Farmer Jacks

They will let you know if someone is at the door! They make great mice and rat catchers and will let you know if someone is at the door! These puppies come from a family of friendly, boisterous breed of dogs.

-The quantity you want to buy for this first time shipment?? Awaiting your kind inquiries. Manufacturing/exportation company located in Cameroon precisely in the city of Bamenda and we have agricultural products such as Cinnamon, Cocoa Beans,Robusta and...

It's folksy angry chick music, so I don't blame you if the obscure tune didn't make your playlist. Have you heard that song “ Oom Sha La La ” by Haley Heynderckx? Cool farm tools, a new little helper, and friends who share ideas and the land contribute...

“At The Meat Hook, we are in the business of paying our farmers, and to that end, we strive each and every day to simply do it right,” Myles writes in The Meat Hook's mission statement.

At A Glance Title: Bokashi Composting Author: Adam Footer Publisher: New Society Publishers Release Date: January 2014 Cover Price: $16.95 Target Audience: Gardeners looking to rapidly amend their beds and plots with healthy compost; ecologically minded...

Ask for and check references if you have doubts—and even if you don't. Have each applicant work at least one whole day on the farm before the season begins—a “see how we work together” day.

I say this as a person who's done a lot of stupid things that could've ended very badly for me and my family. Practice general farm safety at all times, take your time and never get so comfortable that you stop paying attention to potential dangers.

A Kentucky high school gives students the tools for agriculture-related careers while modeling sustainability. The school, which opened this fall after nearly a year of construction, was born out of “both a dream and a need,” says Sara Tracy, Locust...

In a recent New York Times piece on the subject, author Julie Moskin writes: “Cooks joining the profession now are more particular about the kitchens they want to work in, better equipped to move from job to job and city to city, less willing to work...

While I find it a rather relaxing and enjoyable task, it's not as simple as cutting clean lines into a vast open field. And there's about a week and a half of a lag time in the onset of spring activity , which means while the cherry blossoms were flowering...

But for now, I'm basking in these last moments of rest and rejuvenation, taking in all that our land has to offer. Spring has arrived on the farm, and with it has come all the beauty and wonder of the land coming alive.

Again, no bending . Well, I have a new saying: “If you want something done efficiently , get a lazy person to do it.” It's hilarious to me that people think I am this super-energetic, do-it-all type.

Additionally, they need access to land, access to affordable capital and access to the kind of markets that enable them to pay off their investments and have a decent life. Beard Foundation Leadership awards in 2011 and received the 2012 Sustainable Agriculture...

In 2013, the Local Economies Project of the New World Foundation created the Hudson Valley Farm Hub to provide training in sustainable agriculture, help securing affordable land and expanded access to capital for new farmers and their expanding businesses.

In a world full of unpacked moving boxes, my trowel and hoe have taken a back seat. We're eager to use our land to its full potential, but there always seems to be another box to unpack first.

Consider her five steps to help beat the heat and keep the earth cool. I'm picturing the whole lot of us succumbing to heat stroke, vultures circling like in those old westerns. Reduce, reuse, recycle – more! Grow more of our own food organically.

With a few minutes of figuring, I'm able to know the amount of seed , posts, horticulture netting, wire, et cetera that I'll need to make this happen. The good news is that you aren't going to be a beginning farmer forever.

Until gardening conditions work in our favor, spring cleaning is the name of the game. Pretty soon, all of our keepsakes will be pared down and organized, and we'll be able to set our sights on more important matters … like growing food .

A house on the property was a prime candidate for a bulldozer: No one in their right mind would move a family into that house. After that, the otter certainly wasn't going into any trap; however, the trap did catch a rather humorless raccoon.

Remember quality of homegrown adds value to your goods. I mean, really?” —Betty Wilmott “RESEARCH anything that you are considering bringing on your farm. They have bountiful knowledge in their specific fields.

“Since the aim of [Missouri's Show Me Healthy Women] program is to provide screening services to vulnerable women, it is important to ensure that access to screening services is evenly distributed throughout the state,” she says.

Hopefully, soon enough, we'll crack this case. An unidentified floating odor around our farm has us scratching our heads to what could be the cause—and we could use your help. For starters, we finally tied the knot last week, which was a beautiful time...

It's almost time to get outside, but not yet. Our wise, experienced neighbors warned us about not to prematurely work the wet soil—if a handful of it clumps up when you squeeze, you need to wait a little longer or you'll pay for it all season.

Change Is A Comin' That isn't to say that this is necessarily a bleak future. Let's start with 2 billion more mouths to feed—that's a significant jump—and the fact that the nation is currently losing 50 acres of farmland to urban sprawl every hour.

The weather here at the farm has been quite nurturing to me as I try to put into practice my word of the year: presence . My first projects involve sourdough starter. As a cold chill and powdery snow take over the farm, I turn inward and relish in the...

Yeah, I know, right? I kinda thought I was crazy, because I was starting to get the idea that my beehives liked me. Many beekeepers believe hives can develop personalities, and mine are about as mellow as they get.

When to use it? There's loads and loads of info about this all over the 'net, but here's what I'm doing this year: At planting time stir in a fistful of 5-5-5 into the soil where I'm putting my seeds or transplants .