reprint from sfchronicle
Some of us are in need of poultry care knowledge,the is a book that i want to recommend to you.This book tells a lot about chicken care.
Aspiring or current chicken keepers will rejoice that there is a new edition of a classic chicken-care manual, “The Chicken Health Handbook,” by Gail Damerow (Storey Publishing; $24.95). The book is updated and expanded over the 1994 edition, with color illustrations and photos. There is plenty on basic care and nutrition, plus how to prevent, identify and manage pests and diseases with natural methods. The book is also full of useful tips such as “How to Calm a Nervous Bird.” (Pick it up, tuck its head under a wing, grasp it firmly in both hands, and swing it gently back and forth until you feel it relax.)
Discovery: Sweet reasons to like new corn varieties
In a world of patented life forms and genes tossed around between creatures, are any new plant varieties being bred that an environmentally conscious gardener might want to know about? Yes indeed.
The Organic Farming Research Foundation has just announced two new open-pollinated sweet corn varieties developed during four years of research by Oregon farmer Jonathan Spero. These varieties retain sweetness, like the hybrid supersweet varieties, are well suited to organic growing methods, and are stable enough that you can save seed and expect to grow the same great corn in subsequent years. They also resist earworms by having long, tight husks.
There is no popular term yet for such varieties. They aren’t heirloom, in the sense that they are not antique, but neither are they hybrid or GMO varieties. They are not protected by patents. Like any open-pollinated variety, they may show some variability in plants. This lets you save seed to select a form that is best suited to your particular microclimate and growing conditions.
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