Warehouse Lift Truck

Well, it probably depends on who you ask—the definition is a bit vague, though in my home state of Wisconsin, it's possible to officially register vehicles as farm trucks for a reduced fee, though restrictions on the vehicles' usage will then apply.

If your cabinets are in need of a face-lift, consider adding a fresh coat of paint rather than ripping them out. After many hours scouring the Internet, I finally worked up the nerve to repaint my cabinets last winter, and I'm so glad I did.

“Subjecting family farmers and ranchers to costly requirements is an unnecessary burden we cannot afford.” A 90-day extension to the current bill has been approved through June 30, 2012, while the House finishes revisions to the bill.

Receiver hitches do, however, put the tongue weight behind the rear axle, which tends to lift the front wheels. Extended mirrors provide better visibility around the trailer. Each has its advantages and drawbacks for towing.

An ATV can make this task easy, speeding up the process of patrolling the pastures, and freeing up time to work on your other farm projects. And if the size and shape of your pastures requires you to haul fence-fixing supplies for half a mile just to...

However, there comes a point when some of us are ready to take the plunge. Now, if you're like me, you might be wondering if a vehicle this small is good for anything but a trail ride.

Work quickly, and try to cover in an irregular pattern. The dread of putting fresh and cheerful flowers in these eyesores can now be banished. Here is how I transformed this unsightly container into the lovely plant receptacle in the image above.Krylon...

Hunger does frightening things to people. They were popular in Europe as early as the 15th century but were widely used in the 17th and 18th centuries. Quite often, in the months leading up to Thanksgiving, we establish a new commonplace book or thankful...

“I don't know if there's a way off the treadmill,” he says. Several sustainable-ag- and environmental-advocacy groups have voiced opposition to the petition, including The Cornucopia Institute, an organization that works toward economic justice for...

Sometimes they use chipped tree trimmings and grass clippings from local parks and other open spaces, as well. It's free, after all, and very good stuff. You can do this either after or before seeding (I prefer after so it helps protect the seeds from...

If you live on a farm, it's inevitable that you'll eventually need to move heavy objects that just don't lend themselves to being easily transported. For moving an occasional tree stump or rock, it works great, and it's also easy to customize to your...

Mom and Dad often transport one or two sheep or goats in the back of their minivan, but no matter how tame an animal is, it shouldn't be able to jump in the driver's lap! A sheep and her lambs or goat and her kids can be hauled in a super-size dog crate...

This encourages lush, green, new growth—and sometimes even more flowers! Plants that I cut back hard post-bloom include Nepeta (catmint), lungwort, daylilies, yarrow , lady's mantle, perennial geraniums, dianthus, perennial salvias, coreopsis, Shasta...

I feel better about them not taking up space at the landfill, and it's going to save us a couple of hundred bucks in demolition costs. It is made from about a million brick pavers, each of which weighs about 5 pounds.

“I, borage, bring courage.” I remembered the saying as I looked over the ruin of my garden. That won't happen for another couple months, though, so I can still act as though my garden is alive and productive.

The traditional method of eating fiddleheads is to cover with cold water and boil until tender, roughly 8 to 10 minutes. Snap them off with your fingers, never use a knife. I drove away from there, rubbing my hands together in anticipationStart scouting...

Indeed, many gardeners find that unused pots from previous years become a home for these fuzzy buzz pollinators . It's like a bookshelf divided into compartments, with each compartment containing materials like bricks, wood, pinecones and hollow natural...

Some water gardeners refer to an algal bloom as pea soup, because of the green, opaque appearance the water takes on.Sometimes the water will appear to be tea colored or have stringy algae in it.Any manifestation of an algal bloom is irritating but most...

I wanted a hasty pudding that I might use with several different sauces. Once you add a little butter and perhaps some fruit to that basic recipe, you have a real treat, and this seems to have ensured the survival of bread pudding.Last night when my friend...

“We wanted to address the need for midweek access to farm-fresh food and make it convenient for people to find locally grown products.” Shoppers can place online orders and pick them up from the mobile market or treat Farm a la Carte as a roving supermarket,...

I planted about five different cucumber varieties hoping that if some of them died from bacterial wilt, I would still have others continue to produce. I have yet to harvest my first tomato of the season.

After all I've learned, I'm going to be taste-testing for sure! January, hot tea month, is your perfect opportunity to investigate one of the new types of tea on the market, be it chai or white, green or yellow.

Another Pennsylvania wooden toolmaker made my smooth-grained soup ladle. They don't get hot when you stir soup, they don't taste metallic when you try out the sauce, they don't mess up a no-stick surface and they are strong and comfortable for stirring...

Now that we have refrigerated trucks and interstate shipping and all the other conveniences of modern society, we also have forced bulbs available in supermarkets and chain stores all over the country.

These young plants have been on a potting bench in my partially shady backyard for a couple of months, and they are doing well. You may notice that the mother plant is still producing pups, and some of the pups have already bloomed and are making pups...

While this works well in many cases, the three-point hitch can be stronger, and there is always the risk that the rear end of your tractor will lift off the ground, which can obviously be dangerous.

Those long-awaited harbingers of the spring garden are beginning to make their appearance here at Cottage-in-the-Meadow-Gardens: snowdrops nodding their greetings as I pass by, early species crocuses lifting their tiny yellow chalices in a toast to the...