No one likes being stuck in traffic. Whenever we see the red taillights ahead of us, we can’t help wondering what the holdup is. It could be an accident or some driver getting a ticket. It could be a flat tire or a stall. Then there are the times when it’s none of those things. […]
Use these simple forms to keep track of farm activities as part of your food-safety plan.
Help your orchard produce an ample fruit harvest year after year with these tips for pruning maintenance.
GMO technology may be beneficial, but one farmer questions whether it has the potential to do harm if left in the wrong hands.
When your homegrown ginger rhizomes are ready to harvest, there's no shortage of ways to use them.
A cousin to many tropical fruits, the pawpaw is the only North American representative of its family and truly a delight of the forest.
Rachel Hurd Anger Adding to an existing flock in the city is tricky. Usually, we only want females. We aren’t allowed enough chickens on our property to breed, and because many roosters are prone to aggression and overbreeding, they’re often too dangerous to have around our small flock of laying hens. Plus, many cities […]
The USDA’s 16th annual National Farmers Market Week takes place Aug. 2 to 8, 2015.
Noisy cicada’s are a sign of summer and a danger to your fruit trees, but the cicada killer wasp comes to the rescue.
Ag experts from across the country share their advice for small-farm success.
I’m day-dreaming of bringing goats back to our farmstead, but the family keeps shooting me down.
