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Gardening Tips and Advice

Practical guides, seasonal how-tos, and honest answers to the questions gardeners ask.

Gardening Tips and Advice

Practical Guides, Seasonal How-Tos, and Honest Answers to the Questions Gardeners Ask.

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Pollinators & Wildlife

Winter Bird Feeding

This time of year, birds look for food, water, and shelter just like other creatures — but wind, rain, snow, and ice sometimes make them...

Pollinators & Wildlife

Keeping Chickens Warm in Winter

Contrary to popular belief, chickens are very hardy animals that handle cold weather very well. Chickens tend to be more comfortable in colder weather (40-65°)...

Pollinators & Wildlife

Raisings Ducks: Keeping Your Ducks Happy and Healthy in the Winter

With the trend of chicken-keeping in recent years, it’s easy to forget another backyard and urban farm bird — the duck. We have both chickens...

Pollinators & Wildlife

Weather Planning for Goats and Chickens

While most urban farm animals are fairly low-maintenance, special care needs to be given as the weather turns colder. Along with more frigid temps, fall...

Pollinators & Wildlife

Sugar Water for Hummingbirds

There are few garden delights more delightful than spotting hummingbirds flitting about your flowers — their tiny size combined with their mighty activity is a...

Pollinators & Wildlife

How to Attract Bees with Sugar Water

Bees are different, and so their care must reflect that. There are a few reasons why you’d want to supplement their food source with sugar...

Pollinators & Wildlife

Mason Bee Houses

You have a beehive — congratulations! If you’re like most people, just getting to the point of setting up your hive and obtaining or ordering...

Pollinators & Wildlife

How to Inspect your Beehive

You have a beehive — congratulations! If you’re like most people, just getting to the point of setting up your hive and obtaining or ordering...

Pollinators & Wildlife

Beekeeping in Winter: What do Bees Need?

We have two beehives on our property. Well, actually, we now have one — the original hive did not make it through the winter last...

Pollinators & Wildlife

Safe Treats for Your Homestead Pets

Five years ago when we started our urban farm, we had a daily conversation about what to feed our chickens and goats. I mean, aside...

Pollinators & Wildlife

Keeping Animals Cool in Heat

At the time of this writing, my urban farm has the following animals: 12 goats, 40+ chickens, 8 ducks, 2 pigs, 2 dogs, and a...

Pollinators & Wildlife

Building a Chicken Coop

While rural homeowners have sported chicken coops for generations, in recent years, it’s the city dwellers who’ve turned into farmers. And as with most urban...

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