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3 Autumn Chores for a Healthy Lawn

Crops & Gardening
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As you begin to wrap up the harvest season, give attention to your lawn, as well.

Sunflowers: The Cheery Healers

Crops & Gardening
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If the bright-yellow blooms of sunflowers beckon to you, you’ll love even more their whole-plant contributions to your garden and health.

4 Herbs Not at the Farmers’ Market (That You Should Sell)

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Homesteading |
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Carve out a niche at your local market by growing fresh herbs that are hard to find.

7 Onions That Bring in Cash at the Farmers Market

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Take onions from a supporting role at market to the star of the show with these seven moneymaking varieties.

5 Ways I Fight Powdery Mildew in My Garden

Crops & Gardening
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A wet summer means my bee balm is infected with the fungus powdery mildew. Here’s what I’m doing to control it and you can try, too.

Got Muscle Pain? Plant Crampbark

Crops & Gardening
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From back pain to arthritis, this native plant helps alleviate what makes you ache.

9 Diseases Killing Your Eggplant

Crops & Gardening
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Baffled by a waning eggplant crop? Use these tips to help combat disease in your garden.

Build a Compost Bin from Wooden Pallets

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Customize a backyard compost bin from reclaimed materials in just a few hours.

5 Weeds Actually Helping Your Soil

Crops & Gardening
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Think twice before pulling these weeds—they could actually be doing your soil a favor.

How to Control Rose Slugs

Crops & Gardening
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These tiny maggots can be hard to see, but they can do crazy damage to your rose bushes.

Biochar Vs. Ashing: What’s the Difference?

Crops & Gardening
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As we increase production on our farm, we’re looking to the biodynamic practice of ashing to keep Canada thistle under control.

Beginning Farmers’ Guide to Preventing Blossom End Rot

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening |
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What’s that big black mark on your tomato? It’s blossom end rot and you need to get calcium into your soil—fast!

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