Camera trap photos of bobcat scavenging deer. Male bobcats sometimes hunt adult deer, while females focus on smaller prey, reducing competition between the sexes. Even the male probably scavenges more deer than he kills.
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A simple, movable baby chick playground furnished with logs, branches, a nest box, food, and water provides great stimulation for growing chicks. I explain how we made ours, but you might fashion something similar from materials you have on hand.
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Enjoy these photos of a gray fox captured by camera trap baited with a road killed deer. Fox detects deer under more than a foot of snow, and attempts to dig down to dinner.
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Kale salad with maple vinaigrette, apples, craisins, and nuts, is delicious, nutritious, and beautiful.
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Maple sugaring is a wonderful family activity! In Part II of How to Make Maple Syrup, I cover boiling off indoors vs. outdoors, show our own evaporator, and discuss filtering, canning, color, and flavor.
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Learning how to make maple syrup is a great project for the family. This first part covers choosing the trees, placing the taps, and collecting sap. A subsequent post will cover boiling it off to produce delicious syrup.
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Easy, no-cook nut butter, and chocolate nut butter, ice cream bases, let you plug in your choice of nut or seed butter, for perfect results every time. Works well with fresh or processed, salted or unsalted, and sweetened or unsweetened nut butter.
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