You work hard in the garden, so you should do all you can to prevent your harvest from going to waste. Keep it fresh with these tips on food preservation that bypass canning.
These selections cover areas including chickens, vegetable crops, container gardening, women hobby farmers, homesteading and aquaponics.
Each cocoon produced by silkworms can produce an unbroken strand of silk that stretches to a mile and a half. Learn more about sericulture.
The Welsummer, a breed that originated in the Netherlands, has been a breakfast-cereal mascot and is known for its earth-tone eggs.
Goats can be raised for meat or dairy purposes, but don’t overlook their potential as companions. Goats can make great pals for people and animals.
In the first of a series, we learn the virtues of growing herbs as well as varieties that are easy to grow in apartments.
We evaluated the people, plants and space affected by the path, and using wood chips we created a little sanctuary.
Growing vines in containers is fun if you use the right kind of support and select the best plants. Discover four of the best flowering vines for containers and learn how to grow them.
A recent Twitter exchange involved several definitions of "real" farmers. It showed me that some people obviously don't understand what we do or why.
Do you want to start a garden but feel a bit overwhelmed? Here's an easy list of tools to make your first year of gardening a success.
A very old and attractive breed, the Brabanter displays a full beard in addition to a small, upright crest and muffs.
Are you considering trying something new on the farm? What about preserving an endangered livestock species of cattle, pig or sheep?
