Farmer List

Despite these things, I'm making good progress toward my garden goal s: Can My Own Tomatoes: I planted something like 30 tomato plants this week, so even if some of them don't make it, I look forward to a big harvest.

The book may be playful and humorous, but that doesn't mean that Myles isn't serious about the art of butchering and preparing meat for consumption. Myles' conversational style is immediately engaging, and you'll likely find yourself charmed by his stories...

This closed system has a number of benefits, including a smell-free composting process, the ability to compost all food waste (even meat and dairy, which would normally attract flies and rodents to a traditional compost pile), no loss of nutrients, enhanced...

Have a friend come over for a second opinion. There are definitely those who—to be delicate—are less ambitious. Will An Apprentice Actually Save You Time? The price of food—rice, bread, cheese, lentils or anything else you don't grow yourself—has...

My back really hurts.” The pain intensified over the proceeding days, and an emergency room visit revealed why: herniated disc, nerve damage, probable paralysis if surgery didn't happen immediately.

The first high school of its kind in Kentucky, Locust Trace offers students hands-on training and career preparation along one of five tracks: plant and land science, biotechnology and environmental science, agriculture power mechanics, equine and vet...

However, doing another internship or working on some other organic farm for a while—even managing someone else's farm—simply didn't appeal to me at the time. You become a farmer, or a chef, or a designer, or a writer, or an architect, when you know...

The upkeep of any farm comes with its own set of eccentricities and challenges. Rachael Dupree Many of the people around here keep cattle, which helps them keep the terrain from the overgrowth of cedar trees and wild brambles, and a few have gardens,...

I thought it odd that they'd be making such audible flapping noises, though the acoustics of our surroundings tend to play tricks on your ears. We've had a number of turkey vultures circling the property lately.

So, when I built the Chicken Palace, I designed it to fit my needs as well as the needs of The Girls. And, I'm following the deep-litter method, which makes cleanup even easier—in fact, almost nonexistent.

My father had instilled in me the need to take care of the land, and when I discovered that soil could be improved by proper organic management, it stirred a passion in me to return to the farm and convert it to an organic operation.

The nonprofit Community Crops runs a farm incubator called Prairie Pines to provide support and training for those new to the farming scene. In addition to a bumper crop of internships and apprenticeships, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition...

Mow, Mow & Mow Some Mo' Rachael Brugger Mr. B can take most of the credit on this one. (It's a bad year for biting bugs here in Kentucky. And it gives me the opportunity to change my mind a couple dozen times.

I'm picturing the whole lot of us succumbing to heat stroke, vultures circling like in those old westerns. As a passionate lover of the outdoors, I enjoy sunny, warm weather as much as the next person, especially after a soggy, Puget Sound winter and...

As a result, there are far fewer experienced farmers than ever before. Enjoy yourself. Get your boots on the ground, in the dirt, and fast. We have five different types of garden hoes, all of which have certain advantages.” Invest in good equipment,...

In Kentucky, our winter has been so mild that Mr. B and I hardly even got infected with cabin fever—a wonderful blessing for our first year on the farm!—but now we're in a holding pattern.

Our peach tree, although far away from the pond and next to the back door, didn't have a chance. After that, the otter certainly wasn't going into any trap; however, the trap did catch a rather humorless raccoon.

Sometimes it is physically and emotionally difficult to keep going. I started doing this and have the biggest tomato crop I've ever seen.” —Carol Woelfel Thames “ Canning your garden is not as difficult as some may think, and a pressure canner is...

Because these factors persist after a cancer diagnosis, Williams reports that many rural patients also have fewer treatment options and poorer prognoses than their urban counterparts.

Among all the haste of last-minute wedding prep and having geothermal technicians out to the house, it occurred to me that perhaps the smell could actually be coming from the propane tank.

The weeds will be growing. It's a lot of looking at weather forecasts and gathering supplies and second-guessing whether you're ready or have what it takes to make your visions come alive.

In fact, I would hardly be surprised to see 1- and 2-acre farms on semi-permanent raised beds—which seem relatively new now—become 2050's version of row cropping. Place like Agritopia in Arizona or Serenbe outside of Atlanta could—and perhaps should—become...

Sourdough Recipe No. 2: Pancakes Bread is but one thing you can make with sourdough. I tried one that required some yeast, but it was a bit too dense and crusty for my preferences and I don't want to cheat by using yeast.

He marched up and lifted the lids, sans bee hat. But also amazingly cool. I just greet them, apologize for the disruption, and reach right on through. The first few times I had to get near the hives to plant more bee-friendly flowers or to beef up the...

Nitrogen Encourages New Growth Be careful with your nitrogen use, though. Time your application of fertilizer carefully; you don't want a bunch of delicate new leaves when there's a chance of frost.

It is the customer then whose responsibility it is to see through the smoke and mirrors if they so want. They might hear something that takes some of their doubt away, then not feel compelled to press further.

We don't yet know all the long-term results of monoculture crops, genetic modification , and the widespread use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers. There are many people throughout America who will never care where their food comes from or how it...