Enjoy! Excerpt from the Popular Farming Series magabook Goats with permission from its publisher, BowTie magazines, a division of BowTie Inc. Dorling Kindersley RF/Thinkstock Ingredients 1 cup of heavy goat milk cream jar with lid pinch of salt Preparation...
However, as most of the country experienced this year, the tough winter left many of her established plants dead and spring storms had washed away newly planted seedlings. Although Maya Angelou was never a farmer, we farmers can learn a lot from her attitude...
I often look at the work they've done and wonder how it's possible. For the past couple years, I've been fortunate to stand alongside a dedicated group of people who are feeding the hungry with the season's excess harvest.
The latest bed-building method to turn gardeners' heads is actually an ancient technique called huegelkultur. Sheet composting. No-till gardening. Like any garden bed, you want to position your huegel where it will most benefit from the sun.
As for immediate winter-weather comfort and relief, I'd recommend an extra pair of mittens as you do farm chores, a roaring fire when you come in from the cold and as much soup as your stomach can hold.
Complementary therapies are things like herbs, Reiki, massage, chiropractic adjustments and homeopathic remedies. Homeopathy was very popular during the 19th century, when one in five doctors was a homeopathic physician.
Keep fallen leaves and berries cleaned up from the ground to prevent accidental ingestion. Animals that show symptoms of winterberry poisoning should be seen by their veterinarian.
So, instead of feeling guilty the next time you catch yourself in an agricultural daydream as you're tilling the garden or mucking out the livestock stalls, take Steinem's words to heart: you're merely planning for your ideal farm, and that dream lies...
Sphl/Wikimedia Commons It seems like every day there is a new and exciting development in the realm of natural health. Pretty cool, but that's not why it's becoming so trendy. It seems that people enjoy the flavor of ashitaba more.
They often can point you to a entomological expert who may be able to look at a photo or examine a captured specimen to help you determine what insect you're dealing with and offer potential treatment strategies for pest species.
Students who finished their work early were allowed to weed and water the plants. Some of the most compact cultivars are ‘Million Gold', ‘Lemon Delight', ‘Melanie', and ‘Derby' which grow about 10 inches tall and are great for front of the border...
When cool, stack the layers using apple butter in between.Put 1 pound of dried apples in a heavy pan and cover with water. Sometimes they were put in a sunny place out in the yard, but most of the time they were on the porch.
Digging frozen soil is hard work and the minute you realize you are working way too hard just to turn up the soil is the time to put the shovel down and exercise some patience.There is never any sense in getting ahead of the natural sequence of events.
Damping off is a term commonly used for indicating the sudden death of seedlings, often caused by soil-borne fungus stimulated to grow by nutrients from a germinating seed. Infected plants often have sunken lesions on the stem at or below the soil line.Various...
Longbeachae.Paronychia is a local infection that occurs in the tissue around the fingernails and toenails. I checked with several communities near me and have been told there is no testing done whatsoever for chemical residue, before the compost is distributed...
Also note that the brine may make pan drippings too salty for gravy.To roast: Remove the bird from the brine, rinse and drain well. Add all the ingredients and stir for a minute or two until the sugar and salt dissolve.Put the turkey into the brine and...
Let me explain.In 1994, my husband and I had the opportunity to open a small grocery store at his grandparents' former house after they died. I always keep dry laurel leaves in a glass jar for spicing my winter meals: sauerkraut or dry beans in a casserole,...
This high-humidity houseplant can grow to heights of nearly five feet.Dracaena sanderiana is considered non-toxic to humans.The ASPCA's Poison Control Center lists lucky bamboo as a toxic substance to dogs and cats.Although Dracaena sanderiana is considered...
Don't plant the same veggies year after year. "The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings," sings poet Robert Louis Stevenson in an apt summary of the wealth and diversity in nature's plant kingdom.
Agriculture can deplete the soil, especially when the same crop is planted year after year. Crop rotation is all the more important in fields where the soil is prone to depletion or where demanding crops have been grown.
It is not suitable for steam bending. Imports to the United States are mainly in the form of veneer and plywood, especially for use in decorative paneling, hollow-core doors and furniture.
I might soon have to move on to asking random people walking the aisles at our farmer's market. You might have read about our new chickens in a previous post . “Psst! Hey buddy, want a rooster?” Then I'll proceed to pull him out from under my jacket...
I bought a starfruit at the local food co-op, I tried sushi for the first time, and before I knew it, I was hooked. We're not meant to be creatures of strict, inflexible habit, which is why newness is so exciting.
Fungal diseases, which are often caused by overly wet soil or letting water sit on the leaves of the plant, can also harm bougainvillea. If you have a deer problem and want to make sure your bougainvillea is left alone, consider planting it in a hanging...
Acids have a pH from 0-7, while bases have a pH from 7-14. These ions have a positive electrical charge and the chemical symbol H+. A substance is acidic if it contains more H+ than OH- ions, and it is alkaline if the OH- concentration is greater.
Apply soil amendments or fertilizers, then top them with green mulch or animal manure, and finish with a brown mulch. When choosing your mulch materials, watch out for herbicides. Seasonal Mulching Considerations Pippa Buchanan/Flickr Spring Mulching...
Because I can't wait until Talk Like a Pirate Day, which only comes around once a year, I figured I'd jump at the chance now. Instead of choosing the cheapest company, we chose one priced middle of the road because it was both informative and flexible...
