Courtesy Bonnie Plants Third-grader Audrey Bloomquist, who grew a 17-pound cabbage, was the Montana winner in the Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program. Spring growing season is near, and third graders from around the country are invited to participate in the 16th annual Bonnie Plant Cabbage Program for an opportunity to learn how to grow a colossal […]
Our chicks arrived on Friday, and now there are 10 red-and-yellow peeps in the living room. (Their brooder makes a good light for when me ‘n’ Uzzi creep in at night to use the computer.)
Last week, I finally upgraded to an iPhone. It didn’t take long for my geek friends to convince me to download a very popular game.
Artichoke season has started and cases full of the flower buds are showing up in the markets. Yummy!
I’m lucky enough to be headed east to the Philadelphia Flower Show later today. I’ll be spending the entire day tomorrow walking around checking out acres of beautiful flowers and gardens with two of my very best friends. I can’t wait!
I picked up a new framing square the other day, as my old one was getting increasingly hard to read due to corrosion. Of course, when you buy a framing square, you get a great deal more than you may ever use, for a framing square is truly a carpenter's computer.
The National Humanities Medal is awarded to Wendell Berry, who promoted farm conservation through his writing.
Courtesy WindMade The WindMade label will be used indicate companies or products created using wind energy. For conscientious consumers who pay particular attention to how the goods they use are made, a new label is soon to adorn packaging to help make sustainability choices easier. The WindMade label will be the first global consumer label […]
Reader tells about how she finally got to move back to the country and start her farm life
Before you add these new peepers to your coop, give them a good start to life with these helpful hints.
