
Lettuce is always a positive addition to the market table, but the summertime requires different rules for growing and harvesting.

In many cases you can use screws or nails interchangeably, yet one or the other has advantages in certain situations. Here are some where the choice is clear.

Chiggers are the larval stage of the harvest mite that use human skin for food. They're young arachnids rather than insects.

Grow a delicious crop of kale and lettuce with this upcycled garden container project that uses a secondhand baby bathtub.

Rachael Mamane offers recipes for stocks and broths that maximize the potential for health and flavor as well as efficient farming business.

Fertilizing corn in the home garden is an essential summer chore, if you want a hearty crop of plump ears. Learn which organic fertilizers are the best.

A staple gun is a useful tool to have around your farm. Here are five reasons why everyone needs a staple gun.

It's Pollinator Week, and with just a little attention, materials that are already on your property could provide shelter for valuable native bees.

Bringing honeybees into your operation can provide more than just honey. Among other things, they're relatively inexpensive and endlessly fascinating.

A fascination with colored eggs led a family to establish a Northern California hatchery that's home to many rare chicken breeds.

Keeping fields clear of invasive plants is a challenge many farmers face, and those shrubby bushes invading your fields actually might be apple trees.

Shrews share characteristics with bats, snakes and insects. This fascinating animal can tell you something important about your soil diversity.