The Yardstead

One of the simplest ways to supply some of your own groceries is keeping hens. Chickens are one of the most widespread and commonly kept domesticated animals. Hens can produce fresh eggs daily that [ ... ]

Powdery mildew is a fungal disease which affects many types of plants.  Cucurbits like zucchini, squash, pumpkins, melons and gourds are all succeptable to powdery mildew.  It usually appears on l [ ... ]

Spring is Here!  We are so excited here at theYardstead, to be preparing our Spring garden.  The garden is tilled and has two fine patches of green already.  One of the green patches is [ ... ]

It has been an odd winter here at the yardstead.  We had 14 consecutive nights of freezing weather.  This is really unheard of in our area.  We will not be completely sure how much we l [ ... ]

Well it's been quite a while since I've posted anything here at the yardstead.  Kathleen and I have been very busy and just haven't  taken the time to post.  We had a good productive sp [ ... ]