Shell’s Covert, by Marc Puckett

               Happy October to you. I thought I’d try to write something useful about herbicides which on the surface seems to be a boring topic.

This spring I planted six rows of sweetcorn enthusiastically looking forward to the fresh ears roasting over charcoal (peel the husks backs but don’t remove

As I write this, we are being hammered by one of the first “boilers” of summer. These are thunderstorms not really associated with a weather

After many years of hard work advising others how to create critter cover, I finally found myself owning 42 acres of rural Prince Edward County

Before I get too deep into the mulching business, I want to write a few lines of thanks to one of our recently departing private

Sitting on my front porch yesterday watching that heavy, wet snow pile up and watching the squirrels try to figure out my new squirrel-proof bird

I am broaching the subject of food patches recognizing the risk that I might inadvertently offend some of you. That is not my intent. The

“Young man, you better learn to make hay when the snow flies,” the old man said to his grandson. “Sir?” the teenager replied. ”Not sure

The worn old saw “Work Smarter, Not Harder” comes to mind as I begin this month’s blog post. And as I approach 58 in a

On nearly every farm in our area, unless it is totally wooded, you will find cool season non-native sod-forming grasses like fescue and orchard grass.