Red Bucket Farm

The deadline to register for the Landscape Pesticide Registry in Wisconsin is February 1.  Go straight to the website for the Department ...

In many parts of the world, family units have one person whose full-time job is to prepare food for the family. This person rises early in t...

Have you noticed that winters are warmer now than when we were kids? Does it concern you that we dump more salt on the winter roads in spite...

Years ago, my mother-in-law would roast wild game for Thanksgiving dinner. Each year was a little different---wild goose, turkey, or pheasan...

Parts of northern Wisconsin received so much rain last week that it has literally flooded, and we're sorry for their losses. But here...

Last spring I nearly had a heart attack when my neighbor's chemical lawn service arrived just as the currant bushes in my side yard wer...

It's the time of year when many of us roast a turkey or two for holiday dinners. This year we did some research and became more informed...

It's nearly impossible for an urban farmer to find time to leave the farm for summer vacation. Early summer is busy with planting, while...

Like many of you, we recently hosted a graduation party for our high school senior. We wanted to provide homemade food and serve it to appro...

When we lived in our cozy house on a small property, mowing the lawn with an old fashioned reel mower was a no-brainer. But when we moved to...

Last week Thursday was a gorgeous day here at Red Bucket Farm. The biddies and pullets were grazing in the chicken yard, bees were foraging ...

This week is International Compost Awareness Week, sponsored by the US Composting Council. It's an opportunity to educate about the bene...