Black oak trees are a type of tree native to east and central North America and is extraordinarily common in its native range. It can be found from Maine to Texas and inland toward Michigan and the Great Plains states as well. It is a close relative of the California black oak (Quercus kelloggii). These...
White oak trees are stunning, large, sturdy oak trees with a native range in British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. They have a stocky trunk with a wide berth of horizontal limbs. Summer leaves are dark green and fall leaves are red, but slowly turn brown. White oak trees are good acorn producers, but only have...
If you love tall oak trees that have a rich red, almost burgundy autumn leaf color, then the northern red oak tree is the tree for you. These trees are just the perfect addition to any property that needs a splash of red oak leaf color every fall. In this article, we’re going to go...
When I plant a deciduous tree, there’s one thing I always have to know: what do its autumn leaves look like? The truth is, fall is my favorite time of year. I absolutely love the explosion of color, the fall crops that I harvest, and watching the leaves fall gently from the trees. One of...
It’s probably a little bit uncommon for a man in his thirties, but I love the holidays in both Fall and Winter. The Winter holidays in particular are my favorite. I love the coziness of hunkering down during cold weather, drinking hot drinks, making delicious food for the people I love, and of course, all...
Years ago on a walk, I stumbled upon a strange fruiting tree that I’d never seen before. It had large, orange-colored fruit with an odd leaf-like covering at the very top of it. I knew it wasn’t an orange tree. It looked kind of like an apricot, but the fruits were too big. It definitely...
Quail are becoming an increasingly popular type of poultry to keep for people who live in rural and urban places, particularly the latter. Someone living in the big city who wants fresh eggs, meat, and an overall easy to care for and discrete bird find that quail are the best of all worlds. They are...
Spiderwort is a plant I covet as an outdoor plant and generally will keep as an indoor plant. It has beautiful, pointed leaves and pretty blue flowers in the spring, but is not native to where I live and shouldn’t be grown outdoors outside of its native range. Still, I admire and adore the plant....
Peas are a popular vegetable for gardeners in no small part because they are planted very early in the growing season and harvest early – before the heat of the summer really sets in. But did you know that you can usually grow two crops of peas in a single year? Say hello to fall...
Nothing quite beats the smell of fresh, fragrant honeysuckle flowers early in the spring. In my neck of the woods, they’re one of the first really prolific, fragrant flowers that blooms. When you can smell the honeysuckle flowers in the breeze, that’s when you know it is definitely spring. Growing winter honeysuckle is a breeze....
Hatching eggs in an incubator at home is one of the most addictive parts of the backyard farming hobby and it’s hands down the most cost-effective way to start or grow your flock of chickens. There are few things more satisfying than watching new life spring forth from the eggs you’ve been carefully incubating for...
New Zealand rabbits are among my favorite breeds to keep, whether you’re an enthusiastic pet rabbit owner or work on a full-sized farm. These rabbits are friendly, intelligent, and tame. My New Zealand rabbits love being pet, and held, and have a lot of fun running around their playpen in the yard. Rabbits produce little...
