
With inflation and income concerns affecting everyone, it's a great time to start a vegetable garden to increase food security. Here's how to start.

This delicious strawberry rhubarb sauce makes use of summer garden harvests for a versatile topping that's great on just about anything!

Hawthorn Creek Homestead founder Brandie Funk tells us how her flock of chickens, the Kardashihens, and bees help to uphold a family farming legacy.

Honeybees aren't the only game in town—and there's a lot you can do to help the thousands of species of native bees out there!

Losing a chicken is a difficult experience, but one keeper shares how memories of pet chickens can remind us of how all life is precious.

Wild predators are a sure threat to your chickens, but don't forget that a neighbor's dog (or even your own) can and will kill a beloved bird, too.

Bugs, who needs ’em? Certainly not chicken-keepers, who sometimes struggle to keep pesky flies and poultry parasites at bay.

Baling small square hay bales at a suitable tension makes them tight enough for easy handling. Loose bales are apt to turn into piles of loose hay.

What you feed, how you supplement and when you treat will make all the difference for your chickens. Follow these tips to feed your flock right!

While sheep themselves may not be welcome among planted rows, their wool makes an excellent addition to the garden as mulch, fertilizer and more!

Why did the the rooster cross the road? For Ramsey, for an ice cream cone that led to a new home with a loving chicken lady.

For a quick idea of your soil composition and necessary amendments, try this easy, at-home test of your three basic soil elements.