Keeping a healthy compost pile is about more than tossing scraps and clippings. Here are some tips for composting right for a beneficial pile.
Ron and Betsy Spomer took the leap and moved off the grid to a remote area of Idaho. And they have some advice for other people also looking to go off-grid.
Here are a few more steps you can take to ready a kit chicken coop for harsh winter weather and provide your chickens protection from the elements.
You can use a ground source heat pump (GSHP) for heating and cooling your farms or homestead with geothermal controls. Here's how to get started.
Winter is coming, but there are plenty of autumn days left for getting the farm ready. That’s good news, because prepping for winter takes time and effort.
Once grown widely for both its seeds and leaves, lamb's quarters has fallen out of favor in recent years. But foragers know the plant's true value.
On the fence about keeping cattle? Whether you bring home beef or dairy cattle (or both), you'll soon discover a world of benefits for the small farm.
For many growers, fall is the best time to get their garlic cloves in the ground. Here are some important tips to keep in mind when you're planting garlic.
As cooler weather moves in with green tomatoes still on the vine, you can make this delicious fermented green tomato relish to preserve your unripened harvest.
Horticulturalist Randel Agrella from the Missouri-based seed purveyor spotlights five heirloom varieties that will brighten up your farm and garden plans.
Be prepared to see increasing changes both in weeds we fight, such as poison hemlock and poison ivy, and in the crops we grow.
With supply-chain shortages causing price hikes and empty shelves, there's never been a better time to learn home chicken processing yourself.
