Courtesy Dan Walden This illustration shows a road if Scott Brusaw’s clean-energy project, Solar Roadways, comes to fruition. Brusaw entered the project in the GE Ecomagination Challenge. About seven months ago, University of Wisconsin graduate students Steve Faulkner and Michael Major started GeoHuddle, a company that develops ground-source heat pumps, as part of a clean-technology […]
Courtesy Audrey Pavia Milagro, my Spanish Mustang, was a real comedian during the Trail Trials. Horses that live in urban environments have a very different lifestyle from those in rural areas. Urban equines have to deal with all kinds of crazy stuff that country horses will never see. I’m guessing this is the reasoning behind some of […]
On a recent vacation, my family and I stopped to visit my cousin Dennis Hagen and his family.
The beauty of a table saw is the way the blade can be adjusted for depth and angle cuts.
Photo by Rick Gush My pumkins, which are planted on a trellis, need extra support as they grow, so I built this pumpkin support system. Gardening on a cliff presents some amusing problems. I really like growing squash vines, but there’s no way I have enough horizontal space for these sprawlers. So what I do […]
Courtesy www.grownindetroitovie.com/ Mascha Poppenk The Catherine Ferguson Academy for teenage mothers integrates an urban farm into its curriculum. Six students travelled to South Africa to teach other young entrepreneurs about urban farming and how to build a greenhouse. “Sowing seeds of success,” Asenath Andrews proudly says, “is our slogan.” Andrews is the residing principal of […]
Photo by Jessica Walliser I’ve adopted a new gardening philosophy. It stems from all my friends who have become brand new gardeners in the last year or two. This whole gardening thing is so exciting for them and, since I’ve been doing it professionally since I was 15, I have kind of forgotten how thrilling […]
Sometime during my daughter Kelsey’s grade school years, she and I started a little end-of-the-school-year tradition called the Summer Fun List.
When interviewing farm managers, use this checklist to help you decide what skills and responsibilities they should possess and to make sure you get the information you need.
7 Hobby Farms Halloween StencilsExDownloadshobby farms, jack o’ lantern stencils, pumkin stencils, halloween stencilsUse these stencils to create a farm-inspired jack-o’-lantern for your Halloween celebration or decor.Use these stencils to create a farm-inspired jack-o’-lantern for your Halloween celebration or decor. Download and print off these jack-o’-lantern stencils, and decorate your front porch or barn. Stencil […]
