Mmmm....beans. Is there anything more delicious (and versatile) than a dish of hot beans? Dry beans are pantry staples that just about every cook and homesteader will keep in ready supply. ...
8 Common Causes of Pig Infertility and How to Address Them
If you raise your pigs for meat, the idea of breeding them, either by keeping a boar or through AI breeding, has likely crossed your mind. After all, it is usually much more economical to have your ...
How to Treat and Prevent Brassica White Leaf Spot Disease
Also known as Cercospora or Pseudocercosporella, there are two different types of fungi that can cause white leaf spot diseases on brassica plants. These diseases affect all plants in the brassica ...
8 Benefits of Using Plastic Mulch in the Garden & Drawbacks to Consider
Whether you've been gardening for 3 weeks, 3 years, or 3 decades, you’ve probably already heard of all the benefits that mulch can offer to your plants. The classic choices for garden mulch are ...
Raising Pigs in Winter vs Summer – How to Decide
In the last few weeks, we have started communicating with our pork customers that we will no longer be providing them with their meat in the fall, as is customary, but in the spring. Very few ...
How Often Should You Deworm Sheep or Is It Even Necessary?
It’s no secret that of all livestock species, sheep and goats tend to be the most susceptible to internal parasites. Some vets will argue that all sheep are always in a state of “worminess” and ...
Chicken Cannibalism: Why It Happens and How Can You Prevent It
Something that always seems to raise my blood pressure is when somebody mentions to me how animals are always kind to each other - that humans are the only species with the capacity to be violent or ...
What Are Gypsy Moth Caterpillars & How Do You Get Rid of This Pest?
This year, gypsy moth caterpillars have been a major problem where I live. Much of the local economy around here focus on maple syrup production, and since gypsy moth caterpillars are so ...
OJD in Sheep: What Is It, Symptoms, Prevention, and Treatment
A few years ago, a friend of ours' sheep died from a mysterious disease. Whenever my husband came home to tell me about it, he could never remember what it was called. “James disease? Johnson’s ...