Country & Rural Living Articles

The same reasons you enjoy living in the country, remote location and few neighbors, also make your acreage or farm attractive to criminals and vandals.  When you're planning on taking a trip, there are simple and effective steps you can take to safeguard your property in your absence. 

Nature Hills Nursery is looking for a few outstanding community gardening projects.

Chicago has long been regarded as the best and most festive place to go for a true St. Patty’s day celebration. You can’t get more Irish than the traditional bag pipes coming down the annual parade route. There are activities and attractions to keep you hoping all weekend long.

Midwest Homebrewing and Winemaking Supplies have been helping folks make beer and wine since 1995. Midwest offers all the equipment and supplies needed to make excellent wine and beer at home. Beer making kits start at $59.95 and winemaking kits start at $62.95.

Beer recipes are available for beginners to expert homebrewers. Midwest has a “How to” DVD that takes you step by step through the process of brewing beer at home. Simply pop in the DVD and start brewing.

MiraFount models are patterned after the first energyfree livestock watering systems we built more than 30 years ago. These small, medium and large capacity watering systems are ideal for beef operations, dairy herds and other livestock.

BIGspring is a complete line of constant-flow watering systems ideally suited for free-stall dairy operations and large feedlots. If you raise beef or dairy cows, you are sure to find the perfect BIGspring model to fit your needs.

Spring is on its way and school will be out. Head to the Smoky Mountains for a well-deserved family Spring Break.

Here's something you can quickly bake up and share with those feathered friends of ours this winter! 

Ingredients:Cornbread MixEggs1 Cup Bird Seed

Prepare cornbread as directed on package adding 1 extra egg.  Add bird seed.  Bake as directed.  Cool before cutting into pieces.  Freeze in individual sized freezer baggies until ready to use.  Crumble pieces onto a platform feeder and watch the birds feasting on your bird bread.

The North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association will be hosting the 2010 North American Raspberry & Blackberry Conference Preview February 24th - February 26th. 

The North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association was incorporated in the state of New York in 1985 as the North American Bramble Growers Association.  The name was changed in January 2008. 

Celebration Classic World Futurity You are cordially invited to attend the 22nd annual Spring Celebration Llama Sale to be held on April 9–11, 2010 at the prestigious Heritage Place in Oklahoma City. For those who have never been, this is an opportunity to see hundreds of the top llamas in North America and to meet llama owners from all over the U.S. and Canada. For those who have been, it is a chance to renew acquaintances—join in the festivities and enjoy the new and exciting additions to the weekend’s activities.

Restoration and refurbishing is not always what is needed to give your property a rustic and throwback look to yesteryear. Some of us have visions of what we want and an essentially blank canvas to work with. If this is the case then you must look into developing a plan to make your own little “cathedral in the prairie” from scratch. Luckily there is a great company out there that will help you with your creation.