Gardening
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100% Whole Wheat
Make great-tasting, healthy, homemade bread with this easy recipe.
8 min |
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Herbal HAND HEALERS
CREATE A HAND SCRUB AND LOTION FROM YOUR GARDEN.
8 min |
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LIVESTOCK love
THESE BREEDS ARE GREAT FOR HOBBY FARMS.
7 min |
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FALL GARLIC Planting
AUTUMN IS A GREAT TIME TO PLANT GARLIC.
3 min |
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25 CROPS for 2025
OUR PODCAST HOST REVEALS HER MUST-PLANT LIST.
7 min |
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Brown Beauties
WE TURN THE SPOTLIGHT ON 12 TOP BROWN-EGG-LAYING HENS.
6 min |
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Meet Holly Callahan-Kasmala & Chrisie DiCarlo
In Maryland, best friends of 40-plus years share a passion for good food, laughter and, most of all, poultry.
2 min |
July - August 2024
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HISTORIC Hogs
The Hereford breed has a bright future.
6 min |
July - August 2024
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ON TRACK
Animal activity trackers, also known as pet location trackers, let you keep an eye on your pets or livestock from your phone or computer.
7 min |
July - August 2024
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ELECTRIC BORDERS
Here's what you need to know before you buy a portable electric fence.
7 min |
July - August 2024
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beyond TRADITION
Raise these alternative animals on your hobby farm.
7 min |
July - August 2024
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Sheep HOOF CARE
The key to good sheep hoof care is keeping an eye out for problems and moving to prevent serious issues.
2 min |
July - August 2024
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Santa Carota BEEF
For 35 years, the Pettit family has been upcycling waste carrots for cattle feed, challenging traditional ranching practices while producing exquisite beef.
7 min |
July - August 2024
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Metabolic Disorders in Cattle
Manage these body conditions in your herd with diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
7 min |
July - August 2024
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Midsummer Garden
Keep those vegetables growing late into the year with these planting options and advice.
6 min |
July - August 2024
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Microclimate Trouble Spots
Spend enough time gardening in one place and you can get to know it well.
6 min |
July - August 2024
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Recognizing & Treating Bloat
Growing up on my father's dairy farm, bloat was a condition that I gained a familiarity with early on.
6 min |
July - August 2024
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Feeding Layers
What to feed laying hens should be top priority as egg-laying hens must be fed correctly to achieve their potential.
1 min |
July - August 2024
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Acorns = Better Pork
By feeding your hogs acorns, you can reduce your feeding costs and get better pork. Pigs can safely consume acorns as part of their diet, unlike other livestock. Pigs were historically pastured in woodlands in the fall to consume the falling nuts, chestnuts and acorns. This provided much benefit to the forest and was great for the hogs.
3 min |
July - August 2024
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Kohlrabi
You probably plant lots of brassicas in your garden each year; after all, brassicas include garden staples such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and kale. But there's a good chance you aren't growing one of the most interesting members of the Brassica oleracea family: kohlrabi.
3 min |
July - August 2024
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Spot & Treat
Parasites happen, but proper management keeps things under control.
3 min |
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Parasite PATROL
Keep your worm treatments effective with these three valuable tools.
3 min |
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HEALTHY GOAT, Happy FARMER
Goats may be hearty, but they still need their keeper's care in order to live long and be healthy.
8 min |
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Notes ON NUTRITION
Dairy and meat goats have specific feed needs, and they're not the same.
3 min |
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milking how to
Goat milk is liquid gold, but you have to get milking right to get it.
2 min |
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BREEDING BASICS
The traditional goat breeding season in the U.S. is between late August and the early part of January, according to Angela McKenzie-Jakes, extension animal science specialist at Florida A&M University.
2 min |
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GIVE ME Shelter
When Kathryn Spann started raising dairy goats in 2008, she thought wooden sheds built on skids would be the ideal housing for her herd. The shelters could be attached to a tractor and moved, ensuring the herd had a safe space to escape the elements and allowing Spann to practice pasture rotation without building individual shelters in each pasture.
6 min |
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Natural FIBERS
When visitors drive up to our Northern California foothill farm, they immediately notice the fluffy, long-horned beasties dotted all over our pastures. If they have never met us before, these visitors will always tell us how they love seeing our beautiful \"sheep\" and ask what we do with their wool.
7 min |
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Choosing a DAIRY GOAT
A number of considerations will determine your ideal dairy goat breed.
3 min |
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CHOOSING A Meat Goat
Once you've mastered the basics, keeping goats for meat is pretty easy.
4 min |