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		<title>Were you raised on a farm?  If not, how did you learn to do all of this?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No.  Neither of us were raised on a farm.  Jamie&#8217;s mom was raised on a dairy farm in Ohio (they also had lots of other animals) and her parents lived on a dairy farm in MO while her dad was in college.  Growing up, her parents gardened and canned when possible and always either had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terrabytefarm.com/wp/2010/02/24/were-you-raised-on-a-farm-if-not-how-did-you-learn-to-do-all-of-this/</link>
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		<title>Rabbit Fur Hat Tutorial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have three Silver Fox rabbits (two does and a buck) that we bred twice this past year, producing a total of 32 kits.  We butchered all but one of the kits (one was a gift to our neighbor), froze the meat, and tanned to pelts.
I tanned the pelts using the instructions found in this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terrabytefarm.com/wp/2010/02/21/rabbit-fur-hat-tutorial/</link>
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		<title>Geese and Ducks Bathing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even in the middle of winter, our geese and ducks still spend time in the pond every day.  We help them maintain an opening and this is what they do:

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		<link>http://terrabytefarm.com/wp/2010/02/10/geese-and-ducks-bathing/</link>
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		<title>Eggs (and the lovely hens and roosters that make them)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike and I got our first chickens in the summer of 2002.  We maintained a flock of between six and eight hens at our old house and loved having fresh eggs.  We let them free range and they kept the bug population way down as well as giving us lovely eggs.
Our flock currently stands at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terrabytefarm.com/wp/2010/02/07/eggs-and-the-lovely-hens-and-roosters-that-make-them/</link>
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		<title>Surprising Facts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We eat at fast food restaurants.
We are busy, working parents with two young kids.  Sometimes we go through the drive-thru.  It is infrequent (once/twice a month) and we have rules, for example we try to only order fish or whole cuts of chicken if we order meat at all.  We avoid foods that have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terrabytefarm.com/wp/2010/02/02/surprising-facts/</link>
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		<title>Fiber Fun!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last two weeks have been filled with fiber finishes.
I finished my log cabin quilt.  I am very happy with the way it came out, one side is a bit wonky, but I love the way to colors look together and it is very soft and warm.
I finished the pair of socks I had been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terrabytefarm.com/wp/2010/01/31/fiber-fun/</link>
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		<title>How much of what you eat do you produce?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost all of the meat, probably at this point &#62; 90%.  We buy fish from a local fish market and rarely eat out, so I would say that figure is accurate.  In the summer &#62;75% of the produce we eat we grow.  All of the eggs we eat we grow.  We aren&#8217;t yet eating our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terrabytefarm.com/wp/2010/01/31/how-much-of-what-you-eat-do-you-produce/</link>
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		<title>If your farm is not a major source of income, why do you do it?  Why don&#8217;t you just go an buy food at the grocery store?  Isn&#8217;t it a lot of work? Isn&#8217;t it expensive?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We live on a farm because we love this lifestyle.  Some people love sports, others love reading, others love watching tv.  We love raising animals, DIY projects, and gardening.  We also REALLY love good food, and that means having really fresh ingredients, and there is nothing fresher than food you grow yourself.  We also like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terrabytefarm.com/wp/2010/01/29/if-your-farm-is-not-a-major-source-of-income-why-do-you-do-it-why-dont-you-just-go-an-buy-food-at-the-grocery-store-isnt-it-a-lot-of-work-isnt-it-expensive/</link>
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		<title>Do you have outside jobs, or do you live off of your farm income?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have outside jobs.  Mike works full-time from home as a computer consultant and Jamie works (very) part-time as a psychologist.  There is no way we could live off of the income generated from our farm even if it was our full-time job.  And honestly, we have no real interest in doing that.  For now, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terrabytefarm.com/wp/2010/01/28/do-you-have-outside-jobs-or-do-you-live-off-of-your-farm-income/</link>
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		<title>I could never butcher an animal (or take it to slaughter).  I would be too attached, squeamish, etc.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes you could.  Honestly, it is not that bad.  On our farm Jamie does the majority of the butchering with Mike providing back-up.  For the poultry, she uses a sharp knife and cuts their throats to bleed them cleanly out before removing their heads and plucking or skinning and gutting.  For the rabbits Mike stuns [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://terrabytefarm.com/wp/2010/01/27/i-could-never-butcher-an-animal-or-take-it-to-slaughter-i-would-be-too-attached-squeamish-etc/</link>
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