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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Cajeta is made by boiling down sweetened goat or cow milk, until the sugars caramelize. I use it as a base for an exceptionally smooth, caramel ice cream, and add pecans and soft milk chocolate chunks, for a scrumptious dessert reminiscent of caramel pecan turtles.
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Camera traps can help you identify lurking predators, plan hunting expeditions, and learn about wildlife behavior. Here are the basics of setting it up: where, when, how, and the great bait debate.
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Enjoy these recipes for vanilla and chocolate goat milk ice cream on their own, or mix in your favorite nuts, cookies, or candies to create your own flavors. These are custard style recipes that call for no cow milk products.
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