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Farm Storehouse: 13 Products For The Farm & Garden

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These farm storehouse products—from a seed spacing template to rustic shirt jacket and more—are designed to make your farm life work better!

5 Things Beginners Should Know About Cut Flower Farming

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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Cut flower farming is hot right now, but if you're considering growing flowers for sale, brush up on these five key things to know before diving in.

4 Reasons Why You Need A Watering Wand

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After testing a watering wand, I can’t imagine getting along without one, because it readily solved all the problems I faced watering my garden beds.

Pick Purple Clover For Its Many Health Benefits

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Purple clover is great for soil and livestock, and we humans can forage and benefit from this healthy herb, too. Here's how to ID, forage and use purple clover.

Recipe: Quick Pickled Spicy Sugar Snap Peas 

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This simple recipe for pickled spicy sugar snap peas makes a delicious refrigerator snack without steaming up the kitchen on humid summer days!

Keyhole Composting (Excerpt, “Compost Science For Gardeners”)

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading | Permaculture |
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In this excerpt from "Compost Science For Gardeners," author Robert Pavlis takes a look at the science behind keyhole gardens with built-in composting.

Video: Start A Cut Flower Garden Business

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Lindsay Huckabee with Huck-a-bee Flower Farm tells how she got started with cut flowers and shares a few tips for assembling attractive bouquets for sale.

Have Potted Trees? You Don’t Have to Plant Them Right Away

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If the summer weather is hot and dry, you might want to wait before you plant potted trees. And that’s a perfectly acceptable approach.

Invite The Beneficial Praying Mantis Into Your Garden

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading | Permaculture |
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You want to have a praying mantis population in your garden, so take these steps to introduce these beneficial insects into your growing space this year!

Mint Can Definitely Have A Place In The Garden

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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Yes, mint is an aggressively spreading herb and can quickly take over a garden, but with tons of benefits, I find the extra effort to grow this plant worth it.

Embrace Hand Tools On National Gardening Exercise Day

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Did you know June 6 is National Gardening Exercise Day? It’s a day hobby farmers should be keen to celebrate. Here are some ideas to get you started:

Switching Tanks For Hoses Illustrates An Important Farm Leson

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Where a 35-gallon leg tank once met my orchard's watering needs, I now find it's more effective to use a dozen hoses to water my plants. There's a lesson in that for farmers.

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