A pond can help with water for livestock, fire protection, erosion control, aquaculture and more.
Posts by Brian Barth
How to Build a Drip Irrigation System
Back before there were smartphones, there was smart irrigation.
How to Grow Your Own Tomatoes Part 4: Disease Prevention
Tomato TLC – ten tips for keeping disease at bay.
The EPA’s New Clean Water Rule and Why Agribusiness Wants to Overturn It
Farmers that pollute will now have to pay.
Phosphorus: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Midwest farmers and university scientists work together to reduce the agricultural runoff polluting our lakes.
How to choose the right water source for your farm or garden
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 of tunneling rodents short, opt for these more humane strategies.
How to Attract Beneficial Bugs
The bug eating bugs are the ones you want in your garden.
Five Things You Never Knew About Ducks
Male ducks are called drakes and female ducks are usually referred to as, well, ducks. A group of ducks may be called a brace, raft, skiff, team, paddling or sord, depending on where you’re from. Here are a few other duck facts we bet you didn’t know.
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