Garden hoses are a common sight on any hobby farm. But before buying a garden hose, here are six questions you should ask and answer.
Three tools, Permabeds, cover crops and tarps, will protect your garden and keep the soil ready to work as soon as temperatures allow.
Ever wanted to grow your own mushrooms at home? You can! Here's what you need to know to get started with DIY mushroom cultivation.
Using herbs foraged, grown or stored in the cupboard, you can make your own herbal salves using oil and beeswax to craft unique and useful products.
In the new book The Ecological Gardener, author Matt Rees-Warren envisions a new kind of regenerative gardening at home.
A powerhouse fertilizer with great value as a topical treatment, easy-to-grow comfrey is a must-have herb for every gardener!
Austin Graf from the Tennessee-based flower farm Buzzed Blooms tells us how producing flowers and running a seasonal enterprise has become his true calling.
Clitocybe nuda thrives on layers of organic matter in moist, shady locations. Here's how you can start your own blewit mushroom garden using purchased spawn.
A straw bale garden allows you to grow more vegetables earlier—and without having to weed! Here are the simple steps for construction and how to grow in one.
Hand tools? Tractors? More than available acreage, the scale of your growing aspirations should determine the scale of your farm's equipment.
Considered the sign of an ill-kept farm by many, the prickly, persistent and surprisingly tasty bull thistle is best dealt with slathered in cream cheese or sautéed.
When temperatures in late spring and early fall dramatically take a downward tumble, protect your garden from freeze and frost with these tips.
