Today we are going to give you some tips to help you succeed with overwintering passion flowers. How easy and how much success you have is based upon a lot of variables. Some cultivars are easier to overwinter than others. Also some climates and environments make overwintering easier than others. As a rule, passion flowers…
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Protect Your Plants With Functional DIY Hose Corners
Today we are going to share with you one of our favorite garden hacks. Hose corners. Unless you are one of the lucky few who has water lines or drip irrigation to literally anything you could possibly want to water or irrigate, you probably deal with hoses at some point. They are frustrating! If you…
How To Make Our Goose Egg Incubator
Our Tips To Help You Successfully Hatch Goose Eggs article is one of the most popular articles on our website. In that article we picture a homemade incubator/hatcher that we use. We are frequently asked how we made that goose egg incubator. So today, we are going to show you how we made our basic…
How To Prune Stone Fruit Trees Like Peaches Or Cherries
A few weeks ago, we took a look at how to prune apple trees. Today we are going to look at how to prune stone fruit. Stone fruits are things like peaches, plums, and cherries. They grow differently than apples and require a completely different pruning strategy. Before we get started pruning a peach tree,…
How To Build A DIY Automatic Waterer
Are you sick of dragging hoses and carrying water? If you’re like us, the answer is a resounding YES! Have you have frequently wished you had automatic waterers? But also felt like upwards of $1k per waterer was unaffordable or unjustifiable? Particularly if you’re rotationally grazing and need waterers in many locations throughout your farm….
How To Prune Blueberry Bushes
If you have the right soil, blueberries are one of the easiest to grow fruits. They can live for 50 years or more, require little care, have no pest or disease problems to speak of, and can easily be grown as no spray fruits. They are so easy to care for that many people never…
How To Prune Apple Trees
Today we are going to take a quick look at how to prune apple trees. While it is true that your apple trees will produce fruit without pruning, you will get better, easier to pick fruit if you prune the trees. Ideally apple trees should be pruned yearly. Young trees will require little to no…
The Best Round Bale Feeder For Sheep
In a previous article we wrote about the no waste hay feeders we use with our flock. These feeders were designed to hold small amounts of hay like square bales or hay that we peeled off of round bales. But what if you have enough sheep and equipment to warrant the labor savings of feeding…
How To Prune Kiwi Vines
Last year, we looked at how to prune grapes, brambles, and some ornamentals. Now we are going to continue our way through our orchard and take a look at how to prune kiwi vines. It is essential to prune your kiwis every year. They are a massive vine that can quickly get out of control…
Designing A Garden Like A Professional
Have you ever wondered what makes the difference between a garden that really pops and one that is hum drum? One that looks professionally designed vs decidedly amateur? Today we are going to take a look at how to take a landscape from boring to the talk of the neighborhood. So if you are interested…