Angel Black walks through a large round trellis for the passion fruit vine in her backyard garden in Culver City. Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight ...

Whether you’re raising a few goats, expanding your garden or tending the family orchard, a new Loveland business aims to help. The Backyard, which opened Monday at 900 E. Colo. 402, specializes in ...

Illustration of farm founder Jen Delos Reyes and her farm animals Credit: Allison Fries/Garbage Hill Farm From afar, artist, educator, and organizer Jen Delos Reyes seems tireless. She splits her time ...

Small farms have a pretty big advantage. They don’t need to ascribe to industrial means of growing. That means less tilling and fewer pesticides. The ability to have a regenerative operation is much ...

Let's face it, most of us need small backyard ideas nowadays, because finding acres of yard space is far easier said, or dreamt, than done! But this is not a sad reality, no no, because you do not ...

When headlines about bird flu spike, small farms often scramble to lock down their flocks, yet the most effective protection ...

Researchers find less Salmonella on backyard poultry farms. But concerns remain about the prevalance of multidrug-resistant bacteria on both large and small farms. In a comparison of differently sized ...

• Angel Black dreamed of growing food in her Culver City backyard, but her gardens always failed. • The problem: a lawn that monopolized the backyard’s sunny spots, leaving the food-growing areas ...

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. Like most families stuck at home during the ...