Spending time with your flock, observing behaviors, and inspecting each chicken for injury and illness are important chores to add to the daily or weekly to-do list. You know your flock and its individual personalities best, which makes spotting problems easy. I keep a close eye on my Silver-Laced Wyandotte, Pauline. She’s my heaviest chicken, […]
City gardeners have problems no farmer in the country faces. Can you relate?
As the number of farmers’ markets across the country grows, so does the variety in what and how they sell. These tips from successful markets will help yours from getting lost in the crowd.
Already mourning the decline of your summer garden? With this easy-to-construct cold frame, you’ll have fresh greens all winter.
If you can’t take a weekend vacation this Labor Day weekend, at least make your harvesting tasks easier with these tips.
Burdock is typically considered a garden weed, yet every part of the burdock plant (also called gobo root) can be used to keep you healthy.
Mmmmm … berries. I love to pick them myself, which I often can at my CSA farm. My mind buzz turns off, replaced by bee buzz; the bees are way too busy to bother me. In the quiet berry patch, the focused search and careful reach for ripe berries is contemplative and soothing. Eat one […]
Even if you’re not currently experiencing a dry spell, now’s the time to implement good soil maintenance so your garden won’t suffer when rain is scarce.
Don’t undercut your fellow farmer or sell yourself short. Use this guide for charging a price for your veggies that both you and your customer can be happy with.
Need to give a shirt or pair of pants a quick press. This homemade ironing board is portable and perfect for the job.
Savor sweet summer peaches all summer long—and throughout the year—with these recipe ideas.
Last week, when I’d take the chicks outside to their makeshift playpen—a 4-by-8-foot rabbit guard fence we built to keep the hens out of a raised garden bed—the chicks were afraid of the big world, snuggling up together in a corner or trying to escape. Yesterday, though, I saw a sudden change in their behavior. […]
