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6 Household Items You Can Upcycle for the Garden

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Got a pile of junk destined for the curb? Give it new life as a trellis or planter in the garden.

Pruning Fruit Trees by Hand

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Use our Green Thumb advice for easy pruning solutions.

Winter Mulching Benefits Spring Vegetables

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Sticking to a schedule, including winter mulching, gives spring plants a head start and cuts down early-season work.

Baby Greenhouses

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Small greenhouses, row covers, can speed up the growth of your annuals.

Simplify Your Compost in 5 Easy Steps

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Go forth and make compost. And with these tips, make it with little effort at all.

Fruit Tree Pest: Codling Moth

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What is eating my fruit? Possibly the codling moth.

Aphids in Fruit Trees

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Aphids will eat your roots and leaves. Here are the signs of an aphid infestation.

The Fruit Tree Owner’s Toolkit

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Excerpt from the Popular Garden Series magabook Orcharding with permission from its publisher, BowTie magazines, a division of BowTie Inc. Purchase Orcharding here (deep link https://www.shopanimalnetwork.com/product.aspx?cid=85&pid=838) The following tools come in handy for tending fruit trees. Try to clean and dry pruning tools after each use, then wipe the pruning tools with an oily rag […]

How to Grow Broccoli

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Broccoli is a love-or-hate vegetable, but it's easy to grow and tend.

9 Tips for Growing Container Trees

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A small yard doesn't mean you can't start tree farming. An expert shares some tips for successfully growing plants of any size in containers—even indoors.

Compost Bins

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Check out these compost bins from Urban Farm readers’ backyards for inspiration to start your own composting.

Disaster Prep: 6 Steps to Protect Yourself & Your Animals

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | News | Urban Farming |
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Taking these steps can help ensure the safety of yourself, your family, your livestock and your farm in case of natural disaster.

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