Is your chicken coop portable? If not, you should entertain the ide, a. Chicken tractors are praised among small-scale farmers for more than just their mobility. This shift in coop design can make a huge difference. Your chickens get to move and munch on weeds and bugs … [Read more...]
How to Fight Sooty Mold Fungus
By Matt Gibson If you have a plant, shrub, or tree that looks like it has spent a little bit too much time next to a fireplace, its leaves and branches covered with a thick layer of black soot like the face of a chimney sweeper after a double shift, there’s a good chance that … [Read more...]
4 Common Types of Agave Plant to Grow in Your Garden
The agave plant is a broad-leafed succulent that takes 8-10 years to mature. One of its unique characteristics is that it blooms only once, before dying shortly thereafter. The blooming section of the flower saps all of the energy from the plant, causing it to … [Read more...]
Caliche: How to Know If Your Garden Has This Tricky Soil Type, Plus Tips for Working With Caliche
By Erin Marissa Russell Do you know whether your property has caliche in the soil? If it does, you’ve been unfairly disadvantaged thus far in your gardening career. Caliche makes every part of a gardener’s work more difficult, and it’s next to impossible for plants to flourish … [Read more...]
How to Fight Thrips
By Erin Marissa Russell Thrips are tiny insects that vary in color from yellow through brown and darkening all the way to black. They are about the same size, shape, and color as a splinter of wood. Adults are incredibly small, most no larger than one sixteenth of an inch, … [Read more...]
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