Pork Cuts 101: A Diagram - Modern Farmer
Mar 12, 2014 · Most people eat the rear leg as ham ”“ cured, smoked and processed in some kind of way. Cook: “If you can get a whole fresh ham, with skin and the hock still on it, it’s a great roasting joint – score the skin, rub with garlic herb paste and roast at 350 degrees for 3 or 4 hours. It’s a great roast pork, a little leaner.
A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Your Own Wine Grapes - Modern …
Jul 18, 2021 · Dig a hole a few inches deeper than the longest roots, then plant the vines with the roots pointed down and evenly spread out. Space them at least eight feet apart. Do not use any fertilizer at this time. To protect the young vines from deer and other nibbling animals, you may want to use grow tubes.
The Vegetable Gardener’s Guide to Crop Rotation - Modern Farmer
Mar 27, 2022 · Crop rotation, a practice widely utilized by farmers, is exactly how it sounds. It involves rotating the planting location of your fruits and vegetables across a sequence of growing seasons. How it works requires an explanation: Plants add just as many nutrients to the soil as they take from it.
The Modern Farmer Guide to Winter Squash Varieties - Modern …
Nov 2, 2017 · The sugar pumpkin is a good all-around winter squash; not too sweet, not too dry. As such it’s a good comparison for other squash. 2. Kabocha Squash. Winter squash is very popular in Japan, and though there are dozens of heirloom varieties originating from the country, their most successful export is the kabocha.
How Does Aeroponics Work? - Modern Farmer
Jul 26, 2018 · It turns out that eliminating the growing medium is very freeing for a plants’ roots: the extra oxygen they are exposed to results in faster growth. Aeroponic systems are also extremely water-efficient. These closed-loop systems use 95 percent less irrigation than plants grown in soil. And since the nutrients are held in the water, they get ...
5 Differences Between Hens and Roosters - Modern Farmer
May 30, 2021 · Roosters have more stamina and strength than female chickens. Hens tend to be more timid, while roosters are always more assertive. Roosters tend to be bossy, even when they’re young. As they get older, you’ll notice that roosters begin to challenge each other, raising their hackle feathers. Plus, they crow the morning cock-a-doodle-do!
The Modern Farmer Glossary of Farm Jargon - Modern Farmer
Sep 4, 2018 · Market Garden: a small-scale commercial farm, usually no more than an acre or two, where a large variety of crops are grown; the crops are typically sold directly to consumers, restaurants, and retailers, rather than through wholesale distributors. Monoculture: a large planting of a single crop, often on the scale of hundreds or thousands of ...
The True Story Behind "Mary Had a Little Lamb" - Modern Farmer
Dec 19, 2017 · The nursery rhyme, which was was first published in 1830, is based on an actual incident involving Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, a woman born in 1806 on a farm in Sterling, Massachusetts. In 1815, Mary, then nine, was helping her father with farm chores when they discovered a sickly newborn lamb in the sheep pen that had been abandoned by its mother.
Meet the Mangalitsa, the Hairy Pig That’s the Kobe Beef of Pork
Mar 14, 2014 · Wilhelm Kohl: Well, first of all, the flavor is unbeatable. It’s the Kobe beef of pork. If you’re familiar with pigs, you’ll know that most pigs in the last 50 years have been bred to have virtually no fat, but be mostly lean meat. One of the advertising points was ‘The other white meat.’. But it turns out when you breed the fat out ...
How to Grow and Harvest Grains in Your Backyard - Modern Farmer
Aug 31, 2015 · Spread a tarp or sheet over the floor, and beat the stalks with a wooden dowel to release the grain from the seedheads. (This is called threshing.) Collect the grain in a large bowl or bucket. Set up a fan at a medium speed (strong enough to blow away the chaff, but not so strong to blow away the grain.