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		<title>Pondscaping at the VT Alpaca/Llama Sanctuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WAHOO! Now that deter deer perimeter fencing is in place, we continue to improve drainage entering into Phase 2 of HespeGarden&#8217;s Predator/Nuisance Abatement Project! To kick off the new year, we used the warmer temperatures and only 3 inches of frozen ground to begin construction of a pond. Work commenced on January 6th. By the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hespegarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9698548&amp;post=381&amp;subd=hespegarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HespeGarden Day&#8230;just my way</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahhhh…an inspiring productive day filled with sun, sweat, dirt, bramble, blood, and, yes, a few scurrying snakes!  Another day of line clearing for the upcoming perimeter fence project.  As you can tell, a few insect friends caught my eye    Thunder began to roll as I hustled down the logging road back to the barn to relax with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hespegarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9698548&amp;post=393&amp;subd=hespegarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Horses Need Your Help!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help stop the Bureau of Land Management’s mistreatment of America&#8217;s wild horses!Violating their own protocol of waiting until mid-August (after the foaling season) to begin helicopter roundups of wild horses, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) started a Nevada roundup in the blazing July heat last summer, resulting in the deaths of at least 21 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hespegarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9698548&amp;post=367&amp;subd=hespegarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>taking a moment to relax before i head back out to dig post holes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 13:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Bumbles enjoying lilacs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 13:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have seen an uptick in bumble &#38; wild bee population this spring. However I have yet to personally see any honey bees.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hespegarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9698548&amp;post=362&amp;subd=hespegarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Has spring arrived?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good day to all of you my friends!  The winter has been long, yet the wait for spring seems even longer!  sigh  I wasn&#8217;t successful on the grant, but that doesn&#8217;t mean I have given up on my mission to realize this passion!  Just meant that I needed to roll up my shirt sleeves and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hespegarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9698548&amp;post=322&amp;subd=hespegarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 SARE Grant Application ~ Has been submitted!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abstract The practice of drying manure for future utilization has been practiced for millennia. Recorded instances of dried dung and compost benefit to soil fertility extend back to the Roman statesman Cato. Composting &#38; dehydrating organic matter is attractive to waste managers as a process technology, while the resulting product, is attractive for its horticultural [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hespegarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9698548&amp;post=319&amp;subd=hespegarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Large Montana Rescue!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am assuming that most folks are by now aware of the current situation at the Montana Sanctuary. They have lost major funding, are deeply in debt and are struggling to support over 1,000 animals. As of Friday, they had about 4 days of hay left. An organization called Animeals is collecting feed/hay and sending [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hespegarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9698548&amp;post=315&amp;subd=hespegarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>November 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As November comes to a close, I find myself reminising over the last few weeks spent with family and friends.  I am a very lucky woman to be blessed with such a wonderful life.   No just one of possessions, but true love, faith and opportunity to be more than I ever thought possible. I settle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hespegarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9698548&amp;post=293&amp;subd=hespegarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>August 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August was a odd from a weather perspective.  Early on we had heavy rains leading to some near flooding issues.  Then unseasonably cool evenings, followed by very, very hot days.  All of these wonderful Mother Nature adventures lead to creative approaches to get the new hay barn constructed, new paddock fenced and more land clean [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hespegarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9698548&amp;post=287&amp;subd=hespegarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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