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Michelle and I are determined to find a way to make this living situation work, one way or another. As a back up, I also bought a megaphone to blast a loud noise in the event that Bandit's muzzle comes off should he attack Nigel.

The birds weigh only 5 to 7½ pounds, and hens lay 140 cream-colored eggs per year. Neither of these breeders have eaten the meat from these birds, but Ewe Crazy Farms owner Bryce Everett says, “I do have several friends who have tasted the meat and...

Rodney Miller, chief executive officer for McCormick International USA, reported his company is launching the J series of subcompact tractors, starting with a 23-horsepower tractor.

Opinions vary as to whether removing the spent blooms in the middle of the stalk will help the ones farther up to last longer or open more fully. Growing freesia at home was just too challenging for me in New England.

Jennings Prairie is part of a state-park facility known as the Jennings Environmental Education Center. It was a pleasure to walk through the prairie site and see what parts of our state once looked like.

Or, quite possibly, you said to yourself "My beets and cucumbers look as good as any of these." Either way, you are the right candidate to move from spectator to participant and bring your own vegetables to the fair.

People were not allowed inside the pen with the animals, but could reach through the bars to pet them. Of course, my compadres wanted to see more of the fair, so I let them pull me along to the food vendors and carnival rides.

There, sitting on the top of the monitor was a gigantic. Maybe I should just look intoEnough of that nonsense, I like it here. After givingthem their treats I reach into the freezer and pull out some beans.

“If you don't get it up and growing, that's going to limit your fall grazing, which is really going to hurt you from a cattle-performance standpoint,” Baughman says. Without better soil moisture, the crop will not even emerge.

The owners of The Farmer's Daughter Country Market , a general store based in Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia, are offering 2 acres of land, as well as daily wages, to someone who is willing to move to the small rural town to work for them, WideOpenCountry.com...

The water requirements are not a problem for me in my area but could be for those living with watering restrictions. If ever I have to let it get too dry theHelenium tends to crowd itself out over time and benefits from dividing the clump every 3 or 4...

Enough said, do not can in your microwave.This involves putting food into jars, sealing them, and then cooking them in a solar oven. And never use open-kettle canning for low acid foods such as meats, vegetables and soups that must be pressure canned.Just...

This is partly true, but there is so much more to the story. Elenarts/iStock/Thinkstock As a botanist, I am always curious about the meaning behind plants that are mentioned in song.

The water buffalo races add a spark of fun to a rather somber holiday. And water buffalo poke their heads and horns out of deep mud puddles. During the country's festival of the dead, in which the Cambodian Buddhists pay homage to their dead ancestors,...

Look at your kitchen garden as a three season effort instead of planting in the spring and letting it go. Blooms at Hand Other benefits to adding flowers to the design are the extra blooms that attract pollinators, which is critical for successful crops,...

Scot Nelson/Flickr Common leafminers that attack garden crops include the spinach/beet leafminer ( Pegomya hyoscyami ) and the vegetable leafminer ( Liriomyza sativae ). Adult leafminers flies are very small flies, typically around 1/10 inch long.

Refrigerate and enjoy!” It's really that easy. Using store-bought plain yogurt or plain kefir, the process is the same: Line a plastic or stainless-steel colander with two layers of cheesecloth (finely woven butter muslin works, too).

For those seeking information relating to mycorrhizal applications, LariAnn's article is a good start. LariAnn points out that thesite has a feature that identifies general mycorrhiza types by plant names (down the bottom of the page).

In the daytime, plants use the sun's rays to store energy. It uses the energy it gathered from the sun during the day to make sugars, and actually grows most just before dawn.If your lawn seems to have grown up overnight, it's not just your imagination.The...

“We hope the EPA acts to protect public health and starts to regulate CAFOs as large industries that are so different from small family farms.” In the report, EIP recommends several steps to remedy CAFO pollution problems, including establishing an...

It is an amazing thing to see.Take the kids out for a walk in the park to see the miracle of Mallard ducklings this spring.But please don't feed the ducks. They are in the air before you can think twice.As luck would have it, that is usually at the precise...

If the goal is achieved, then cuttings are made and the plant will be given a name. But that is just what he did. Three generations work together, all bringing new ideas and plants to the gardening community.

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I use white- or cream-colored blossoms to power our patio garden by reflecting the moonlight and providing beauty and form that is best appreciated without harsh, direct sunlight. Every year, I incorporate several species of flowering plants that begin...

But if you own an ATV or UTV , you just might have the perfect rig to get your farm up and running faster than you might think. Let's say you need to inspect a fence line or wrangle a lost head of cattle.

What tips do you have for other growers?*Be friendly. It will help you to be successful if there isn't as much competition for the items you are selling. You need to develop a reputation and that takes time.

Well, there is actually only one true bug, but the collection of oversized insects and spiders is a wonder to behold. Even a tall adult could easily walk underneath the body, which is made of wicker-like withes, while the legs are solid wood in contrast.