Features
Covering Up
Different varieties of cover crops can protect and prepare your fragile garden soil for planting seasons to come. Here’s how to make your selections.
by Kelly Wood
Hobby Farmer’s Bag of Tricks
Employ this collection of tips from long-time farmers to improve your operations and get the most from your time—and money—around the farm.
compiled by Cherie Langlois
Goat School
Step into the classroom—the barn, that is—at Stony Knolls Farm for a weekend-long class on everything you’ve ever wanted to know about raising goats.
by Cherie Langlois
Boarders Gone Bad
Don’t let your dream of operating a boarding stable be burst by bad boarders. Follow this advice from folks who keep horses on their small farms before you take on charges of your own.
by Kathleen Ewing
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Livestock Q & A
Dianne Hellwig, PhD, DVM with Dr. Lyle G. McNeal
Buying the Farm
John & Sue Weaver
Farm Garden
Jessica Walliser
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Farm Security
John & Sue Weaver
Food for Thought
Carol Ekarius
How Do I ... Build a Manure-heated Cold Frame
Rick Gush
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