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Win Over Native Bees with These 5 Hospitality Secrets

Beekeeping | Crops & Gardening |
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We sure hope native bees aren’t going anywhere, but without some TLC (and possibly some swooning), they’re likely to take their bee bodies elsewhere.

4 Ways to Grow Your Garden Without Seeds

Crops & Gardening
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These propagation techniques will help you increase garden production—no seeds required!

UF Hack: Snow Insulation

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Pack on a blanket of snow around your overwintering crops to keep your garden nice and cozy until spring weather arrives.

UF Hack: Fast-And-Easy Hot Compost

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Speed up the time it takes to turn food scraps into garden fertilizer by adopting this hot-composting techniques.

4 Tips For Building Soil From Scratch

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Recycle your home, food and personal waste as fertilizer and mulch to build your garden’s soil quality without spending a dime.

UF Hack: Encourage Self-Sowing Plants

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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A self-sown garden may go against your green-thumb intuition, but it could make your garden life a whole lot easier.

Sharpen Up On Scythes

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Urban Farming |
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Looking for a more sustainable option for your mower or weed whacker? The scythe could be your answer.

Urban Farm Hack: Get an Eco-Smart Christmas Tree

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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This year, consider decorating with a Christmas tree that can be planted outdoors after the holiday festivities come to an end.

UF Hack: Drink Your Basil Seeds

Crops & Gardening | Recipes | Urban Farming |
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Letting your basil plants go to seed isn’t a bad thing—use the seeds in internationally inspired drinks and desserts.

UF Hack: An Advent Calendar Of Seeds

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Inspire green thoughts in the darker months by counting down the days until Christmas using heirloom seeds.

Q&A With The Living Christmas Tree Company

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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Oh, Christmas tree! Fill your heart with extra holiday cheer by renting a live Christmas tree this year instead of buying one.

How to Make Lacto-Fermented Mushrooms

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Whether you grow, forage, or buy mushrooms, this fermentation technique is a nutritious and delicious way to preserve them.

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