These selections cover areas including chickens, vegetable crops, container gardening, women hobby farmers, homesteading and aquaponics.
Eggs can turn bad for many reasons. Here’s how to recognize—and prevent—the conditions that cause these odiferous ovals before it’s too late.
Overgrazing can be a concern, especially for small farms with limited grazing areas. Here's what you need to promote regrowth through rotation.
Pigs need less predator protection than other livestock, but they need to avoid the sun. This shelter system provides important shade when the sun is high and hot.
If you observe these simple techniques for honey storage, you might never find yourself without a jar of the sweet stuff.
Breeding programs expand the Valais Blacknose, whose wool is good for carpets, bedding and felting, beyond its native Switzerland. The breed of sheep is ideal for small farms.
Our Black Orpington’s lame foot was caused by more than just stepping on something sharp. Here’s how we dealt with bumblefoot, the crippling poultry condition.
Even a small farm can go through hundreds of small square hay bales in a season. A hay elevator can save time and effort stacking those bales.
We were spared major damage in Hurricane Florence, but the storm showed us what livestock farmers should expect in a natural disaster. Here's how to prepare.
In many parts of the U.S., you still have time to grow buckwheat, a wonderful crop to benefit your garden, yourself and your bees.
A few relatively easy chores now can set the stage for your bees' success in the seasons to come. Here are basic fall maintenance tasks.
Mice are a fact of life when you have chickens, but you can do many things to discourage their presence. Here's what to look for and do.
