Orr Farm Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc.

26/12/2024

Our shirt and hoodie store will be open until 01/11/25. Please help us raise funds to care for our rescue and sanctuary animals this winter season by purchasing one of our shirts or hoodies. Pics in comments and have other colors available on the online store.

Victory Designs is a Christian owned screen printing, embroidery and promotional products provider located in Opelika, Alabama.

25/12/2024

🎄𝐖𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬🎄

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘢, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.

🎨Artwork by Art By Karina
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25/12/2024

If a Holly tree (Ilex aquifolium) finds its leaves are being nibbled by deer, it modifies its DNA to make them spiky when they regrow. So on taller Holly trees, the upper leaves (which are out of reach) have smooth edges, while the lower leaves are prickly.

24/12/2024

24/12/2024

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19/12/2024

We are excited that our shirt and hoodie store is open. Our online store to help us raise funds for care of all the rescue animals ends 01/11/25 so get your orders in soon! The orders will be shipped about two weeks after the store end date.

Victory Designs is a Christian owned screen printing, embroidery and promotional products provider located in Opelika, Alabama.

14/12/2024

Merry Christmas Season to everyone!

14/12/2024

Super nice idea! Unusual and sustainable. The dead wood is a habitat for animals!
See more: https://1millionideas.com/33-easy-and-creative-ideas-made-from-old-logs-and-stumps-for-your-garden?utm_source=THUY&utm_medium=1millionideas&utm_campaign=Marry+Dell&utm_content=gardens&utm_term=2-2023

11/12/2024

Found someone to fill the position!

ISO: Part-Time Barn and Farm Help

Looking for part-time help at Orr Farm!
We’re a 501(c)3 nonprofit horse and farm animal rescue in the Auburn/Waverly area.

Tues. Thurs. And Weekend morning help is needed but there are often more hours available to be picked up as well. For now Mon-Sun. Morning help is needed through mid. January. Pay is based on experience in working with animals and western riding. Looking for someone to start the week of Dec. 16th.

Duties primarily include general barn work (feeding, turnout, stalls, basic grooming, cleaning waters, helping with unloading round bales, filling hay nets). Feeding and watering 4 cows, 7 goats, chickens, ducks, etc. We feed and bring in at 8 a.m. and are usually done by 10-10:30 a.m. but can be earlier if needed.

Horse care experience is required. We need someone who will notice wounds, swollen legs, can help with grooming, tacking, exercising the horses, etc.

Don’t message us unless you like being outdoors, like working with animals, are self-motivated and detail oriented and have a great work ethic.

Message us your experience, a good contact number, and any questions you may have!
Thanks!

09/12/2024

Restoring Biodiversity from “The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner” by Ann Larkin Hansen

Promoting ecological balance and conserving biodiversity is done bit by bit through the year and over the years, just like most other chores on a homestead or rural acreage. The steps involved are:

1. Research what your land looked like before settlement: what plants and animals were present? This is often a winter job, when there’s more time for reading.
2. Identify and preserve what’s left of the original inhabitants. This is a year-round job, especially since you will need to recognize plants in different stages of growth. Identification should include reading up on what the preferred habitat and foods are for that species.
3. Set aside areas to build or expand habitats for native species. This could be as simple as leaving strips of land for native grasses, forbs, and shrubs along garden, field, and orchard edges. Or it could be as ambitious as restoring a wetland or prairie, or as specific as extirpating an invasive species in your woods or and reestablishing the natives that have dwindled or disappeared. Wetland work is best done during dry spells, and while native species are often planted in spring, removing the current vegetation, generally requires smother crops and repeated tillage during the previous growing season.
4. Build habitats in many small ways. Construct brush piles and rock piles in the woods and alone brushy edges; put up birdhouses and bat and bee houses; leave a trickle from the hose going when the swallows are building their nests and need the mud; leave some grasses by the edge of your little pond long, so frogs, turtles, dragonflies, and other small life can seek shelter there.

We choose to live in the country for many reasons: to have the pleasure of growing our own food, for privacy, for space, and to enjoy a beautiful landscape. Of the many good things that happen when we preserve and build biodiversity on our land, simply being able to live as part of a natural community bursting with life might be the happiest and most satisfying of all.

08/12/2024

Pre-Order your Hoodies Sapphire & Indigo Blue $60, Long Sleeve Tees Teal & Atlantic $40, Short Sleeve Tees Teal, Steel Blue, &
Aqua $35, Women’s Long Sleeve Dri fits Teal $40, Men’s Long Sleeve Dri fits Teal $40 or “5 x “3.5 Decals $5 Now in time for Christmas!!! Get a gift 🎁 Save a Rescue! Message us which style(s) you’d like and size(s) and we will get them ordered. We are trying to reach 20 or more before Christmas!

03/12/2024

May your winter holiday season be filled with happy moments, good food, and great company! ❄️