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

• 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

Fruit, veggies, food & food preservation 

• 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

HIGH TUNNELS

• 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.

LANDSCAPING AND TREES

• 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

PEST MANAGEMENT

• 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?

natives and POLLINATORS

• 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

POULTRY

• 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

fruits & vegetables

• wyoming grape guide

• cold hardy fruit list

• 2021 specialty crop directory

poultry

• how to build a chicken tractor​

septic systems

• a wyoming homeowner's guide to septic systems

• a washakie county homeowner's manual for septic systems

SMALL ACREAGE LIVING

• LIVING ON A FEW ACRES IN WASHAKIE COUNTY

RECYCLING

• ADOPT AND EVENT RECYCLING PROGRAM

trees & shrubs

• 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

WATER CONSERVATION

• RAIN GARDEN: HOW TO MANUAL

• WATER CONSERVATION IN YOUR HOME

• EFFICIENT LAWN WATERING

• STORM DRAIN POLLUTION SOLUTIONS

wildlife

• wyoming wildlife escape ramps for stock water tanks

• a landowner's guide to fences and wildlife

• GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS FOR WILDLIFE

Links of Interest

The links below each go to external sites that provide additional resources related to conservation.  Each link will open in a new window.

• American Stewards of Liberty

• Bridger Plant Materials Center

• Bureau of Reclamation

• Boysen Reservoir Information

• Bureau of Land Management-Wyoming

• City of Worland

• Farm Services Agency

• Guardians of the Range

• Land EKG, Inc.

• National Association of Conservation Districts

• National Weather Service Office

• Natural Resources Conservation Service

• Public lands council

• snaplands

• Snowtel Information

• Northern Wyoming Daily News

• Range Magazine

• United States Forest Service-bighorn natl forest

• Wyoming Ag in the Classroom

• Wyoming Agricultural Weather Network

• Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts

• Wyoming Barnyards & Backyards

• Worland Chamber of Commerce

• Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service

• Washakie County

• Wyoming Department of Agriculture

• Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality

• Wyoming Game & Fish Department

• Wyoming Livestock Board

• Wyoming Livestock Roundup

• wyoming native plant society

• Wyoming Plant Company

• Wyoming State Engineers Office

• Wyoming State Forestry

• Wyoming State Lands

• Wyoming State Legislature

• Wyoming Stockgrowers Association

• wyoming water association

• Wyoming Water Development Commission

• Wyoming Wool Growers Association