirable pests that aren’t welcome in the yard. Yet bats can be very beneficial and helpful to the lawn and garden, and make time spent in the yard more comfortable and enjoyable. Attracting bats to your yard is a great way to be hospitable to...

Attract More Hummingbirds

Hummingbirds can be treasured backyard visitors, and many bird-lovers dream of attracting a glittering flock of hummingbirds to their yard. Fortunately, it can be fairly easy to attract more hummingbirds, and soon any yard can be a-flutter with these flying jewels. Attracting Hummingbirds with...

6 Ways to Keep Ticks Out of Your Yard Naturally

Ticks are more than just annoying, biting insects. They can also transmit a number of scary diseases, including lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, human anaplasmosis, tularemia, rickettsiosis and more. Even scarier than tick-borne diseases with their different complications and expensive...

Winter Care Tips for Wild Birds

Winter time can present a battle for survival for wild birds. Their endless quest for food begins at dawn and continues until dusk. They spend their days searching for enough sustenance to store enough energy to endure cold winter nights. Because of the seasonal decline of natural habitat, wild...

What You Should Know About Pellet Stoves

Like a fireplace, a pellet stove is an alternative way of heating your house without the crazy costs of energy bills. What most people do not know is that pellet stoves can heat a home in one of the most efficient and eco friendly manners possible. Pellet stoves offer you a high quality burn that...

Don't Forget to Fertilize Your Lawn This Fall

Grass blades may be going dormant in late summer, but your lawn's roots are still developing and fall is the ideal time for fertilizing. A healthy lawn with proper autumn nutrition will be better able to recover from summer's damage, resist the cold and drought of winter and fend off diseases,...

Finding Ticks on Your Dog – 5 Places to Look

Ticks can be persistent pests, and because they can transmit diseases to pets and pet owners alike, it is important to know where to look for ticks on your dog and how to remove them effectively. Fortunately, finding ticks isn’t hard if you know what types of environments ticks prefer. About...

Summer Lawn Care

Summer is a fantastic season to enjoy your lawn, from relaxation and games to picnics and parties. No matter how you use your yard, however, you need to provide the best summer lawn care to keep your grass healthy and thriving under all of summer’s stresses. How Summer Stresses Lawns Summer might...

Avoid Grub Invasion

Your lawn can be a great source of personal pride and a tremendous asset to your home’s curb appeal, but invading grubs can quickly damage even the most well-maintained turf. It is possible, however, to avoid grub invasions with careful preventative steps and alert monitoring. About Grubs Grubs...