Johnny Farmer

Identify Your Niche How is what you're selling different than other vendors at the farmers' market? Another route is to creatively package your items. Start Small Don't go overboard—test the farmers'-market waters before investing in expensive tents...

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I've also harvested wild medicinals, such as plantain and dandelion, to begin making my potions. To sum up the lyrics, this girl is living a pretty crummy existence, and the only thing that makes it better is starting a garden.

No sense in pussyfooting around. Learn more about raising and processing your meat: How to Butcher a Chicken 3 Carcass Cut Sheets to Simplify Butchering How to Process Livestock How to Start a Premium Beef Business 9 Responsible Uses for Your Meat Byproducts...

I know what you're thinking: You have way too many garden beds or plots to amend, and that composting in a 5-gallon bucket will never suffice. Footer agrees with that sentiment, too: He's not out to badmouth or disparage all other forms of composting...

Have each applicant work at least one whole day on the farm before the season begins—a “see how we work together” day. (Think: teenager appetite.) It just isn't reasonable to make someone work hard for you for cheap or free and not offer them sustenance.

While my path took me along a gravel driveway that ran beside the large-animal pastures, the two sets of chickens were separated by our large kitchen garden , its perimeter at that time guarded by a low (probably 36-inch) row of fencing.

A “green screen” monitor located in the school lobby allows students and teachers to see how much energy is being used in each classroom. A Kentucky high school gives students the tools for agriculture-related careers while modeling sustainability.

This phenomenon is not, of course, solely relegated to farming. Farming should be learned before the fame and success, not after. I couldn't invent a more accurate description of who I was: impatient to rise, impatient to run my own farm, impatient to...

The land we live on can be particularly brutal for people like us who haven't been sensitized to its unique ways. Before this area was settled, it was full of cane (a bamboo native to Kentucky) and maintained by the wild buffalo that considered this area...

But here were about a dozen roosting up high in the trees, startled by my presence and making ungainly attempts to flee the scene. Now that spring has arrived, the number of somethings has become exponential.

So, when I built the Chicken Palace, I designed it to fit my needs as well as the needs of The Girls. I will definitely get around to trimming the roof shingles one of these days, and it could use a bit of leveling, but pretty is as pretty does, and not...

What changes do you consider necessary to support agriculture in America? Fortunately, there are increasing opportunities for them to do that. In 1978, he helped organize North Dakota Natural Farmers, which later became the Northern Plains Sustainable...

Through the Young, Beginning and Small Farmer and Rancher Program , Ag New Mexico helps new farmers start their first agricultural operation with financing, education and training.

Beside the farmhouse, we have a terraced garden that the former owner planted with heirloom tomatoes , butternut squash, culinary herbs, and lots and lots of mint, so we're not without farm-grown food.

Yeah, I'm a believer in human-caused global warming. I'm terrible at arguing politics; instead I'd like to share five steps we're taking to try and reduce our carbon footprint on the farm.

A little recalibration of your chores and routines could save you time and money over the course of your farming career. Unless you're really just wanting to operate a hobby farm, each move you make on the farm should be toward improving profitability.

Rachael Dupree Our old, orange, bumper-sticker-covered pickup has been a savior in the purging process. Rachael Dupree Our main focus for spring cleaning has been on our basement and shed.

A house on the property was a prime candidate for a bulldozer: No one in their right mind would move a family into that house. As a couple starts their first farm later in life they learn to live with wild pond creatures.

It will reduce stress, heartache and headache, as well as prevent yourself from becoming overwhelmed and overworked.” —Christina Coughlin “I've known a ton of first-time gardeners who lost interest after their first season because they tried every...

Because these factors persist after a cancer diagnosis, Williams reports that many rural patients also have fewer treatment options and poorer prognoses than their urban counterparts.

We did a soapy water test ourselves to check for a leak, but found no indication that we had a problem, so I had a professional out to test it, as well. Our noses haven't lead us to the final resting place of a wildlife critter, so we've ruled that out.

The weeds will be growing. After spending the winter reading all of the books and doing all of the research, you come to the conclusion that farming is all science, but it's this time of year when you begin realize there's an art to all of it.

Place like Agritopia in Arizona or Serenbe outside of Atlanta could—and perhaps should—become models for sustainable urban development. They feed fish to fish and are themselves helping deplete our oceans.

While we've enjoyed these pancakes the traditional way—with maple syrup and some fruit on the side—you can add any combination of fruit, veggies, nuts and seeds to the batter. But those failures haven't gotten me down, and I'm eager to do more with...

It was a nice fall day, but the area where the hives are was still cool. Some people think the bees develop the attitude toward the keeper in the same way they imprint on their home hive, generation after generation.

Dealing with why “potassium,” which clearly begins with the letter “P” is labeled “K” is confusing enough. Nitrogen Encourages New Growth Be careful with your nitrogen use, though.