There are dozens of cantaloupe varieties on today’s market. Choose a variety best suited to your climate.
Accurately checking the oil level of an engine requires a few preliminary steps to ensure you don’t take an incorrect reading.
If you live in a northern climate with a short growing season, growing pumpkins can be challenging.
Maintaining the correct tire pressure in your farm vehicle tires is crucial for safety, performance and equipment longevity.
If you sweep the barn every day—even on busy days—the job is never hard, and the barn is basically always clean, tidy and a joy to work in.
Among the many wonderful reasons we love “life out here” are the sounds: happy chickens and goats, birds singing, bees buzzing, and the sound of a pick-up truck driving down a big, beautiful gravel driveway. And it’s reassuring to know that gravel driveways are so cheap that you don’t have to worry about maintaining them. […]
Selecting the perfect tractor tires requires a careful analysis of your needs.
In Santa Barbara County, California, land management isn’t easy. The terrain is steep, and while fire risk is already high, fast-spreading invasive plants are making the problem worse by fueling fast-growing underbrush. Many parts of the landscape are too rugged for traditional fencing or livestock rotation, leaving valuable acreage underused and vulnerable. One local rancher […]
Hay is the mainstay diet for our livestock. Learn the intricacies of hay types, nutritional content and quality before purchasing your next load.
The need to preserve grain for later use is not a new idea, and the challenges that a silo addresses—rot, moisture, rodents—aren’t new either.
When transplanting blackberry plants, it's important to take care and follow a few simple guidelines to ensure your plants survive and thrive.
No place for a traditional root cellar? Build a cold-storage area in your basement to enjoy fresh root vegetables all winter long.
