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Green Holiday Tips

Homesteading
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The EPA offers a few tips to help you make your holidays more green and environmentally friendly, like using LED lights.

A Snowman in the Garden

Crops & Gardening
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Having a three year old in the house is a great excuse to act like a kid.

Livestock Equipment Information

Equipment
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Learn about the essential livestock equipment your farm may need.

How to Create a Farm Newsletter

Farm Management
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Farm newsletters are a great way to draw new business to your farm and keep repeat customers appraised of what is happening.

Keep Animals Safe in Disasters Such as Spring and Summer Storms

Animals | Farm Management | News |
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Planning and preparing are key to making sure you and your animals stay safe in a disaster such as stormy weather. Our safety tips and checklists can help.

Trellising Fruits and Vegetables Saves Garden Space

Crops & Gardening
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Trellising fruits and vegetables is a gardening technique that keeps plants off the ground, improves production and increases usable space. It also prevents your harvest, particularly tomatoes, from rotting.

Understanding Invasive Plants: Lessons from Floracliff

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Learn what to do after you indentify invasive plants, find out why they're so bad and what you should choose instead from nature preserve manager Beverly James.

Benefical Insects Information

Crops & Gardening
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Learn more about the army of beneficial insects--predatory and parasitic--available to help you get rid of bad bugs in your garden.

Mushroom Farming

Crops & Gardening
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The mushroom farming industry could use a few more good growers. Learn how to begin this crop on your farm.

6 Fence And Gate Repair Tips

Equipment
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Sometimes the farm fence or gate needs repair. Here are six cost-effective (and easy) fixes for fences and gates on the farm.

Tough Times Call for Innovative Measures

Equipment
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In a tough economy and at a pivotal time in our country’s energy history, Hobby Farms’ editor in chief, Karen K. Acevedo, spoke with representatives of outdoor equipment during the recent GIE+Expo.

Planning for Farm Fencing

Equipment
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Before digging into your pockets to purchase farm fences, create a fencing plan that's both legal and effective.

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