From back pain to arthritis, this native plant helps alleviate what makes you ache.
At the height of the summer, the amount of zucchini is overwhelming and it’s easy to find yourself in a rut. However, these tender, small squash, in all their wonderful variety, can be a welcome raw material many simple summer dishes. Whether bright-yellow, pale-green, striped, scalloped, tennis ball-shaped, you can grate them, dice them, sauté […]
Baffled by a waning eggplant crop? Use these tips to help combat disease in your garden.
Customize a backyard compost bin from reclaimed materials in just a few hours.
In an emergency situation, use a generator safely to keep power running without even more problems.
Don’t be caught off guard by customer curiosity. Prepare your response to these questions before market day.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. —Ben Franklin
Courtesy Rachel Hurd Anger One of the two Buff Orpingtons I’m raising to pullets for a friend is the runt of the flock. Upon opening the shipping box, the day-old chick was visibly in distress. As the others moved freely and excitedly, this Buff sort of leaned against the wall of the box. My kids […]
Think twice before pulling these weeds—they could actually be doing your soil a favor.
These tiny maggots can be hard to see, but they can do crazy damage to your rose bushes.
As we increase production on our farm, we’re looking to the biodynamic practice of ashing to keep Canada thistle under control.
Photo by Judith Hausman Wild grape vines grow like weeds where I live, climbing up over hedges, trees and rock outcroppings. Sometimes they even bear foxy-tasting little grapes at the end of the season. But in early summer, while the leaves are large but not yet toughened, I pick them to make dolmas. If you […]
