RESOURCES & LINKS
Barnyards & Backyards Links
UW Barnyards & backyards website is a plentiful resource for materials related to rural living in wyoming. click here to visit their website.
click here to check out their live webinar series barnyards & backyards live!
Here is a list of some of our favorite articles, some of which were referenced at our grow washakie: a rural living workshop on march 4, 2023.
COMPOSTING & SOIL
click here to check out their live webinar series barnyards & backyards live!
Here is a list of some of our favorite articles, some of which were referenced at our grow washakie: a rural living workshop on march 4, 2023.
COMPOSTING & SOIL
- planting in containers
- Gardening in the basin, resources provided by caitlin youngquist, grow washakie 2023
- Caitlin youngquist slideshow presentation, grow washakie 2023
- HOW TO COMPOST LIVESTOCK MANURE ON A SMALL ACREAGE
- MANURE: TURNING A POTENTIAL PROBLEM INTO A VALUABLE RESOURCE
- the scoop on dirt and soil
- growing healthy soil in the garden
- UW Food preservation landing page
- CANNING PROBLEMS & PREVENTIONS
- preserving food in wyoming
- fruit production do's and don'ts for the backyard or hobby farmer
- MAKING SAFE JERKY AT HOME: THE BASICS
- SAFE FOOD PRESERVATION KEEP HOME CANNERS FROM GETTING IN A PICKLE
- ALTITUDE ADJUSTERS MAKE FOR HAPPY COOKS
- good agricultural practices help provide consumers safe, quality local food
- think you have the next big thing for a farmers market?
- COTTAGE FOOD LAWS ALLOW FOOD-FOR-PROFIT ENTREPRENUERS
- specialty crops: growing medicinal herbs, culinary herbs and spices in wyoming
- three-step approach to value-added food venture
- under cover veggies by catherine wissner, grow washakie 2023
- 101 (ALMOST) WAYS FOR A HIGH TUNNEL TO DIE
- featured farmer: bob & rita jordan, short growing season
- simple low tunnels can add weeks to growing season
- how to fix a tear in a high tunnel
- need more season for growing your veggies? we can do that.
- functional & sustainable landscaping by ivy asay, grow washakie 2023
- windbreak establishment, jacob mccarthy wyoming state forestry, grow washakie 2023
- windbreaks, a basic understanding, references from jacob mccarthy, grow washakie 2023
- windbreak design, reference from jacob mccarthy, grow washakie 2023
- SUCCESSFUL TREE PLANTING STRATEGIES
- WATER-WISE LANDSCAPING
- correct pruning can revitalize landscapes
- edible weeds of the home and garden
- Insect identification: the first steps towards ipm, scott schell, grow washakie 2023
- INSECTS AND RELATIVES INFORMATION, REFERENCES AND RESOURCES, scott schell, grow washakie 2023
- USE PESTICIDES WITH CARE AROUND YOUR HOME
- PROPER PESTICIDE USE HELPS PROTECT WYOMING GROUNDWATER
- what's eating my plant?
- PLANTS FROM BLOOM LIST (PHOTOS)
- wild for wildflowers
- cold stratification to spout
- establishing a pollinator plot
- late summer/early fall flowering plants help pollinators
- pollinator partners
- Chicks and hens by tamara drake, grow washakie 2023
- BACKYARD CHICKENS: A SMALL ACREAGE PRODUCTION OPPORTUNITY
- RAISING CHICKENS BEGINS WITH BASICS
- EGG 101: SAFETY AND STORAGE
- HOW TO PROCESS YOUR OWN CHICKENS
- getting started with chickens (video)
- best practices help ensure your chickens survive winter
- what is a chicken tractor
Other Resource Links
COMPOSTING & soil health
- getting started with composting, recycling connections; website link
- gardening for soil health, nrcs
- BACKYARD COMPOSTING: USING SIMPLE, SMALL-SCALE METHODS
- a wyoming homeowner's guide to septic systems
- a washakie county homeowner's manual for septic systems
- wyoming tree owner's manual
- trees for conservation, colorado state forest service
- plants with altitude
- hand planting guidelines for bareroot trees and shrubs
- trees and shrub guide for washakie county
- rangeland plants: wyoming tougH
- WINDBREAK ESTABLISHMENT
- STRUCTURAL PRUNING OF YOUNG TREES
Links of Interest
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