Life on a farm isn't all chores. Here are some new projects and hobbies you can tackle on those rainy days, snowy days, and Sundays.
Optimizing Your Land Use
Best results will follow from tailoring the farm layout to the farm conditions. So what are the optimal conditions for common aspects of a farm?
Challenges of Beekeeping in Kansas
Beekeeping in Kansas presents some unique challenges. The good news is that most of these challenges have fairly simple solutions.
10 Alternative Livestock Business Ideas
Interested in doing something different with your livestock business? Here are 10 ideas innovative agripreneurs are experimenting with.
The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner
The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner is a season-guided approach to keeping up with the homestead chores in sync with nature.
Is Raw Honey Safe?
The surprising truth about why honey is pasteurized and what it means for your health.
Brix: How Do We Use It?
Now that we know what brix is and how to measure it, we're ready to find ways to apply this knowledge. So what is an ideal brix level? Most plants show markedly improved vitality and pest resistance when their brix levels hit 12 degrees on a refractometer, although with care many can go far higher … Continue reading Brix: How Do We Use It?
Brix: How Do We Measure It?
The reading displayed on the refractometer is actually not a true measurement of the sugar dissolved in the substance being tested.
Brix: What is It?
Brix is a measure of the sugar content of a plant or other substance. Brix expresses the weight of dissolved sugar as a percentage of the weight of the entire solution.
Homestead on the Range 