Some years my three old apple trees whimper into spring with just a few buds, but this year the profusion of blossoms is like the trees’ own...
As we move from dreaming to planting, we all want to offer our plants the perfect soil. This leads some gardeners to buy a big bag of 10-10-10 and...
There’s nothing better than finding a healthy newborn calf in the pasture. Nine months ago (July and August), we put our breeding bull, named...
I’ve never had much trouble with deer eating my vegetables or flowers. I know gardeners who have wept when they saw that their lovely tulips had...
With most farmers markets closed, you might feel badly for the farmer who normally sells at the market. And farmers who depend solely on that venue...
The art of farming requires that the farmer be willing to learn skills like getting a reluctant calf to nurse on his mom, extracting a cow whose...
Now that the pandemic is the new normal, we can all look back with nostalgia to the good old days – in February! Remember when you could hug a...
Although March is the traditional month for pruning apples and other fruit trees, you can prune in April, or really anytime of the year without...