Articles: Farming
Un-Coop Your Poop: Everything You Need to Know About Chicken Tractors
If you keep your laying hens in a stationary coop, you’re missing out on their incredible soil building talents. Un-coop that…
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Not Level? No Problem. How to Build a Greenhouse on a Slope
Is your yard uneven or sloped, but you want to build a greenhouse? It may not seem like the “perfect spot,”…
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No-Till Arugula Start to Finish
Growing no-till arugula is a simple and environmentally-friendly way to grow your own food. These greens can be used on…
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How to Cook the Perfect, Tender Grass-Fed Steak
Summertime is here, which means it’s officially grilling season! Whip up a delicious grass-fed steak at your next BBQ to…
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Farm the Woods: Grow Food and Medicinals in Forests
Contrary to popular belief, forestry and farming are NOT mutually exclusive. Growing food, medicinals, and other non-timber products like mushrooms and…
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10 Types of Farm Waste: Making and Maintaining a Lean Farm
Just like homes, farms require some cleaning and waste removal every now and then. How do you decide what to…
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A Brief History of Agriculture: The Science Behind Farming
What do you think of when you think of the history of agriculture? Plants, vegetables, maybe some livestock? The basis…
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Learning to Work With Nature: Finding Common Ground
When Sandra Baer and Lynn Cassells founded Lynbreck Croft in Scotland, they had no money, no plan, and no experience…
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Vermicast 101: Good for Soil and Plants
Worms aren’t just the squiggly, pink creatures found on the sidewalk after it rains. They are so much more than…
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Goats Gone Wild: The World’s First Farm Animal
Looking for advice on maintaining a happy herd? These tips will help you care for your goats in ways that…
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Are you Team Duck or Team Chicken?
Thinking about adding a laying flock to your backyard, but having trouble deciding between ducks and chickens? Agonize no more.…
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How to Pick Land: Good Enough is Perfect
There is a lot to consider when getting ready to pick land for farming— location, size, price, soil quality, water…
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Open-Source Agriculture: “Hacking” the Farming Industry
Whether we like it or not, technology is quickly evolving and continues to be an integral part of our everyday…
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Ditch the Pots, Use Soil Blocks!
What’s a cheaper, easier, and surprisingly more efficient way to start your seedlings? Soil blocks! If you’ve never used them…
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How Cattle Grazing Improves Soil Diversity: Saving Our Soil
In Our Wild Farming Life, Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer recount their experiences as they create Lynbreck Croft—a regenerative Scottish farm…
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Farming for the Long Haul: It Takes a Village
It’s almost impossible to achieve farming for the long haul without a group of caretakers behind the scenes, making sure…
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Growing Food in the Face of a Hotter, Drier Land
Climatic uncertainty has become “the new normal,” and many farmers, gardeners and orchard-keepers in North America are desperately seeking ways…
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Becoming Farmers
In Our Wild Farming Life, Lynn and Sandra recount their experiences as they rebuild their new home and work out…
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The Road to Lynbreck Croft
Lynn and Sandra left their friends, family, and jobs in England to travel north to Scotland to find a bit…
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So What Exactly IS a Croft?
If you’re an American, you may have never heard of a “croft.” Before we published Our Wild Farming Life, a number of…
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The Phases of Composting
Although the stages of composting are very closely intertwined, each separate one has its own value and needs to be…
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A Checklist for Broiler Chicks
Thinking about raising broiler chicks? There’s a lot to know! Thankfully, Joel Salatin knows A LOT about homesteading and raising…
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Draft Power: The Life-Affirming Alternative to “Big Ag”
Farmers young and old are seeking new ways to shrink their carbon footprint and promote more ecologically friendly ways of…
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Who Are We as Farmers?
Recently, farmers have been making the headlines because of the hardships they’re facing to sustain their farms. With larger, corporate…
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The Case for Beef
The narrative on beef is constantly changing. From paleo to veganism, we are continually told conflicting information about the healthiness…
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