Create a Chicken Garden to Keep Your Feathered Friends Healthy

Dan Field Crops, Fruits, Herbs, Nursery Crops, Poultry, Specialty Crops, This Land of Ours, Vegetables

How to create a chicken garden to keep your feathered friends healthy, and also away from your harvest.  That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. A chicken garden is a great way to supplement your chickens’ diets while keeping them busy and away from your garden. Place your chicken garden in an area where they have easy access to, …

Wireworms: A Destructive, Slimy Critter with a Very Bad Reputation

Dan Pest/Pest Control, This Land of Ours

A slimy critter with a very bad reputation in the garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Wireworms, are destructive pests for farmers and gardeners, especially those growing corn. Wireworms are the larvae of the click beetle. Wireworms are found everywhere throughout North America; they’re most common in fields and grass pastures. They may be tiny, but they cause …

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Dealing with a Dreaded Weed Harmful to Pets and Livestock

Dan Cattle, Livestock, This Land of Ours

How to deal with a dreaded weed that is harmful to your pets.  That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Goat head weed is sometimes referred to as puncturevine, cat’s head, or devil’s thorn. It’s an annual broadleaf that readily reseeds itself. Not only is it difficult to eradicate, but it can also poison livestock and pets. It thrives …

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Broccoli Plant Problems that Could Threaten Your Harvest

Dan Pest/Pest Control, Specialty Crops, This Land of Ours, Vegetables

The broccoli plant problems that could threaten your harvest.  That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. There are two primary types of problems you may encounter when growing your own vegetables: pest problems and health issues. And, Broccoli is no exception. Pests seem to love this member of the brassica family.  Especially slugs, cabbage flies, and aphids. When seedlings …

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Common Scallion Plant Problems to Watch Out For

Dan Pest/Pest Control, Specialty Crops, This Land of Ours, Vegetables

Some common Scallion Plant problems to watch out for.  That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Scallions – also known as green or spring onions – are tasty, immensely versatile, and easy to grow. They fend off a number of different garden pests and are invaluable companion plants. Still, scallions are no stranger to problems. For example: Wilting leaves …