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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!

3 Bugs That Love Milkweed

Crops & Gardening
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Milkweed not only beautifies the garden, it attracts interesting insects, too!

7 Ways to Use Mugwort

Crops & Gardening
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Got a mugwort problem? Don’t be quick to eradicate this plant from your garden—it has many benefits, as well.

6 Ways to Control Tomato Hornworms

Crops & Gardening
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While the only thing vicious about these plump, horned caterpillars is their appetite for your tomatoes, keep them out of your garden with these tips.

5 Ways to Keep Cabbage Loopers Out of Your Garden

Crops & Gardening
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Brassicas, beware—this green worm can cause destruction to your cole crops, but not if you take these preventative measures.

7 Self-Sowing Annuals I Love

Crops & Gardening
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Lighten your garden workload by planting self-seeding flowers that come back year after year without coaxing.

12 Organic Ways to Control Harlequin Bugs

Crops & Gardening
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Keep these brightly colored cousins of the stink bug away from your prized kale and broccoli with these easy-to-implement garden tips.

5 Orchard Enemies and How to Control Them Naturally [VIDEO]

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Video |
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Protect your fruit trees and ensure an abundant fruit or nut harvest by keeping these orchard pests out!

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