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4 Ways to Attract Bats to Your Farm for Natural Pest Control

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Beat the pests that feast on your crops by creating bat habitats on your farm.

13 Headache-Inducing Garden Pests & How to Control Them

Crops & Gardening
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You might have seen these insects lurking around your garden. Find out how to identify them and keep these pests off your precious edibles.

Chick Detour

Crops & Gardening
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I stopped by the farm-supply store to get mulch and almost got suckered. To get to the mulch, of course, you have to walk right by the baby chicks peeping and pecking and practically begging to be taken home.

Infographic: Beat the Blight

Crops & Gardening
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If you struggle with crop failure, you’re not alone. Take a look at the forces that challenge America’s agriculture.

Ready, Set, Garden!

Crops & Gardening
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Well, it's official: The 2012 gardening season is now underway!

Gaga for Ground Cherries

Crops & Gardening
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One of the crops I am most looking forward to growing from seed for the first time this year is ground cherries. I first tasted them a few years ago while visiting a friend's farm.

How to Prune Raspberry Canes

Crops & Gardening
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Last week brought some beautiful weather, and so despite the boot cast on my left leg, I made the most of it by heading out to the raspberry patch to do a little cleanup.

Defying “The Boot”

Crops & Gardening
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Gardening is a bit of a challenge these days. I've been instructed to wear an enormous and uncomfortable boot cast on my left leg for the next three weeks.

Catalog Fun Continues!

Crops & Gardening
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I was elated when I opened the mailbox the other day to find the spring catalog for High Country Gardens, a company in Santa Fe, N.M., that specializes in "Beautiful Plants for the Waterwise Garden."

Lettuce Varieties to Try

Crops & Gardening
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Get started growing lettuce by adding one of these tasty varieties to your garden.

Crop Profile: Lettuce

Crops & Gardening | Video |
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Iceberg is just a small part of the lettuce family that’s worthy of a spot in your garden and market offerings.

6 Million Bats Fallen Victim to White-nose Syndrome

Crops & Gardening | News |
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No hope in sight for controlling the widespread fungus infecting a pal to American farms—the bat.

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