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Plant Pumpkins Now For Fall Faces Later
Add to Favorites By Nancy Pierson Farries, South Carolina If you want a Jack-o-lantern for Halloween, a big pumpkin for harvest season decor, or pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, you can …
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Gardening: A Vital Step To Self-Sufficiency
Add to Favorites By Rhonda Crank, rhonda@thefarmerslamp.com; www.thefarmerslamp.com With the changing economic times we are in, more and more people are planting gardens. Some are planting in old flower beds; …
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Safety in the Garden
Add to Favorites By Mary St. Clair While gardening is a healthy and fun pastime, it’s important to remember there are risks involved. Enthusiasm for getting out in the garden …
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What’s The Big Deal About Heirloom Tomatoes?
Add to Favorites Each year, I see the sales ads: Heirloom tomatoes on sale, only $2.99/lb. Customers flock to them. The pictures show huge, lumpy, full-color tomatoes instead of the …
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Deer Fencing Tips to Protect Wildlife and Gardens
Add to Favorites If you homestead near wildlife, you may have only two options: good deer fencing or no garden. “What’s wrong with sharing your bounty?” I often hear newbie …
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Homestead Fencing For Your Garden
Add to Favorites When it comes to protecting your garden from being consumed by the local wildlife, homestead fencing options are numerous. We’ve always been DIY fence installation people when …
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How to Make a Cheap Greenhouse
Add to Favorites By Jay Rodgers – Two years ago I began to experiment with an idea that was spawned from the pages of Countryside and Small Stock Journal. Someone wrote …
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How to Care for Tomato Plants in Tires
Add to Favorites By Wayne W. Moseley – I love to grow tomatoes and over the years I’ve learned a lot about how to care for tomato plants in tires. …
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How to Take Care of Plants in Pots
Add to Favorites By Anita B. Stone – For years I have tried my best to grow plants in containers because of the limited space in my garden and also because …
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Rainwater Harvesting: It’s a Good Idea (Even if You Have Running Water)
In my grandparents’ day, rainwater harvesting was one of the best ways of conserving water. My grandmother collected rainwater in a barrel at the corner of the house for decades.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Container Potatoes
Add to Favorites By Lori Fontanes I know what you’re thinking: what’s so special about potatoes? With all those ubiquitous orders of fries and mashed platters, why do I need to …
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Small-Scale Agritourism Ideas to Boost Profits
Add to Favorites By Barbara Berst Adams – On-farm visitors can help even the smallest farms increase the bottom line. Whether a farm is full-time or part-time, many very small farms …
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Old and New Methods of Agriculture in The San Luis Valley
Add to Favorites By Karin Deneke, Photos by Chuck Reel and Karin Deneke The San Luis Valley’s farming legacy includes old and new methods of agriculture within a historically sustainable …
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10 Best Agriculture Schools
Add to Favorites By Doug Ottinger, Minnesota – Academia, I learned, is not all about laptops and college football games these days. In a few corners around the country, some of …
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Illinois Farmer Finds Labor Savings and Versatility with Skid Steer Grapple
Add to Favorites by Mike Kloster, President of Worksaver, Inc. – Farmer Tom Justison recently bought a Sweep Action Rock Grapple (SARG) from Worksaver, Inc. to use on his family farm …
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