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“Baby goats in pajamas” by Heera Cha on INPRNT

A Scottish farmer at Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre fools tourists into believing that her flock produce tartan wool with the help of some harmless sheep marking spray. The visiting Americans were told that the animals were being raised on a diet of Irn Bru and shortbread.

theworldinstitches

I thought an orange cut in half would make a good cross stitch. I think I was right!

red-lipstick

valtsv

every time wearing western "cowboy" style clothing becomes fashionable again we don't bring back western shirts and i think that's a terrible shame because they're sexy as fuck

valtsv

like... gays... imagine how unstoppable we'd be if we all dressed like this more often

plounce

passionpeachy-deactivated202312

me, gay and running out of breath going up the stairs: I bet I could run a farm

justslowdown

me, gay with scoliosis and a joint problem and depression and anxiety and running out of breath going up the stairs: I CAN run a farm I just have to do it in my own way!!

2 yrs later:

queerfarmgremlin

Me, gay with a chronic hip injury, anxiety, depression, ADD and STILL running out of breath from stairs even as I type this from my bed in the farmhouse:

1950schick

Being someone with chronic pain, you guys are giving me hope for what I can achieve in the future

dredsina

@photo4amber

oumaimas

excerpt from “The Book of Delights” by Ross Gay (transcript under the cut)

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la-laborista-republiko

crabapplepectin

Ya'll might wanna grow some hyperaccumulators (such as sunflowers, oyster mushrooms, mustard greens, vetiver, etc) around your house and/or in your garden for a few years before you plant leafy vegetables so you don't end up consuming heavy metals.

terminal-burrowing-deactivated2

If you're uncertain, most state universities have soil testing labs that offer cheap, easily understood soil tests that can tell you for sure whether you've got lead, arsenic, etc. in your soils.

searching for "university extension soil test [your state]" will probably turn up helpful info!

gallusrostromegalus

This is a good thing to note, (also sunflowers are very pretty and easy to grow when you’re first learnign how to garden) but also searching “(nearest university) Extension” and “(your county) Extension” is GREAT because there’s ALL KINDS of cool services out there if you want to get into growing your own food or helping the local enviornment or installing solar panels on your house or buying livestock or- There’s a lot, it’s AWESOME, it’s usually stunningly low-cost and it’s veyr, very solarpunk so I encourage all of you to take a gander at the programs offered.

jetix

2007-08-13 07:19:47

trainthief

Hey, if you’ve never interacted with an actual wild animal before and you are visiting a National Park and seeing one for the first time here’s a helpful little guidebook for you:

- Yes that is an actual wild animal.

- No it doesn’t behave like your dog, and because you are inexperienced in the wilderness you don’t have any idea how to read its body language. Yes this includes you, even if you feel like you’ve got some sort of “special connection to animals”.

- No it doesn’t like you, it doesn’t want to be pet by you, it doesn’t want you to approach it, it doesn’t even want to be close enough to you that it’s aware of your presence.

- Yes it absolutely will attack you if it feels even a little bothered by you. No this isn’t limited just to bears and other predators, but to bison and moose and elk and basically any large animal at all.

- Yes, if it attacks you it absolutely will fuck you up.

- No, you won’t get any sympathy from anyone. It was being a wild animal and you were being a dipshit. I can tell you with plenty of experience that locals anywhere with abundant wildlife love to pass around stories of the latest asshole who got gored by a bison because they wanted a cool picture for their instagram

- The general rule for being around wildlife is that at a minimum you want to stay 25 yards away from herbivores, and 100 yards away from carnivores. That says yards, not feet. But if the animal seems to be paying any attention to you at all, you’re too close.

- No, you shouldn’t feed it. Ever. Yes, this includes you again, with your “special connection to animals”.

This probably seems a tad abrasive and unnecessary if you’re not someone who lives in the backcountry, but let me tell you I probably once a month or so have to yell at someone to back away from an animal as fast as possible because they don’t know how to read its body language and are unaware just how close their photoshoot is to getting them mauled. Just today I had to tell a lady to get away from a bison, because she didn’t know the way it was raising its tail was a warning sign. It’s extremely frustrating and disrespectful to the animals you’re stressing out because you want to post something cool to your feed. They live here, you’re lucky enough to visit, that should be enough for you. If you really love them, you’ll leave them alone.

If you’d like to hear about more harmful impacts Instagram-minded wildlife tourism has had on animals, I’d recommend this episode of National Geographic’s Overheard podcast.