The High Desert Homestead
Your Desert Garden - Monthly Do List for July Vegetables Tomatoes don't do well when it's over 90°F. Nurse the plants through the summer while providing shade and they will begin producing again in the fall. Alternatively, pull them out and plant new ones in the late summer for fall ... READ the POST
If you need to know how to feed chickens in the winter, you need to first understand what chickens eat. Chickens, you might be surprised to hear, are not vegetarians. Besides their voracious appetites for bugs, chickens will also gladly eat mice, lizards, snakes or most any other form of ... READ the POST
There are over a thousand different breeds of sheep in the world so how do you choose which breed you want to raise? That’s a really difficult question to answer and depends on why you want sheep as well as what’s available. One of my favorite guides to sheep breeds (and others too) If you ... READ the POST
So what do ducks eat? I have to admit something before we go any further…I am a goose person. Everybody seems to have bad memories of being chased and/or bitten by a rabid, overly protective, territorial dinosaur goose. But me? I’d choose geese any day of the week. There is ... READ the POST
February: Preparing for the Spring garden February is the month to begin preparing for the spring garden and to look forward to spring vegetables. February is when you need to make sure all of your garden tools are in order and you have ordered your seeds. It is important to have all ... READ the POST
The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens I saw the Chicken Chick’s Guide to Backyard Chickens for sale on Amazon with a whopping 832 reviews and a 4.9 star rating!! Wow that is impressive. I decided it was a book that I needed to check out and see what all the fuss was ... READ the POST
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