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Our Garden-Grown Thanksgiving Potatoes

Crops & Gardening
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This year, our locally grown Thanksgiving dinner will include four varieties of potatoes grown in our own backyard.

Boost Your Immunity With Rose Hips

Crops & Gardening
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Rose hips contain lots of vitamin C and bioflavanoids, making them a super-healthy addition to winter cooking.

Overwintering Dahlia Tubers

Crops & Gardening
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Enjoy your dahlias for another growing season with this winter storage method.

Q&A With New York Permaculture Exchange

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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A permaculture food forest and burgeoning permaculture movement are alive in Brooklyn.

Your Soil Workforce

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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There’s more in your soil than rotting plant matter—these insects and organisms are helping turn organic matter into a fertile growing medium for your farm.

6 White Vegetables You Need To Grow

Crops & Gardening
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White vegetables may appear to be lacking pigment and nutrition, but just the opposite is true.

Hens And Chicks: My Go-To Houseplant

Crops & Gardening
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This hardy, succulent houseplant can withstand even the gardening practices of even the brownest thumbs.

Whiteflies In The Garden

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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These small pests could cause a huge problem in your garden.

4 New Uses For Old Potting Soil

Crops & Gardening
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It can seem like a waste to throw out spent potting soil from your container plantings at the end of the growing season. Here are some ways to put it to good use.

Grind Your Own Popcorn For Cornmeal

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Recipes |
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Home-ground cornmeal can be made from popcorn, ensuring the ingredients that go into your cornbread are non-GMO.

Grow Borage in Your Fall Garden

Crops & Gardening
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With its cucumber scent, borage doesn’t quite fit in with the pumpkin spice of the fall, but a late-season harvest lifts our moods as the days grow shorter.

One Perfect Apple

Crops & Gardening
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Despite getting a late start on planting, our four new columnar apple trees are doing quite well.

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