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Say Cheese! For Recent Reader Poultry Photos

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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This round of Say Cheese contenders includes fuzzy bantams, proud roosters, an adorable duckling and much more, so check out these photos from Hobby Farms readers!

Recipe: Nancy’s Rhubarb Streusel Muffins 

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Food | Recipes |
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These crumbly, streusel-topped rhubarb muffins make delicious use of rhubarb picked fresh from the garden for a sweet, homegrown treat.

The Quality Question When It Comes To Chickens

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Competitive poultry breeders use the term "quality" when discussing birds. Here's the difference between show quality, breeder quality and pet quality chickens.

Recipe: Commit To This Marry Me Chicken Recipe!

Animals | Farm & Garden | Food | Poultry | Recipes |
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This Marry Me Chicken recipe—skillet chicken with sundried tomato and an oregano cream sauce—is so good it's liable to inspire nuptial invitations!

3 Chicken Feeder Designs To Fit Your Needs & Budget

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Health & Nutrition | Poultry | Poultry Equipment |
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If you're considering chickens but unsure what feeder is right, check out these 3 chicken feeder types for your needs and budget.

Follow These Tips When Adding Any Farm Outbuilding

Equipment | Farm & Garden | Farm Management |
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Chicken coops, livestock barns and other buildings are essential on the farm, but before you hit the ground running, be sure to follow this advice for individual outbuildings.

Tools You Need for Growing Potted Citrus Trees

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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I’ve decided to grow a Clementine tree in Zone 4 of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map. But successfully growing potted citrus trees requires a few tools.

What To Do (& Not Do) When Building A Chicken Tractor

Animals | Chicken Coops & Housing | Farm & Garden | Poultry |
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When this chicken-keeper decided to build a DIY chicken tractor using salvaged materials, not everything went smoothly. Here's what worked and didn't in this DIY build.

Give Slow Mow May A Try For Pollinator Support

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Permaculture |
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Want to help the pollinators but not ready to give up the yard? Commit to mowing less in May to preserve spaces where spring pollinators can feed.

Two-Wheel Tractor Essentials (Book Excerpt)

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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Small but mighty, two-wheel tractors work great for gardeners, homesteaders, landscapers and farmers. In this excerpt, author Zach Loeks digs in.

Jam, Jelly, Marmalade & More: Defining Preserves 

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Food |
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Do you know the difference between jam, jelly, preserves, conserves, fruit butter and marmalade? We break down what each means below.

Video: Building A New Farm Garden Shed (Pt. 4)

Farm & Garden | Video |
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With our building sited and the foundation built, it's now time to build and install the wall frames for the brand-new garden shed. It's an easy process with a few extras for this job.

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