Pruning can feel so intimidating. After all, you’re chopping off branches from your fruit trees. What if you do it wrong? Will the tree be ruined forever? While pruning fruit trees can feel ...
How to Start A Successful Farmstead Micro-Creamery
In our community of homesteaders, some people raise milking animals for their personal use, and others make an income by starting a micro-creamery out of their homestead. We’re fortunate because ...
Cherry Egger Chicken: Meet This Abundant Layer
When I first heard of cherry eggers, I was so excited. I thought of olive eggers, and Easter eggers, and assumed that cherry eggers laid reddish eggs. I was wrong. Cherry eggers don’t lay ...
9 Broccoli Pests and Diseases and How to Handle Them
Broccoli is one of the most popular cruciferous vegetables in the country. When I was a child, we loved it because each piece of broccoli looked like a tiny tree. We could eat our broccoli pretending ...
White Plymouth Rock Chicken: Meet This Friendly Dual-Purpose Chicken
Plymouth rock chickens are some of my favorites. It might be because my son fell in love with two barred rocks a few years ago. He called them his “love chickens” because they were so sweet and ...
15 of the Best Parsnip Varieties to Grow in Your Garden
Parsnips may be one of the most underrated vegetables. Too often, we pass by these pale, carroty-looking roots to reach for turnips, carrots, or potatoes, instead. But parsnips aren’t just anemic ...
Pekin Bantam Chickens: Meet These Friendly, Showy Birds
Pekin bantam chickens are, simply put, adorable. They're petite, round, and covered in lots of feathers. Even their feet are feathery. Watching them waddle around the garden is pure joy. These ...
Malines Chicken: Meet This Gentle Giant
Calm, gentle, and easygoing. Malines chickens are truly gentle giants. They’re a fantastic addition to a dual-purpose flock because they are a plump heritage roaster and a decent laying ...
Highland Cattle: Get to Know This Sweet, Gentle Breed
Called Highland cattle, mini-Highlands, or heilen coos, these mythic, northern cattle are a stunning ancient breed. With their flowing locks and wide, sweeping horns, Highlands are a beautiful ...