The gardens and orchards at Monticello contain many of the 330 different crops and 170 fruit varieties that Jefferson is believed to have grown. In other words, he was a bit of a nut for crop diversity.

Harness the wind to power your house.

How to earn the praise of strangers and boost your self-esteem for about $10: surrender an illegal milk crate.

On paper, it looks grand from every angle. A herd of goats descends on a neglected field, overgrown with invasive plants inflicting damage on native ecosystems. They eat the plants, fertilize the land, and move on. But for the farmers who rent out these herds of goats? The business model is another story.

This is the state fair diary of Deer Girl, a Boer goat, as told to journalist Andrew Jenner.

Ever wondered where those stern warnings about “unauthorized use of milk cases” being illegal come from? Us too.

It all comes down to this. The start of the market lamb show at the Rockingham County Fair in Virginia is just moments away, and Kaylyn Beach, 15, is in the pen with her lambs, making final primps and adjustments before entering the show ring.

Coyotes kill over 135,000 sheep a year, and are found in every state in the continental U.S. Can they be contained?

The Amish don’t gamble – but they buy their buggy horses from people who do. For horses who don’t make it at the races, a second chance arrives in the form of Joel Brenneman.