Chickens aren’t known for their awesome ability to fly. In reality, most chickens can’t get very far off the ground - although they do have the capability of catching some air when they really want ...
10 Clever Uses for Discarded Sourdough Starter
Look at any package of store-bought bread and you’re likely to turn up your nose in disgust after reading the ingredients. From artificial flavors to preservatives you can’t pronounce, there are a lot ...
Should You Feed Pigs Table Scraps? Here’s How to Do It and Avoid Problems
If you’re raising pigs, you might be wondering if you can feed them table scraps, and what sorts of foods you can feed them. The short answer? Just about every kind of food! However, ...
10 Essential Tips for Caring Pigs in Winter
Pigs in a blanket is a yummy, adorable appetizer - but there’s no reason to wrap your backyard pigs in blankets this winter. In fact, most pigs do just fine without any kind of supplemental heat at ...
How to Protect Your Plants from Thunderstorms and Repair Storm Damage
A couple of nights ago, we had quite a huge thunderstorm here on the farm. We knew this only because our piglets started racing around the barn as the wind picked up. It was quite the sight to ...
7 Tips to Consider When Buying Sheep or Lambs
A few days ago, a young man I used to teach reached out to me. He wanted to find out if we would be interested in selling some of our sheep. My husband and I have put a lot of work into ...
10 Easy Sheep Handling Tips To Make You a Confident Shepherd
Owning and raising sheep is a relatively simple endeavor. You feed them, house them, provide them with plenty of fresh, clean water. It’s as simple as that. Until that is, you need to trim ...
How to Store Potatoes to Make Them Last for Months
It’s never too early to start thinking about next year’s garden, is it? If you’re like many people who grow a vegetable garden - myself included - you are probably curious about how you can grow ...
6 Tree Stump Removal Options to Get Rid of Stumps Painlessly
I don’t know if there’s a topic that my husband gets more fired up about than when people leave too-tall stumps after cutting a tree. As somebody who teaches chainsaw operation and forestry ...