At some point, as your cucumbers and squash grow, you might find the leaves turning yellow and dying. It's a common situation that obviously indicates something is wrong with your plants. But, ...
6 Practical Tips When Buying Piglets: Everything to Consider Beforehand
Raising pigs for meat is a great step toward a self-sufficient homestead - and it’s incredibly fun, too. Out of all the livestock you can raise, I think pigs are some of my favorite animals. They’re ...
How and Why You Should Add a Hedgerow to Your Farm
Hedgerows are plantings of perennial herbs, bushes, and small trees placed in strategic areas on your property. A hedgerow is different from a hedge, which is essentially a pretty property divider ...
How to Butcher and Process Ducks Humanely
Chickens are usually the first livestock new homesteaders learn to raise and process for meat. Broiler types, like the Cornish cross, have been bred to have light feathering that is easy to pluck. ...
20 Plants to Grow for an Edible Front Yard
Do you live in a neighborhood where front yard vegetable gardens are forbidden? It seems strange that such a law exists nowadays, when food security is so important, but it's increasingly common. ...
Sleep, Creep, Leap: Why Perennials Take Three Years to Mature
When it comes to food gardening, one of the greatest joys is how rewarding the process can be. There's a startling sense of satisfaction when peas sprout in mere days, or when the first radishes come ...
Leafhoppers: How to Deal With These Prolific Garden Pests
Leafhoppers are everywhere and there's isn't a garden in the world not bothered by them. They're destructive little sap-sucking insects, and they spread disease and damage plants. Because they are ...
How to Make and Use Comfrey Tea to Get Your Garden Blooming
If you're sick of paying for fertilizers and plant food, then comfrey tea is for you. It's easy to make and, if you're already growing some comfrey in your garden, it's practically free. Comfrey ...
How to Raise Ducks for Meat Economically and Sustainably
I used to think that raising ducks for meat was expensive. Turns out, that was just because I was trying to raise ducks like broiler chickens. Broilers, usually Cornish crosses, are confined, fed ...