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When I first got my flock I hoped to make a profit by selling the meat and eggs. I went with a heritage breed, so they could reproduce without the added expenditure of artificial insemination. I thought I had a steady source of cheap healthy meat for my family. I was dead wrong. That second...

Just about everyone hates dealing with manure, but other than that, what are some farm chores you've grown to dislike? I'm not a fan of mending fences. It just feels like it's never complete. Probably because it never is. There's always something extra you can do to it

I'm sure I'm not the only one who keeps a good-sized family plot with a variety of vegetables in addition to the crops that I grow for sale. I'm getting an early jump on plotting things out. The temperature has been unusually warm this year, so I'm tempted to plant my seeds earlier than usual...

One of my poor chickens has a cracked beak. The ole girl can still eat just fine, but I worry that it will crack further if I don't do something about it. What do you guys recommend for these types of injuries?

Be honest, how often do you crank up your tractor, combine, and other machinery during the winter? Is that part of your maintenance routiine? I'll admit it's a chore I tend to put off. I'm doing good to fire them up two or three times over the winter season.

Does anyone agree? It hasn't been done since 2012 and thanks to global warming, the climate has changed since then. I have perennial plants that are trying to come back up because it's getting warm again. My mint plants still haven't gone dormant. I think the USDA waited 22 years between the...

As much as I love the convenience and dependability of heated water bowls, I don't have electrical outlets all over my homestead to make it happen. I've tried different things over the years to keep the water unfrozen. My new go-to method is to keep the water moving through the use of fake...

I'm not the best in the kitchen, but I make a delicious cobbler that's easy to fix. You need: glass pan that can go in the oven bowl to mix the breading 1 stick of butter 2 cups of self-rising flour 2 cups of milk 2 cups of sugar 1 can of fruit filling of your choice If you want less...

It's a different way of life, that's for sure. What attracted you to this lifestyle? Is farming a family tradition or did something else hook you?

My neighbors have a John Deere and once there's a problem, the software forces them to hire one of their experts to come fix it. My neighbors can't fix things themselves. It gets expensive and it costs them time as well. Are most tractors made like this nowadays? Are there any tractors you...