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The Book For Becoming Besties with Bugs

Beginning Farmers
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Get to know and start supporting the beneficial insects on your farm with the help from The Xerces Society.

The Book For Beginning Chicken Keepers

Beginning Farmers
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Starting your first flock and need a no-nonsense introduction into the world of chicken-keeping? This is the book for you.

Beginning Farmers’ Guide to Preventing Blossom End Rot

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening |
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What’s that big black mark on your tomato? It’s blossom end rot and you need to get calcium into your soil—fast!

The Book For How to Fix Our Food System

Beginning Farmers
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The new book by Blue Hill Farm's Chef Dan Barber takes a look at the farm-to-table movement a decade after the food feasting began and points out the things we've missed.

The Beginning Farmer’s Guide to Preparing for Drought

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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These five steps will help you store and conserve water so your farm will continue producing during times of drought.

The Book For Making a Delicious Meal with Your Heirloom Garden

Beginning Farmers
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We chat with the Beekman Boys about gardening, goats and their new heirloom-vegetable cookbook.

Beginning Farmer’s Guide to Powdery Mildew

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening |
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It seems as though none of your crops are safe from the destruction of powdery mildew, but here’s how you can stop this disease in its tracks.

The Book For Easy and Fast DIY Cheese

Beginning Farmers
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With 16 cheese recipes that can be made in less than an hour, you could (theoretically) make all the cheeses in this book in less than a day.

The Book For Aspiring Farm Meatsmiths

Beginning Farmers
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Want to round out your farm-to-table skills? These books will walk you through an ethical approach to processing farm-raised meat.

The Book For Knowing, Growing and Using Herbs

Beginning Farmers
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The cover price may seem steep, but if you get your green thumbs on this book, you’ll never need to buy another herb volume of any kind again—no joke.

The Book For … Well, Improving Your Soil

Beginning Farmers
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If the secret to great-tasting, nutritious vegetables is in your soil, it's about time you read this book.

The Book For: Everything You Need to Know About Heritage Breeds

Beginning Farmers
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As part of our first post in Plowing Through, HobbyFarms.com's book-review blog, Assistant Editor Cory Hershberger looks at The Livestock Conservancy's new book.

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