This fall, put your hay wagon to good use and invite friends and family to participate in a fun (and surprisingly practical) apple harvest hayride.
With an autumnal chill sneaking into the air, it's time for cool-weather planting and chores that will give your garden a head start next spring.
This fall-blooming perennial plant is more than a pretty pasture flower. Ironweed has a long history of medicinal use. Here are some.
Black radish is a food, like other radishes, but it also has numerous healing properties used for centuries that researchers are now verifying.
You can use floating row cover to protect your crops from the coming colder temperatures. Here are several ways and their benefits.
This book excerpt outlines several till and no-till cover crops you can use for weed suppression and soil enrichment in hoop houses
Five women farmers over 50 share insight about their experiences in life and agriculture. In this second segment, the topic is death.
Learning the history of small-scale organic farming can help you better understand and improve growing practices. These books are ideal starting points.
The leaves and roots of mullein help with respiratory ailments, among others. You can use this herb internally or topically. Here's how.
Navigate the wrath of yellow jackets — aggressive insects that can each sting multiple times — by understanding seasonal changes in their behavior.
Don’t let a short growing season and cold winters keep you from enjoying orchards of fruit and nut trees. Here's what you need to know.
A portable hay moisture tester can help if you bale your own hay. It accurately measures moisture content and temperature, which can be crucial.
