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Root Stimulants And Transplanting Tips

Crops & Gardening
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Learn more about the root stimulants that may help your trees and shrubs survive the transplanting process.

Building a Soil Sifter

Crops & Gardening
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This easy building project--a soil sifter--is a great way to build confidence using power tools.

Growing and Selling Heirloom Tomatoes

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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A veteran market gardener tells how to grow heirloom tomatoes and sell your heirloom tomatoes at market and to local chefs.

Saving the American Chestnut Tree

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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The American chestnut tree was once prevalent in the U.S., but it was wiped out by blight more than 100 years ago. Learn what's being done to help restore it.

How to Grow Garlic

Crops & Gardening
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If you’ve got an itch to grow garlic, get started with these tips for producing a crop that grows well in your area.

Garden Garb

Crops & Gardening
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From clothing to cubbies, make sure you’re ready to dig in the dirt this spring with the freshest gardening gadgets.

Gravel Pathways

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm Management |
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Whether pathways on your farm are used for walkways between garden produce or for thoroughfares between barns and pastures, there’s a type of footing for every situation.

Olives To Olive Oil

Crops & Gardening
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Have your oil and eat olives, too! Learn how olives are grown and processed into the elixir of the gods.

What Does Your Garden Grow

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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This fun garden planning activity is the creation of a student of the Sustainable Agriculture Program at the University of Kentucky. Try it yourself this season.

Crop Profile: Sweet Potatoes

Crops & Gardening
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Sweet potatoes need and deserve some respect due to the claim that they are the most nutritious vegetable grown on the planet.

Keep Garden Pests Away with Companion Planting

Crops & Gardening
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Introduce companion plants into your garden as an additional integrated pest management strategy to keep harmful garden pests at bay.

A Snowman in the Garden

Crops & Gardening
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Having a three year old in the house is a great excuse to act like a kid.

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