I love gardening outside and will plant anything that takes my fancy. I don’t care how complicated my garden choices are to grow. It’s the opposite for houseplants. I have ...

I love yucca, which is why I have a lot growing around my homestead. They are so simple to propagate, plant, and raise. You don’t have to do much to ...

The monstera plant is as impressive as it sounds. This big beauty is native to Central America and is often called the “Swiss cheese plant” due to the quirky holes ...

In the last few weeks, we have started communicating with our pork customers that we will no longer be providing them with their meat in the fall, as is customary, ...

It’s no secret that of all livestock species, sheep and goats tend to be the most susceptible to internal parasites. Some vets will argue that all sheep are always in ...

Something that always seems to raise my blood pressure is when somebody mentions to me how animals are always kind to each other – that humans are the only species ...

Common milkweed arguably isn’t the prettiest plant. It’s tall and gangly, with modest blooms and huge seed pods that dominate the plant in early autumn. Most people aren’t growing milkweed ...

Some plants are just iconic because they’re instantly recognizable. Philodendrons are one of those houseplants. They had their heyday in the 60s and 70s and have recently made a comeback, ...

Anyone who has planted corn before has undoubtedly experienced one of the many problems growing corn that can pop up. Although these plants are quite hardy, they can also be ...

Don’t you get sick of all the pests and diseases that affect your plants? There are so many bacterial and fungal diseases out there that it’s inevitable that you’ll encounter ...

As gardening season winds down and you start preparing your garden for the winter, you might be tempted to take out all of the dead plants and debris. This year, ...

This year, gypsy moth caterpillars have been a major problem where I live.  Much of the local economy around here focus on maple syrup production, and since gypsy moth caterpillars ...

I love it when clever gardeners combine the best parts of two different fruits to produce something amazing. One of my favorite fruit hybrids (besides lemonades) is aprium. If you’ve ...

A few years ago, a friend of ours’ sheep died from a mysterious disease. Whenever my husband came home to tell me about it, he could never remember what it ...

There are few experiences as devastating as cultivating an amazing cannabis crop only to have it destroyed by voracious insects and animals. You might be surprised to discover just how ...

You might balk at the idea of taking snips or shears to your beloved plants, but cutting them back in the fall is actually a good thing. It improves the ...

Are you sick of buying seeds every year? Learning how to harvest and save seeds is a skill that all gardeners should tackle. Saving seeds has many advantages. Not only ...

Cucumbers are a favorite vegetable in many households. They’re used for salads, sandwiches and other types of dishes.  However, what should you do if your cucumbers turn yellow? If left ...

Growing houseplants doesn’t need to be complicated. In fact, most of us prefer it be as easy as possible. That’s where plants like pothos come in. Known as devil’s vine, ...

When I harvested my potato crop just a week or so ago, I was dismayed to see that some of them had chunks taken out of them – presumably, by ...