8 Reasons Your Tomatoes Aren’t Ripening and How to Ripen Them

8 Reasons Your Tomatoes Aren’t Ripening and How to Ripen Them

If you’re waiting for red tomatoes, but it’s not happening, you have to figure out why your tomatoes aren’t ripening. Tomatoes are my arch-nemesis. I work hard each year to plant enough tomato plants to provide the right amount of tomatoes I need for canning. Without fail, something goes wrong, and I’m stuck trying to…

6 Reasons Your Chickens Peck Holes in Their Eggs & How to Stop It
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6 Reasons Your Chickens Peck Holes in Their Eggs & How to Stop It

Are your chickens pecking holes in eggs before you can collect them? There is always an underlying problem. Did you find holes in your freshly collected eggs? Are you wondering – why do chickens peck holes in their eggs? Believe it or not, it is a common problem that all chicken owners experience from time…

Water Glassing Eggs: How to Store Eggs Long Term
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Water Glassing Eggs: How to Store Eggs Long Term

Spring and summer time means more daylight hours, and that means more eggs. If you have an overabundance to handle, water-glassing eggs is the perfect solution for the fall and winter months. Do you have a surplus of eggs? One issue chicken owners run into is unequal egg production. In the spring and summer months,…

12 Useful Tips to Keep Chickens Cool in the Summer

12 Useful Tips to Keep Chickens Cool in the Summer

Keeping your chickens cool in the summer is more important than winter care. Everyone is always so worried about their chickens handling the cold temperatures of winter, but the real concern is keeping chickens cool in the summer. Even though they’re farm animals, chickens are still vulnerable to heat stroke and other problems brought on…