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 moving in.
3 Ways to Build a Hog Wire Trellis
The panels are typically sold in 16-foot lengths at feed stores and range from 34 inches to 50 inches in height. Technically, only the shorter panels are for containing pigs, while...
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 vegetable garden. To keep them from devolving to this sorry state, tomato plants need your care and support.
How to Build a Living Summer Shade Structure
Willows can be woven into more than just baskets – here’s how to plant your own gazebo for hot weather lounging.
How to Grow Your Own Tomatoes, Part 2: Transplanting
To help your little tomato seedlings along, there are two things you need to do before you transplant them.
Slime Fight: How to Manage Slugs and Snails
First, a bit of anatomy. Slugs are essentially snails without the shells. Different species trouble farmers and gardeners in different parts of the country, but they are all closel...
Before you get caught up in a frenzy of spring planting, step back, take stock, and spend a weekend charting a course for the growing season.
Cleanliness Is Next To Goatliness
How to Encourage Good Hygiene in Goats: Hoof, udder and intestinal health form the holy trinity of goat hygiene.
