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Help, My Scotch Pines are Dying!

If you live in the southeastern part of Nebraska, there is hardly a way you don’t know about pine wilt.  You may not know it by name, but you’ve seen the big dead pine trees.  Pine wilt can take out a solid windbreak in just a few years time. 
You might first notice some grayish, brown needles on [...]

4Mar2010 | Suzi | 1 comment | Continued
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“Just” Another Death

I’m sure there was a thud but all I hear is barking.  So I turn off the hair dryer to see what is going on.  A visitor?  A deer running by?  There is Lucy barking up a storm at this poor little bird who must have smacked his head against the patio door.  And the patio door wasn’t even [...]

16Jan2010 | Suzi | 0 comments | Continued
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The Inadequate Acreage Owner

I’m overwhelmed.  Not all the time, but this month I am.  Too much not done.  I didn’t mow the last few weeks and now that we’ve had a couple of freezes the leaves have dropped like crazy on the overgrown grass.  It’s a whopping 39 degrees outside today.  With the freeze & little bit of [...]

11Oct2009 | Suzi | 0 comments | Continued
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Am I still working on this website?

Almost a month since I’ve last written.  Article ideas run through my head but where is the time to sit down and write?!  Not allowing myself to get up at 4:00 AM any longer due to all the ball games, horse practices, running the kids here & there, work, 4-H . . . it all [...]

15Jul2009 | Suzi | 0 comments | Continued
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Life on My Acreage …

One week of acreage life  …  Dead turkey chick … dog with dead chicken in mouth … dead chick on driveway … mom accidentally kills a 6-week old kitten. 
Something an acreage owner feels odd saying to their guest: “Please excuse the dead chick on the driveway.”
Something a mom should never have to say to their child: “I’m sorry I [...]

18Jun2009 | Suzi | 2 comments | Continued
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Pasture Management

Pastures must be managed if you want them to provide good grass year after year.  We started with 1 horse several years ago on a 3-acre pasture and he had so much grass it was causing him problems.  So we added two bucket calves and a 2nd horse (sort-of an impulse buy).  Oops, that was [...]

2Jun2009 | Suzi | 1 comment | Continued
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Should You Save a Mouse if You Can Save a Mouse?

One fine spring day, while working on the chicken coop, my husband grabbed me to show me the mouse nest he’d found.  Several little naked babies, snuggled down in a nest made of bits of straw and chicken feathers.  The mama had ran out as soon as hubby discovered the nest. 
 
As you might guess, [...]

17May2009 | Suzi | 1 comment | Continued
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Time is Short

 
A few days ago, my 5-year old asked me how many days away Valentine’s Day was.  I couldn’t figure out where the question came from, but I made a best guess of 280 days.  She was bummed.  Later, I looked up and realized I still have a Valentine’s Day plaque hanging in the entryway.
 
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12May2009 | Suzi | 0 comments | Continued
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You think you know gravel, but do you really know gravel?

Thoughts of a peaceful drive through the country often conjure up images of gravel roads.  But have you thought of the driveways?  Most driveways in the country are topped with gravel because it is a somewhat inexpensive alternative to concrete.  Now, think children and gravel –and bikes, and skates and scooters.  Having grown up in [...]

11May2009 | Suzi | 1 comment | Continued
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Bucket Calf 101

If you have land there will be a time when you wonder if you should raise your own beef.  I’m talking two, maybe three cows.  One of the terms you will run across is “bucket calf”.  A “bucket calf” is a calf that will not be raised by its mama but instead will be fed [...]

5May2009 | Suzi | 1 comment | Continued
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