Creating a niche artisan product—mozzarella di bufala—on a water buffalo dairy farm requires imagination, stamina and a little scratch behind the ears.
So you want to be a farmer? If you want to walk the walk, you gotta talk the talk.
Have you traded your time in front of the TV for time in front of the hive? Watch out, you’re on your way to becoming a bee geek.
Next up for the Fortress Garden: lots and lots of asparagus.
One of my goals for the new year is to learn this pruning technique that allows trees and vines to grow against a flat surface.
OK, that might not be the technical term, but the mushroom logs I inoculated are starting to fruit.
The day after loads of Christmas feasting is dedicated to pruning back fruit trees. (It’s important to burn off those calories, after all.)
My yearly Christmas letter to Santa includes lots of tools, garden labor and, yes, chicken diapers.
Ever wonder why your tomatoes die but your kale thrives at the onset of cold weather? There’s a scientific explanation!