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Varmints Getting Your Crops? Three Humane Ways to Keep ‘Em Out

Rather than reach for poisonous baits, deadly traps, or death-inducing gases to cut the life... (more)

Brian Barth
June 26, 2015
How to Attract Beneficial Bugs

The bug eating bugs are the ones you want in your garden.

Brian Barth
June 25, 2015
How to Convert a Chicken Coop into a Duck House

Ducks think chicken coops make fine homes, but they would prefer a few modifications before... (more)

Brian Barth
June 18, 2015
How to Grow Your Own Tomatoes, Part 3: Staking, Training and Pruning

Tomato beds have an unfair reputation as the messiest, ugliest, most disease-ridden parts of a... (more)

Brian Barth
June 9, 2015
How to Build a Living Summer Shade Structure

Willows can be woven into more than just baskets - here's how to plant your... (more)

Brian Barth
May 21, 2015
How to Grow Your Own Tomatoes, Part 2: Transplanting

To help your little tomato seedlings along, there are two things you need to do... (more)

Brian Barth
May 14, 2015
Slime Fight: How to Manage Slugs and Snails

First, a bit of anatomy. Slugs are essentially snails without the shells. Different species trouble... (more)

Brian Barth
May 6, 2015
Cleanliness Is Next To Goatliness

How to Encourage Good Hygiene in Goats: Hoof, udder and intestinal health form the holy... (more)

Brian Barth
April 21, 2015
How to Incubate Chicken Eggs

Mothering chicken eggs is not for everyone, but if you think it might be your... (more)

Brian Barth
April 9, 2015
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