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How To Grow Quality Hay

Crops & Gardening
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Your pastures can offer one of the most valuable crops grown on your land: hay.

Don’t Throw Out Your Used Potting Soil

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Take a cue from Mother Nature and add fertility back into spent potting soil instead of throwing it out.

Plant Your Halloween Pumpkins Now

Crops & Gardening
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Plan ahead to the fall harvest season by getting your pumpkins in the ground this month.

Build A Basic Compost Bin — No Kit Required

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Let’s not overcomplicate things—this DIY compost bin is simple in design, build and function.

Catnip: It’s Not Just for Cats

Crops & Gardening
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This mint family plant may make cats go wild, but it will also ease your tired, overworked muscles.

Harness The Sun To Kill Soil Pests & Diseases

Crops & Gardening
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Skip the harmful chemicals when battling garden enemies hiding in your soil, and use the power of the sun instead.

Could Healthy Crops Be Hurting You?

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Disease resistance actually comes from plant-made pesticides—yes, chemicals produced by the plants themselves!—and some scientists claim this is impacting our health.

The Secret To Growing More Carrots This Year

Crops & Gardening | Video |
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Carrot-seed germination can be spotty, but you can get more carrots out of your garden this year with this garden hack.

Alpine Strawberries: The Smaller, Sweeter Backyard Fruit

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Because they don’t spread like cultivated strawberry types, alpine strawberries make a great fruit option for containers or raised beds.

How To Forage For Wild Garlic

Crops & Gardening
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Wild garlic and its other allium cousins are free and abundant on land open to foraging—if you know what to look for.

Use Arnica For Bruising

Crops & Gardening
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Arnica is a short, yellow flower can be infused in oil that’s made into lotions and salves.

Naturally Dyed Seed Bombs

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Gift the gardener in your life fun-colored seed bombs that are bio-friendly.

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