Hearing the words "out of stock” is normally a precursor to frustration. That is especially true living in the country.
Inspired by the three-sisters garden, this Southwest-style bowl is perfect for storing dried peppers or other produce.
Transport your eggs (or spinach or tomatoes) from the farm to the kitchen with this basket made from farm-based materials.
Clean up the twigs from your farm property and put them to use in this garden-tool carrier.
Keep garlic close at hand on the kitchen counter with a small, loosely woven container.
I've never had the bad skin reaction to poison ivy, but I'm a goat, so I'm not susceptible to it. Humans are, however. Here's what causes it and how to avoid it.
Photo by Audrey Pavia Jeremy used to be Rio’s biggest advocate. Rio is renowned among all my horse friends as a pain in the butt. He wants to play 24/7, and that means he’s always trying to put anything he can in his mouth: his lead rope, the halter, you hand, your hat, your clothes, […]
In addition to getting the veggie garden planted, I've also filled my patio containers with a mixture of herbs, tropicals, succulents and annuals.
Photo by Judith Hausman Asparagus and snow peas look beautiful (and delicious!) against pink shrimp. Our garden group had preferred sugar snap peas hands down, but as our first vines started to flower lavender and purple, we realized that those wily yellow and purple snow peas had gotten themselves planted somehow. No matter — the […]
One of the joys of my job as a farm-machinery writer is getting to try out tools. It’s especially fun when the tool turns out to do the job it was promoted to do.
Mom once portrayed a mixed-blood Ojibwe-French lady called Susanne Bouche when working at the Minnesota Historical Society. One of the things Susanne did was gather wild plants for food and medicine. Mom loved that part!
