I doubt chickens will ever overtake cats and dogs as the people's choice of pets, but in some areas -- like the Northwest -- the feathery, egg layers are gaining. I'm sure the eggs have something to ...

Registration: To register for the class got to: https://extension.wsu.edu/spokane/event/keeping-urban-chickens-2/ This week, I am going to stray away from gardening ...

Stock your bookshelf with these helpful new books about shade gardening, chicken raising for kids and DIY storage and decluttering solutions. If your local bookstore doesn't carry one of these titles, ...

Raising small flocks of backyard chickens has been a trend among city dwellers for a decade or so, and putting the birds to work can be a boon to gardens. You can use them for tilling, grubbing for ...

Keeping a garden well and keeping free-range chickens are not the most naturally compatible of pastimes. Pecking beaks will wreak havoc with delicate, emerging flower buds, and dust-bathing, a ...

Earlier this week, I moved some of my hens into the lower garden. That area is poorly drained and water sits there almost every spring. In some years, it can stay soggy well into June. Last year, I ...

Chickens are many things, but one thing they're not is dull. Three weeks ago, I went out to collect eggs and there was Snowy hanging upside down, toenail caught in the chicken wire fence. She looked ...

Spring brings flocks of plants to local nurseries, and in some cases, baby chicks as well. These adorable little fluff-balls are irresistible so it’s not surprising that the number of backyard ...

As people pick up new hobbies while they remain in self-quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, interest in gardening and farming is experiencing a boom among Americans. Developing a green thumb is a ...

No sooner has the newly anointed Sir David Beckham arisen than he’s back down there again – possibly with one of those padded ...