4 Creative Uses for Old Tires on a Farm
January 15, 2019Have a bunch of old tires sitting around your farm? Consider thinking beyond a recycling service and putting them to use in creative new ways.
Have a bunch of old tires sitting around your farm? Consider thinking beyond a recycling service and putting them to use in creative new ways.
These selections cover areas including chickens, vegetable crops, container gardening, women hobby farmers, homesteading and aquaponics.
In the first of a series, we learn the virtues of growing herbs as well as varieties that are easy to grow in apartments.
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.
You can grow most vegetables in pots, but few as easily as peppers. Though any variety will succeed, these peppers for patio pots are the best ones—flavorful, fun and productive.
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.
Build this dolly to easily move heavy containers across porches, patios, decks or other flooring surfaces. Excerpted from “Container Gardening Complete.”
Learn how to properly clean and store garden containers to ensure blemish-free pots and disease-free plantings next spring.
Autumn is the best time for forcing flower bulbs to bloom in late winter. Learn how you can pot up bulbs to force them to bloom when the snow is flying.
It takes only a few minutes to build, but this DIY planter shelf is useful and attractive. Use it to grow herbs, veggies and flowers.