Striving to be more than average
No one in farming or ranching buys a bag of seed corn or a couple of young bulls hoping for an average corn crop or an average calf crop.
Ithaca Gun Company is still all-American made
Dad never hunted, never wanted to, and never would try it. But he encouraged me to hunt, if I enjoyed it.
Are your pond plants a friend, or foe?
Before taking any steps to manage pond plants, it is important to first identify your objectives for the pond.
Birds and other things bring early signs of spring
With lakes and rivers still mostly frozen, it may seem overly optimistic to think of spring. But it's coming.
Pillar of strength
Ours is a lovely old farmhouse. Sturdy, solid and square.
How to manage a profitable market garden
There isn't a formula for market garden profitability, but attention to what is most profitable, least labor intensive and most cost effective to produce will help you determine what to grow.
Have you ever sampled your hay? Is your hay really good enough?
Many of us feed hay this time of year, but how many of us actually know what we are feeding?
Blue-green algae invades inland lakes
Talk of the quality of the water in our lakes and streams has been growing over the past several years, especially with regard to Harmful Algal Blooms.
Your Canadian fishing vacation by the numbers
Yes, a trip to Canada trip cost money, gasoline is more expensive than here, and yada, yada, yada. But really, a gallon is bigger there and a mile is a kilo — or is it?
The future of food and farming will look a lot like our past
To look ahead, we also need to look behind, at where we've been.
