Perhaps you’re new to gardening and want to plant your first garden. Or maybe you were disappointed about how things worked out last season. Regardless, taking the time to plan your garden is important to achieving your goals. We like to do our garden planning during the winter. We find that evaluating what did and…
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What To Look For When Selecting A Dairy Katahdin
A question we see posed fairly frequently on various forums and Facebook groups we are members of is about milking Katahdins. People often ask if they can milk Katahdins. Of course the answer is yes. However, Katahdins are meat sheep. Saying you can milk them doesn’t tell you much about how to find one suitable…
How To Prune Brambles–Your Blackberries and Raspberries
Berries are one of the easiest (and tastiest!) perennial crops you can grow in your garden. Once established they typically require very little care throughout the season, and they are not often bothered by pests and diseases. Even in our hot humid climate, they are one of our most reliable fruit producers. If you have…
How To Build A Trellis For Your Grapevines
Last winter we posted an article on how to build a T- trellis which would be suitable for growing large heavy vines like kiwis. Today we are going to show you how to build a trellis for your grapevines. This type of trellis works well for grapes or other smaller vines. It’s good for small…
How To Keep Garden Weeds At Bay
Weeding. Most gardeners consider this to be one of their least favorite tasks. It can be tedious, monotonous, and thankless enough to put some people off gardening all together. Weeds grow incredibly fast and can overtake your garden seemingly overnight. They can quickly result in crop yield reductions or the death of ornamental plants. Thus,…
Enhancing Livestock Performance: The Importance of Breeding Stock Selection
If a large percentage of your flock is related to your ram, you might be at the point where you are worried about inbreeding and looking to buy a new ram. Perhaps you’re looking to buy in some new ewes to enlarge your flock. Or maybe you just feel like your sheep aren’t performing as…
Saving Seeds: How To Maximize Color on a Budget
If you’re a budget conscious gardener (and who isn’t in today’s economy), then you might be interested in saving seeds. Many annuals are grown from seed, and they are a fantastic addition to the garden. Annuals are the best way to get copious amounts of long-lasting color. Unfortunately, buying them over and over every year…
How To Propagate Plants Part 3: Grafting
Today is part 3 of our how to propagate plants series. We will be discussing a more difficult, but no less important method: grafting. If you are unfamiliar with what grafting is, it is taking a small piece of one plant (called a scion) and attaching it to a different plant (called the rootstock) in…
How To Propagate Plants Part 2: Cuttings
Last time we started talking about how to propagate plants by discussing seeds and the various requirements that sometimes must be met before germination is successful. Today we are going to discuss propagation via cutting. Cuttings are stem or root pieces that are induced to create a new plant. Propagating plants using this method can…
How To Propagate Plants Part 1: Seeds
Today we are going to start a mini-series on how to propagate plants. Different plants are successfully propagated using different methods. There is no one size fits all solution to making more of your garden plants. So in the next several articles we will be discussing tips for propagation via seed, cuttings and grafting. Because…
