There are few things young children like better than the sights and sounds of motorized machinery in action like the…
Good tires are essential to safe driving. If you are swapping out the tires on your vehicle, you may be…
When you consider everything you eat comes at least in part from a farm, it’s easy to see why farmers…
Image by DJI-Agras from Pixabay Even though technology seems almost unavoidable in the current day and age, farming still has…
The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts that 2020 will be a tumultuous year for weather in New England, punctuated by a…
A caterpillar clings to fresh blade of grass in an Orono field. | Photo by Gabor Degre No matter where…
Soil health is the foundation of productive farming. Increasingly, farmers are turning to conservation tillage in order to maintain the…
Zachary Zeigler, owner of Zeigler's market garden. | Photo by Sarah Visnick Whether you are an aspiring full-time farmer or…
Market garden stand. | Photo by Zachary Zeigler After years of successfully and deliciously self-sustaining, some homesteaders explore avenues to…
Image by Dayoung Seo from Pixabay By keeping roots in the ground through the off-season, cover crops offer seasonal farmers…
In the winter, many fields and garden plots lay fallow. Come spring, those spaces are usually filled with weeds. Cover…
Photo by Julia Bayly A working farm has a lot going on. It can be a place that harvests produce,…