by Mary Pellerito I’m creating a pollinator/butterfly garden this year. I am in the weed/grass suppression stage so I won’t show you photos just yet. When I have some blooms, butterflies...
We tend to take pollinators for granted. I did anyway. They hang around my garden pollinating. But as in many aspects of life, bees were only a 30-second sound bite. I knew all I needed to know...
Bumpy Road Ranch is a small farm in Leona Valley, CA that specializes in raising heritage hogs, humanely raised animals, and organically raised foods. Twenty five years ago when Christie Simms and...
It is always so interesting to hear how people get started in gardening and farming. The following is the touching story of how Michael Karp of Cosmos’ Acres came to tend an avacado and fruit...
“What big EYES you have!” said the little caterpillar. “The better to SEE you with, my dear” replied Geocorsis. “What a big BEAK you have!” said the little...
7 ways to get rid of Poison Ivy and Poison Oak without using harsh and toxic chemical sprays. Listed in order of distance from and contact potential with plant. 1. Graze a goat there. Spanish and...
Huckleberry Ridge Farm got started when the LeRoux family bought a lovely piece of land in Western NC. Judy LeRoux says, “ I am doing all things I always wanted to do one by one. We have bees...
By Emma O’Connell Permaculture is an amazingly common sense approach to living as a part of your surroundings. Below is the second in a series outlining the core principles of Permaculture in...
Four Eagles Farm was started in 1991 when owner, Devon Strong, began farming with native ceremony and biodynamic practice on leased land. For over 20 years previous, he had been working with farrier...