Hey everyone, there was a mistake in the photo in the recent nut article
We made a mistake in the current issue, Issue No. 149, September/October 2014. In the article titled “Nut trees on your homestead,” we inadvertently put in the wrong photo over the caption that reads...
We have 7 new baby goats, just in time for Mom’s birthday!
Four of our doe goats all kidded within three days, this year. What a surprise! Usually it's a bit more drawn out. And to make it even more unusual, our two does that were...
Q and A: Turkeys fighting and Watering vs. rain
Turkeys fighting
Do you have any trouble with your turkeys fighting? Whenever I have a young tom coming along at about 6 months I have to separate him from my older tom. And then this...
The seed starting is gearing up, even in below zero temps
I've got all our pepper seeds started and am nearly done with the tomatoes. We had some old squash and pumpkin seeds, some of which were donated by a reader to whom I sent...
This time of the year, I’ve got more plants in the tub than people!
I've ordered lots of trees and bramble fruits for our orchard this year; I keep seeing these things bringing higher and higher outrageous prices and decided THIS year I'd get the orchard booted up....