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Preparing Chickens for Summer Heat | How to Help Them Keep Their Cool
Keep your flock cool in the summer heat with these tips and tricks.
Coop, Sweet Coop: How to Set Up a Home for Your Chickens
Chicken coops come in all shapes and sizes. No design is perfect, but all good chicken coops do share some common characteristics. You can buy a prebuilt coop or a coop kit that you put together yourself. You can also build from scratch, or you can even convert a garden…
Feeding Your Chickens Right: What and When
Did you know chicks, pullets and layers all require different feed? Find out what Lisa Steele of Fresh Eggs Daily gives her girls to keep them healthy and productive at every stage.
Why are my chickens losing feathers?
As the leaves start to fall from the trees, so do the feathers from your chickens. The cold weather triggers the chickens “molt” where they shed their old feathers and gain new, glossy feathers.
Summer Lawn Care Considerations
Most of the grasses commonly used in New Hampshire lawns are cool season grasses. This includes; Bluegrass, Fescue and Rye grass, all are sod forming turf grasses; they grow best when the soil temperature is around 60 degrees and at least 1 inch of water is applied each week.
Vegetable Garden Insect Pests and Disease: Prevention and Control
So, our short New Hampshire growing season is in full swing. You spent the end of May preparing, selecting and planting the vegetables and herbs that you and your family love. While you wait for the plants to grow, mature and produce there are a few things you should know…
Safety tips for taking your dog on the boat!
Summer is here, which means many sea-faring folks will begin taking their dogs out on the open ocean!
Preventing Weeds with Safe ‘N Simple Pre-Emergence Weed Control
Safe ‘N Simple® 9-0-0 provides weed control and an excellent source of slow-release nitrogen in an easy to spread crumble form.
Raising Chickens: Basics for Beginners
Whether you want a small flock of chickens to produce fresh eggs or supply your family with meat, there are a few things you’ll need to know. This post is meant to provide the basics to get through the first three to four weeks of raising chickens and avoiding beginner’s…
Starting Seeds at Home
When you grow your own seedlings, your transplants can be ready for the garden as soon as the danger of spring frost has passed, giving you a head start on Maine’s short gardening season.
Formulated for a Lifetime of Health and Production
Raising poultry at home is a rewarding activity the entire family can enjoy.
Craft Your Own Chicken Coop
Check out these great ideas for crafting your own chicken coops.