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A friend of mine gave us a bag full of turnips from her garden. We don't grow turnips here and the one time we tried them (honey glazed) we thought they were disgusting. After years of hating brussels sprouts we tried some at a restaurant which were roasted with onions and sugar and we...

Here are some in-process pictures of my chicken house for 62. More likely to be about 40-45 when it's all said and done after we sell a few off. This is also a project of firsts for me. 1. First semi-permanent structure I've built since moving onto my farm 2 years ago. 2. First construction...

I'm getting a nice tax check this year and am going to take the plunge and buy a tractor. Budget is $3K but hope to keep it less than $2500. I'm needing an auger and grader to start, and I'd like to get an endloader or excavator in the near future. Would prefer a live PTO, power steering, and...

Are solar leases a good option for homeowners looking to reduce their energy bills and reduce dependence on the grid? Given that 1. The technology that may rapidly become obsolete, 2. Electricity savings would be considerable in the time it would otherwise take to save for them, 3...

She was hit by a car. I don't recall ever having such a good dog. She was 4 months shy of 3 years old. Sad day on the farm. Feel like the wind has been taken out of my sails. Her fur-sister (pictured), human-sisters, human-brother, and mommy and daddy are sure going to miss her.

My mom and her brother and sister have my late Grandpa's farm on the market in western Indiana. It's 60+ total acres available in 2 plots. The 50+ acre plot has a homesite on it. The house needs a lot of work for rehab, or you could live in it while you build your dream home. The other plot is...

She described it as "a fence full of grapevine. I've never seen it have grapes but it is very pretty" and offered to let me take some starts. My question is if it's not producing now, should I expect any different if I take a cutting? I don't want to bother if I can't expect it to grow some grapes.

Planning for next years garden, wanting to expand it while not expanding the amount of work. What kind of tools do you use? I'm thinking I'd like to get something useful for breaking the soil up. Since the beds drain so well, it'd be great to have something that is good at breaking up dry hard...

It doesn't necessarily say so on the package, and googling them seems to give both hybrid and heirloom results for the same variety.

I picked up 63 packets of Burpee vegetable seeds today at Walgreens for $0.29 each. Yesterday I picked up at least a couple hundred American Seed vegetable packets between 3 Dollar Generals at $0.03 - $0.05 per packet. They also have a ton of flower seed at about the same price. A lot of their...

Just wondering... what can I plant here that would need minimal protection? Not a lot of time right now for building row covers, etc.

We brought home two new pullets purchased off Craigslist. And learned after the fact that we did everything the wrong way in introducing them, except maybe one thing. We put them in coop at dusk after the others had settled down. We didn't quarantine. Discovered after the fact we should have...

I noticed that my cucumber vines and leaves are turning yellow, starting at the bottom. I read somewhere online that it could be a magnesium deficiency and to use an epson salt solution to water them. Any other ideas? I also noticed that the tips of my zucchini's are turning yellow. I couldn't...

In addition to all these zucchini posts, I want to know what you all do with your yellow squash. We're drowning in it here!:barnie

We only have 2 chickens right now, with plans to expand our flock soon. On July 4, I went out to close up the coop for the night, and I peeked in to find our Blue Americauna (sp?) sitting, not yet asleep, with her hind end raised and her weight seemingly resting on her chest. What's that all...

I think my lettuce bolted while we were gone on vacation. We got a big harvest right before vacation and upon return, my buttercrunch has shot up to about 18 inches high and is tall and skinny. I assume this means it has bolted? So at this point, should I tear it out and replant for a fall harvest?

About 3 weeks ago me and the wife planted 4 bare root trees - 2 persimmon and 2 pawpaw. Since then I have been watching for signs of life, and there's nothing. No leaves. No new growth. Nothing. I heard somewhere that if you don't see anything in 6 weeks, they're dead. Anyone have any...

Took like what seemed forever, but my big leafy Packman Hybrid broccoli plants have finally begun to develop crowns! Yesterday I walked out in my garden and found 2 crowns, both less than the size of a quarter. I'm hoping by the time I get back from vacation in a few weeks, they will be nice and...

I followed instructions I found on Mother Earth News website a while back to make homemade liquid fertilizer from grass clippings steeped in water for 3 days. I opened that bucket up yesterday after 3 days and whew!!!! That was awful. I pulled the grass clippings out by hand and wish I hadn't...

Getting ready to harvest our first lettuce leaves of the year. This is my first time growing and harvesting, and I was wondering if anyone has any methods of preserving the lettuce. I know it can't be frozen, but does anyone can it or preserve it by any other method? Can't find anything online...