Raising Animals
Egg Bound Chicken Signs and What to Do in the First Hour
A hen standing upright like a penguin, tail pumping, sitting in the nest box for hours with nothing to show for it, is a hen in...
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Every guide we have published, newest first. Field notes, equipment breakdowns, and the occasional argument with advice that sounds good in a magazine and falls apart on an actual plot.
Raising Animals
A hen standing upright like a penguin, tail pumping, sitting in the nest box for hours with nothing to show for it, is a hen in...
Growing Food
You grew a good onion bed all summer, and then half the crop rotted in the shed by November.
Crop Protection
One week your potato rows look perfect, and ten days later half the leaves are lace and the stems are crawling with fat orange...
Tools and Machinery
Your loader lifts slower than it used to, the brakes chatter when you back up, and you cannot remember the last time anyone...
Raising Animals
Your goat is walking on the sides of her feet, the hoof wall has folded under like a rolled sock, and you are not sure how much...
Growing Food
Every spring the same gap shows up at market: customers want greens in March, and your first sowings will not be ready until...