Garden & farm

Image by congerdesign from Pixabay The growing season is winding down, and soon, it will be time to put your garden beds to rest. If you are trying to save money on gardening supplies, you may already be thinking of ways to cut costs…
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BDN file photo With all the lingo and jargon, farming sustainably can seem like an inscrutable task. Once you have sustainable farming practices explained, though, the whole process appears less daunting. The exact definition of…
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No two farms are exactly alike. Different agricultural ventures produce different products -- and some may not sell anything at all. Some farms sit on less than an acre, and others span across acres and acres of fields. Having a guide to…
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Photo by Gabor Degre With the endless cycles of pesticides, fertilizers and tilling, agriculture can take a toll on the environment and the ecosystem of your land. Regenerative agriculture aims to change that. Regenerative…
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As New England’s summer winds down, this season’s crop of beaked hazelnuts is ripening. Now the race is on to see who is going to be the first to harvest that wild edible -- humans or wildlife. Beaked hazelnuts are found in open…
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Photo by Julia Bayly Hello. My husband and I have been looking for land in Maine to retire and live off the land on. I wanted to ask you about the land management plan. Is that something everyone has to do or only certain areas/type of…
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Photo by Gabor Degre It was a small rectangular plot, cut from my lawn and sort-of tilled by hand — if you can consider a little light digging tilling. In there, I planted my first garden, surrounding it with cheap metal garden…
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There are few things young children like better than the sights and sounds of motorized machinery in action like the tractors, combines, mowers or trucks found on family farms and homesteads. But kids and these powerful rigs can be a…
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Good tires are essential to safe driving. If you are swapping out the tires on your vehicle, you may be wondering how you can recycle or reuse car tires instead of sending them to a landfill. Recycling tires is difficult because…
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When you consider everything you eat comes at least in part from a farm, it’s easy to see why farmers are important in society. Farmers grow crops and raise livestock or poultry we eventually eat -- whether that food is purchased by the…
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Image by DJI-Agras from Pixabay Even though technology seems almost unavoidable in the current day and age, farming still has a reputation for being low-tech. Precision agriculture aims to change that by using technologies like sensors…
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The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts that 2020 will be a tumultuous year for weather in New England, punctuated by a slushy winter and a sweltering summer. Photo by Sam Schipani Founded in 1792, The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which is…
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