When gardens grow into small acreage farms, the decision to purchase a tractor is often necessary. There are many things to consider before purchasing a tractor. Do you need a new garden tractor or a more powerful machine? Can you get by with a cheap antique model? What features do you need and what’s available? [...]
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Is It Time For A Tractor?
June 30th, 2010 
Paul 
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Tags: Antique Tractor, Garden Tractor, Lawn Mower, Mower, Tractor, Tractor terms 
No Comments »Confessions Of An Urban Farmer: Procrastination
June 26th, 2010 Darcey “Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today.” — Thomas Jefferson
PROCRASTINATION: is not an ideal trait for a farmer whether urban or not.
I am terrible with procrastination…either that or I’m just too darn busy! Like Zan, I try to juggle a life in the arts as well as my love of all things [...]
Make Your Own Yogurt
June 24th, 2010 Karly Having been born in Wisconsin, I have consumed a lot of dairy products in my lifetime. Last year, inspired by Barbara Kingsolver’s book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, I decided that I wanted to learn how to make my own cheese. I love to cook, I can certainly follow a recipe, and I figured, how hard can [...]
Our Amazing Renegade Writers!
June 23rd, 2010 Zan So, if you’ve been to this little site for awhile, you might’ve noticed our near daily posts–on all kinds of interesting subjects. I most certainly am not responsible for this vast plethora of information on farming and, indeed, I’ve been blessed to work with some truly outstanding people, writers, and farmers who make The Renegade [...]
SUNDAY JULY 27th, 6pm EST!
June 21st, 2010 Zan 
The Renegade Farmer Interviews Catherine Friend, writer, and author of “Hit By A Farm!”
Upcoming Stuff: Our Writers, and our Radio Show!
June 21st, 2010 Zan Folks, I just wanna tell you, I am one lucky gal around here.
First, I have been blessed with some amazing, witty, funny and smart writers who take time out of their farming lives (and you know how crazy THAT can get: even the most holistic-living suburban farmer is often running around trying to add farming [...]
Chocolate Lavender Ice Cream
June 20th, 2010 Julie I’m not a huge vanilla ice cream fan. Sure vanilla ice cream is great with strawberry shortcake or with apple pie but when I want the ice cream itself to be the star of the show I have to go with something other than vanilla. A few years ago I had a chocolate bar that was [...]
Dilly Delicious Herb Vinegar
June 18th, 2010 Catherine Dill is one of the first herbs I ever grew. It’s an annual, and grows so easily from seed that almost all you need to do is toss some seeds on the ground and wait for them to sprout! Dill isn’t too choosy- it grows in sun or part shade. Though I’ve often seen little potted dill [...]
Do Not Propagate?
June 17th, 2010 Karly When I walked into the hair salon last week, I walked into an interesting conversation. Over the weekend, one of the customers had purchased a plant that said “DO NOT PROPAGATE” in bold on the label. He was trying to figure out exactly what the warning meant. “I know that in the Bible, to propagate [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: GMOs, hybrid plants, Monsanto, plant propagation, seed patents No Comments »Watch Out!
June 16th, 2010 Paul Thunderstorms in the Midwest often produce lots of lightning. This week has been particularly destructive. It’s not major forest fires or electrical outages that have caught my attention. In Ohio, “Touchdown Jesus” was struck by lightning and subsequently burned. The 62 foot steel and foam statue was no match for Mother Nature.
In St. Louis a [...]
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