No matter where you live, it's important to have several tools in your kit for keeping your vegetables cool on the hottest days. Here are some ideas for keeping your crops from overheating.
Hannah Scott from the Kitsap County, Washington-based hobby farm talks about the heart-warming feeling that comes from growing and sharing food with the neighborhood.
It's not just you—mosquitoes are bad this year. But gardeners and farmers can help researchers better understand mosquito movements and protect public health.
Anyone can mow a flat field and do the job well. But mowing sloping ground is another challenge entirely, and one to be undertaken with caution.
It's helpful, when establishing a garden, to think of soil fertility management as three stages, with garden building and long-term maintenance as the final two.
Laura Cox from the Tennessee-based agricultural cooperative Cox Homestead tells us how overcoming a bout of the flu led to inventing one of her venture's most popular products.
Clay-heavy soil may be a pain in the garden, but playing around with natural clay has its charms. Here's how to harvest and wet process your own clay.
There are different ways to protect chickens against predators, but electric fencing is one popular and effective method. Here's how to get started with electrified poultry protection.
A rain gauge is one of the simplest and most practical tools a farmer can have, but installing one requires finding just the right location.
Building a DIY rain barrel and drip line system for your garden or small farm is an easy and economical way to irrigate your crops.
With weather patterns already changing across the country, now's the time to start adapting your farm for the impending impacts of climate change.
This versatile recipe, excerpted from Alan Bergo's The Forager Chef’s Book of Flora, brings vibrant green from foraged milkweed for a tasty pasta dish.
