Chestnuts are beautiful, stately trees that have delicious protein-rich nuts that are great for feeding people and wildlife. There are twelve species of chestnuts worldwide, the most well know of...
If you live in, or have ever visited, the suburbs and shopping mall parking lots of the American mid-west or east, you probably have laid your eyes on a Bradford Pear, aka Callery pear (Pyrus...
Perennial crops compared to annual ones tend to be much more low maintenance, able to withstand droughts, pests, and weeds with resilience year after year. Perennial crops actually build the soil...
With the government partially shutdown, corporate mega-farms, concentrated animal feed lots, and big-ag in general become vulnerable to some serious problems. Giant centralized farms and processing...
Garlic can be planted in the spring for a late summer harvest or in the fall for an early summer harvest. Most people plant it in the fall in order to utilize otherwise fallow crop space over the...
Saving your own heirloom tomato seeds is easy! The seeds are fun to share with friends and neighbors and make great holiday gifts. Here is what you do: 1. Pick out a fruit that is free from disease...
Many people consider laying chickens “the gateway livestock.” First you raise some chickens for eggs, pretty soon you get a few meat birds, next you have a goat, sheep, or pigs, then...
Ponds, much like lawns, are seriously underutilized. They are often wasted space, with dull mowed banks, perhaps with a only few lonely fish swimming in the depths. Ponds could, however, be a...
It’s late summer and time to start thinking about planting for fall. Here are 15 crops you can start planting now for harvest this fall and into the spring: Arugula will rarely make it through...
Harvesting potatoes is one of the great joys of growing your own food. It’s like digging for treasure. Once all nuggets are out of the ground though, they must be properly cured to ensure...