If you raise animals on your homestead you probably need to sell some from time to time. By “raise,” I mean “reproduce” Selling homestead livestock is a natural part of the homesteading lifestyle. Reasons to sell livestock Sometimes one ends up with too many animals. Selling livestock can act as kind of a “safety valve” …
Normally I hate to go to the store, preferring that someone else go, but the local farm supply shop is different. I LOVE to go there! By “Farm Supply” I mean a place of business that sells and repairs farm equipment, but even if you don’t have a farm, there are good reasons to patronize …
I love to grow and sell sweet potato slips! This is one of my favorite spring time activities, even though it involves a fair amount of time and work. “Slip” is the most common term used for “cutting,” in sweet potato nomenclature. Sweet potatoes are grown from slips and the majority of those who grow sweet potatoes …
I am announcing the launch of the Sweet Potato Network. Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t believe I’ve heard of such a network before. Let me explain what it is. The Sweet Potato Network is a Way for Growers to Help One Another. For years I’ve grown sweet potatoes and networked with Glenn Drowns …
By Archie Adams Wouldn’t it be great if you could earn from a hobby and cut back on costs around the house? Gardening seems like a good idea, but does it save the coin in the first place? If you’re new to the gardening venture, the prospect of not having to spend at the grocery …
I think most gardeners try their hand at growing cornfield beans at some point. I can remember trying to grow beans on corn when I was only 10 or 11 years old. It was a miserable flop! I didn’t understand the basics and had no one to teach me. The Joy of Three Sisters Gardening …
If you do almost anything with your hands, whether it be on the farm, the garden or DIY projects in the home, you should carry a multi-tool. Almost anyone could use a multi-tool. “Multi-tool” is a term which describes a handheld, folding tool with multiple “blades,” or attachments. Some multi-tools are knives, by all rights. …
In gardening forums I often find the question about whether the ornamental varieties of sweet potatoes produce good roots for the kitchen. Some gardeners wonder if ornamental sweet potatoes are good to eat but how many have considered regular sweet potatoes for ornamental use? Many years ago, when I first saw ornamental sweet potatoes, I …
I like to do things “from scratch.” At least I want to know how to do and make things from the most basic steps onward. A lot of times knowing saves me time and money. For years it sometimes crossed my mind that I’d like to learn how to make cheesecake from scratch. This summer …
The topic of sweet potato diversity is pretty obscure. If they think about it at all, most folk believe that the extent of it is that there are some red colored sweet potatoes beside the regular orange ones, found in the supermarket. Don’t let the supermarket fool you. Sweet potatoes are far more diverse than …