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Lose The Lawn In Order To Gain A Prairie

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Permaculture |
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With good planning, follow-through and, yes, patience, you can have a (nearly) maintenance-free pollinators' paradise prairie in about three years.

3 Garden Plants I’m Excited To Grow In 2023

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Half the fun of shopping through seed, garden and nursery catalogs is looking for new plants to try. Here are three plants I'm excited to try growing for the first time.

The Case For Organic Seeds: Planting Resilience

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Organic seeds, by nature of unassisted growth, have to adapt in order to survive, developing resilience they can pass along to descendants. That's a great reason to start you garden with organic seeds!

A Two-Wheel Tractor Is Perfect For Small Farms

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading | Permaculture |
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There are numerous benefits that a two-wheel tractor brings to small and hobby farms, so consider these advantages of compact machinery!

Researchers Closer To Developing Heat-Resistant Broccoli

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | News |
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Studying the effects of higher temperatures on broccoli at the molecular level offers clues into the mechanisms behind flower bolting, deformity.

4 Things to Consider When Buying Apple Rootstock

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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If you’re interested in grafting apple trees, choosing the right rootstock is a critical step. Here are four things to consider when buying apple rootstock.

Feeling Magical At 1908 Flower Farm

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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Brenna and Paul Nystuen from the Minnesota-based 1908 Flower Farm homestead tell us about their path to finding fulfillment through blooms.

Forage Wild Garlic (Or Onion Grass) For Flavorful Goodness

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Foraging |
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Prolific and pleasantly pungent, wild garlic is packed with as much flavor as its grocery-store counterpart and offers a wealth of health benefits, too.

Two-Wheel Tractors Are Ideal Tools For Community Gardens

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Farm Management |
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Community gardens are popular growing destinations, and two-wheel tractors are ideal tools for building and maintaining these essential spaces.

Recipe: This Tasty Beet Relish Goes Great With Everything

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Food | Recipes |
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Spread it on burgers or a sandwich, or top some hot dogs with it—this tasty beet relish punches up any food and cans easily for longterm storage.

Growing From Seed (Excerpt: “The Tiny But Mighty Farm”)

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In this excerpt from "The Tiny But Mighty Farm," author Jill Ragan of Whispering Willow Farm shares the joy of starting plants from seed.

125 Farming Tips For Your Hobby Farm In 2023

Animals | Beekeeping | Beginning Farmers | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Large Animals | Poultry |
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This year, farm smarter not harder with these 125 tips put together by our contributors in celebration of Hobby Farms' 125th issue!

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