2017 Pickup Truck Reviews

During the rainy season, like now, the creek swells and the waterfall gets nice and big. It's construction time again, and as usual I'm using my Italian truck to haul supplies to the job site.

It doesn't even necessarily have to be a truck, though a truck often is preferable. But it's when you go off road that a farm truck can really excel. And with a snow plow attachment, your farm truck can make quick work of plowing your driveway during...

Yum! And finally, one last change I'm shooting for in 2017's garden: More flowers for cutting. In my own garden, 2016 was a year of unusual projects. I'm working on a new book with Cool Springs Press about gardening in containers, and as a result, I had...

In the Chinese zodiac, 2017 is the year of the fire rooster—burn, baby, burn! Fire roosters are said to be trustworthy, competitive and enterprising, and to have a strong sense of time, meaning that they're prone to uneasiness and temper flare-ups if...

“Transportation laws and regulations should not saddle farmers with additional regulatory hurdles simply because they farm closer to a processor in another state than a processor in their own state,” says NFU president Roger Johnson.

Later in this article, I'll discuss some of the suspension options that help with these issues. Adjustable rear air shocks also serve to keep your vehicle level. Lynn Friedman/Flickr Towing Packages If possible, get a truck with a towing package.

As you take a look at our Class of 2017 lineup, ask yourself a few questions: Does this bird's personality fit mine? She'll adapt to confinement well but will gladly forage if given the opportunity.

It comprises warm gold, grayed blues, copper, oranges, muted purples and earth tones. Flowers in this set include bromeland, ginger, orange anthurium, chocolate cymbidium, calla lily, Mokara orchid, burgundy dahlia and russet sunflower.

It's a large investment in the community and in a food system so modern that it still doesn't exist. Seed Capital KY states that “The West Louisville FoodPort is poised to become one of the most transformative urban reinvestment projects of the decade.”...

264 East Pinetown (Yeatesville), NC 252-943-3116 Oregon Rising Stone Farm Portland, OR 97213 503-916-9576 farmers@risingstonefarm.com Arrangements: Pickup Pennsylvania Greensgrow Farms 2501 East Cumberland St. Philadelphia, PA 19125 215-380-4355 csa@greengrows.org...

Usually, I'm gung-ho about them for the first couple months of the year, but by December, I can barely remember what I've committed myself to, let alone know if I actually accomplished what I set out to do.

A crate can also be loaded in the bed of the truck, but it should be pulled up close behind the cab and secured with tie-downs. If you make your own truck-bed hauler, make it stout! And always add a roof—you'd be surprised how high we can jump when...

Now's the time to set our farm goals for the year ahead. Learn To Graft Fruit Trees In keeping with the theme of Resolution No. 1, I'm hoping to improve my tree-grafting abilities in 2017 from virtually non-existent to somewhat capable.

As you'll see, I'm especially keen on gifts that stand out for their helpfulness or unique features. The Seikouba Sickle This Japanese hand tool is so spectacular that I have two. As the holiday season approaches, we often find ourselves scrambling to...

A few days of unseasonably warm weather and they can spring up, becoming too far gone almost overnight it seems. You won't regret it.Photo credits go to DiOhio, TuttiFrutti and toxicodendron.

They are not completely dry and retain a bit of moisture, but not enough to clog the shred-vac. Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University. When I say we have tons of leaves in our yard, I'm not exaggerating.

I was having a hard time feeling good about sending all those pavers to the landfill in order to have the new patio put in, so I asked our contractor if he wanted them to use on another job.

Tear up bread in bite size pieces in baking dish (about 1 and 1/2 quart size). The settlers found an abundance of meat as well as edible vegetation available, so puddings became a dessert, definitely without meat, including the healthy addition of eggs.At...

Mobile Market: A retrofitted school bus stocked with farm-fresh produce hit the roads in Washington D.C. in 2012 and is a regular The Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture dispatched the supermarket on wheels to local food deserts to increase...

This summary will give you a start, but, like me, you should read the whole guide. In general, transporting sheep “full of green feed increases stress and soiling,” but rules of thumb on feed and transport vary based on trip duration.

Also making appearances are goats, kids, chickens, horses—and one human. This story originally appeared in the November/December 2017 issue of Hobby Farms. Send us via email the best images of your brood to hobbyfarms@egmediamags.com­, with “Say...

But if you have an opportunity to pick up a lot of these once-flowered beauties on the cheap, do it! I'm planning to stalk the halls of my father's assisted living center and see if any other dutiful daughters said it with daffodils this winter.

Photo courtesy Digital Vision/Thomas Northcut/Thinkstock Increasingly, chefs who are commited to local farms and fresh, organic produce are partnering with farmers to distribute CSA subscriptions.

Well it isn't as easy as taking the truck down to your local home improvement store and loading up several hundred (or thousand) dollars in lumber, or for that matter paying a contractor to build it for you.

While each has unique features unto itself, the Massey Ferguson 1835 and Hesston 4550 balers share a slew of stellar attributes, among them Curved pickup teeth to nab hay other balers miss; Centering augers that reduce windrow size to accommodate 61”...

Courtesy Dan Lutz Dan Lutz and Marc Anderson of Beloit, Wis., are performing experiments to fuel cars with water broken down into hydrogen and oxygen molecules. Lutz and Marc Anderson, a University of Wisconsin engineering professor, are experimenting...

Olivia Ireland R. This round of contenders is led by a calf and a goat. Also making appearances are goslings, pigs, chickens, a cow and her calves, and a very cute bunny. Send us via email the best images of your brood to hobbyfarms@egmediamags.com­,...