Living the Country Life

09/19/2025

With fishing poles in hand it seems these kids know how to get out of doing chores. Where's your favorite fishin' hole? History is alive and we love to share our vintage magazine covers.

09/18/2025

What does a full moon have to do with garlic? Get your garlic planting tips here along with a love story - https://www.agriculture.com/family/living-the-country-life/a-love-story-of-garlic

09/17/2025

How could you not love sunflowers?! Bright, cheery, sunny sunflowers. Have you visited a field this year, tell us where.

09/16/2025

Tractor Tuesday is rolling in slowly but surely - check out this story.

Porsche Diesel shut down in 1963, but before then manufactured over 120,000 tractors in the span of seven years.

09/15/2025

Monday Master Gardener advice on deer. Q: I live in town and the deer make beds out of my flower beds and in the yard! A: There’s really no guaranteed way to keep them away. You can try a number of things though, a tall fence, motion-activated sprinklers or deer repellents from your local garden center.

09/12/2025

Are you ready for fall y'all? I'll admit when pumpkin spice returned last month to a certain beverage location... I wasn't ready for it.

09/11/2025

Who still cans beets? Who eats them? Tips for pressure canning https://www.agriculture.com/pressure-canning-your-garden-veggies-8692839

09/10/2025

Peaches v.s. Tomatoes - We've had a good peach year here in Iowa, but not so great with tomato plants I hear? What's your canning going like? https://www.agriculture.com/water-bath-canning-8692943

09/09/2025

Tractor Tuesday with a twist - New 2025 John Deere details for farmers and ranchers.

The new 2025 John Deere 6M tractor is designed to be the ultimate customizable tractor to meet the needs of farmers and ranchers.

09/08/2025

Garden advice from a green thumb. Q: I would like to display color in the fall months in my garden. Could you provide suggestions? – North Carolina A: Good plants for autumn blooms include flowering cabbage, bacopa, annual lobelia, chrysanthemum, aster, Japanese anemone, turtlehead, and guara. For color from foliage, try Japanese maples, smokebush (seen in post), ornamental grasses, or amsonia. For colorful berries, grow arrowwood viburnum, winterberry, and beautyberry.

09/05/2025

I love fresh flowers and I'm always impressed with masterful centerpieces at banquets and weddings. Am I the only one that takes pictures of them? Share your shots!

09/04/2025

How are your garden's peppers doing? -

These pint-sized peppers have a sweeter, fruitier taste than regular bell peppers.