Best Lifted Truck

If you need to bring home lumber or other supplies, what's simpler than driving them straight to the site of your project? So if you're farming without a farm truck, by all means, consider getting one.

I love the new appliances, countertops and flooring, but I have to admit that the cabinetry has never thrilled me. I wanted something that screamed “farmhouse” when you walked through the door, and the builder-grade oak never quite achieved that.

According to AFBF president Bob Stallman, some states currently exempt farm vehicles from federally imposed regulations while others do not, presenting complications for farmers who must cross borders to haul their products locally.

For towing a gross weight of 2 tons or less, you can get by with a two-wheel-drive, half-ton truck or SUV with a category III receiver hitch. A three-quarter-ton truck is typically built on a heavier chassis and can pull about twice the load of a half-ton...

For that reason, it's good to make a habit of traveling the perimeter of your pastures every so often to look for damage. While you might not be able to add a post-hole digging auger to your ATV's arsenal of attachments, it is possible to purchase a stand-alone...

Now, if you're like me, you might be wondering if a vehicle this small is good for anything but a trail ride. The Pioneer 500 hits the market in July 2014. Let me assure you it is.

All bits of dirt, scale and soil must be removed. If your pot is clean, and isn't encrusted with stuff, just do the wipe-over. The pot that I was working on had a slight texture, and the results were not quite as dramatic as they would have been if the...

Sometimes we create a verbal gratitude journal for our day as we drive down the road, everyone listing what they're thankful for in that minute. The point is that it softens our hearts and opens our eyes to the many, many things with which we are blessed,...

2,4-D fits the bill, Fantle says, adding that it's “considered by many to be a much harsher herbicide [than glyphosate].” Because “weeds evolve and develop resistance to various types of products over time,” Fantle says that, eventually, we're...

If you're concerned about its content, like some of my friends, skip using it in the vegetable garden or try it on only a small portion of the garden first. Even free compost isn't a good deal if it harms your plants.

They're obviously too heavy for a single person or even a few people to lift, and while it's possible to wrap a chain around them and drag them behind a tractor, this will undoubtedly leave large scrapes and gouges in the ground, which is probably not...

They traveled in a covered goat tote in the back of our truck. You don't need a livestock trailer to transport small animals like sheep , goats , pigs and calves , but it's trickier to haul them in a truck or van.

Don't be afraid to cut these plants back heavily; in most cases, I take them all the way back to the crown of the plant. Give your garden a mid-season face lift with these tips that clean up their appearance and encourage new growth.

I feel better about them not taking up space at the landfill, and it's going to save us a couple of hundred bucks in demolition costs. Work has begun on our new patio. I was having a hard time feeling good about sending all those pavers to the landfill...

The other plant that has surprised me is the borage. So far, my carrots and beets are still wonderful fresh additions to the dinner table. With it's cucumber scent, borage doesn't seem to fit in with the pumpkin spice of the season, but a late-season...

To this day, this is my preferred recipe, although I boil them and then, after draining, transfer immediately into a hot frying pan and saute gently in the butter. There is a small window of opportunity when it comes to these little delicacies.

Often, gardeners turn this DIY project into more than a practical installation, taking an artistic or abstract approach to their design. Narrow Wooden Slats: Butterflies Chanel Beck/Flickr In inclement weather, butterflies often nestle between rocks or...

Then why on earth do you have impenetrable pea soup!?!? So you've done everything right so far this pond season; you did spring cleanup, lifted all your hardy plants, and maybe even added a few beneficial bacteria into the system.

As is true of most things and places, the more money, the better one ate. My least favorite is cherry with brandy. I associate bread pudding with holidays, like Thanksgiving and Christmas, which is why I am only familiar with the dried fruit sauce.

“Not everyone goes to the farmers market and buys a week's worth of food, says Bradley Taylor, farmer and co-founder of Farm a la Carte. As demand increased, more farmers turned to Gorge Grown to sell their produce and more requests came from local...

I harvested the first cucumbers of the season tonight—39 beauties! I could barely lift the basket when I was finished. I have yet to harvest my first tomato of the season. Even the cherry tomatoes aren't ripening yet.

Tea is bursting with anti-oxidants and healthful flavinoids. Unfortunately, the studies have not been the double-blind predictive type needed for doctors and scientists to say "go start drinking more tea!" Someday maybe that will happen.

I'd eat pie served with plastic spoons, but lifting a wedge with this server is so dramatic. Still, that's just half the story for me. Photo by Judith Hausman My preferred kitchen tools: wooden spoons.

Frustrated gardeners have long forced bulbs into flowering early, tricking bulbs into thinking it was spring after a period of cold dormancy, or winter. In particular, we often find t?te-?-t?te narcissus, in bud or blooming already, their cheery yellow...

With origins in the rain forests of Brazil, you will guess that Cryptanthuses are tropical plants and grow in temperatures comfortable to humans. I simply wrap the base of these epiphytes (air plants) in sphagnum moss and tuck them into crevasses of the...

As always, farm machines have the potential to be dangerous, and caution should always be foremost when using machines to do any job. Unfortunately, not all projects go so easily. While this works well in many cases, the three-point hitch can be stronger,...

Those long-awaited harbingers of the spring garden are beginning to make their appearance here at Cottage-in-the-Meadow-Gardens: snowdrops nodding their greetings as I pass by, early species crocuses lifting their tiny yellow chalices in a toast to the...