Rachel Hurd Anger “Is this a hen or a rooster?” It’s an honest and frequently asked question that often accompanies a photo of an unsexed chick. Obviously the person is asking whether a chick is female or male, but a chick cannot be a hen or a rooster based on the definition of the […]
#castingcall #yardfarming #garden #prepping #urbangarden #suburbangardening #foodnotlawns A photo posted by Yardfarmers Show (@yardfarmers) on Jun 26, 2015 at 2:23pm PDT The Worldwatch Institute is turning the good-natured, cooperative-spirited, wholesome act of growing your own food into a competition for national television, and they want you, young urban farmers! With the issues of climate change, […]
Regional festivals highlight fruits and vegetables and their traditional culinary uses.
Salmonella is no joke. In 2007, before my chicken-keeping days, a friend and I were sickened with salmonella when we ate undercooked chicken at a restaurant in Lexington, Ky. Food poisoning hit each of us 18 hours later, and I’ve never been so sick in my life. The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention […]
As with any crop, pests such as bugs and mildew are detrimental to marijuana, but what is safe to use on this newly legal plant?
This year, grow cauliflower that gets noticed, both in the garden and on the plate.
Rachel Hurd Anger If you have a small flock, you know immediately when something’s not quite normal. And it sure doesn’t take much to shock you when your hens produce something that looks like it came from a bird you didn’t know you had, though that’s not to say that something is wrong either. Our […]
Major League Baseball teams are looking at adding gardens to their ballparks in a new trend that aims to improve sustainability.
