Gardening and Small Scale Livestock

We have a hen that has gone broody so we're allowing her to do what is coming naturally - sit on and hatch out eggs.

One good reason to order your garden seeds now: last year, seed sellers reporting running our by March.

Spring is months away. One way to get a little bit of spring going is to start some seeds for greens as a window sill garden.

The White House has now installed grow tunnels on the beds in the garden!

How to cook, prepare and keep horseradish.

A final look at the year.

Planning for choosing seeds for the garden.

Time to move the chickens inside for the winter from their outdoor pasture traveling pens.

More on fall gardening: frosts

Amazing civil engineering bahavior in chickens.

There is still time enough to do gardening in the fall, if you plan well in the spring and summer.

Potatoes are a great investment of garden space.

Good things to do with zucchini.

Everything you ever wanted to know about eggs.

Getting chickens into the freezer.

A plant that seems to protect other garden plants from slugs - by attracting the slugs to itself.

A photo Aunt Toby took is now being used to promote the Philadelphia Flower Show.

What to watch for when growing potatoes to know what is happening under the ground.

Updates on the chicks, strawberries, et al.

How to grow peppers in short season and cool areas.

First experiences with putting chicks out on grass.

How confinement raised pork is connected to H1N1.

Fighting early spring frosts.

Planning for moving chicks out onto the pasture.

For beginning gardeners, the hardest thing is that they cultivate, plant the seeds and then all sorts of things come up. How can you identify what YOU planted versus the weed seeds that are in the soil and are germinating?

It's worth it to cover garden beds with plastic, but the right kind is important.

Early spring updates for the garden, the chicks and the bee hives.

Finding out information on local laws on raising chickens.

Episode 2 of raising chicks.

Starting out with chicks.

How to choose chickens to raise.

Updates from the March garden.

Here's a chart which will help you decide when to plant your seeds to get the best germination.

There's life in the early spring garden, even in Zone 4; time to plan so that next spring you have something you can harvest!

how to start seeds

Next steps on getting ready for a spring garden, even if you are in the winter.

Raising chickens in urban areas is the hot ticket item right now and into the near future - here are a few things to think about if you are considering it.

First Lessons on getting an area ready for a garden.

Growing your own, making your shelter more energy efficient - these things are not just for homeowners. Renters can take some control too.