Quarantining chickens, PVC hoop house, and Building codes

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Quarantining chickens  We're home from our first showing at the county fair. My children brought 6 chickens to show for 4-H. I see you quarantine...

I’m finally sending out seed orders

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I usually begin making out seed orders before this, but because I've been so busy, it just hasn't happened. I have to start planting...

Q and A: wheat bran flakes and cold-hardy grape vines

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Wheat bran flakes I think my wheat bran flakes are off ... rancid maybe, but I wouldn't know for sure. It smells different, not pleasant,...

Q and A: splitting tomatoes and sourdough bread

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Splitting tomatoes Should you pull green tomatoes after a heavy rain to keep them from splitting? Kelly Craven Kernersville, North Carolina I don't do this but if you're...

We’re making hay while the sun shines

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After such a rainy early summer, it has finally dried up. It's supposed to be sunny for a whole week so we're making hay...