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Grow An Overwintered Garden With These Crops

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Spring and summer don’t have to be the only seasons for your garden. Overwinter these crops and enjoy home harvests well into the cold months.

3 Ways To Gather Leaves For Mulch & Compost

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What’s the best way to gather leaves to shred for mulch and compost? Here are three ways to effectively gather large quantities of leaves.

Transplanting Perennial Flowers At The End Of Summer

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Permaculture |
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Perennial wildflowers can be beautiful, hardy additions to the home garden. Follow these tips for collecting and establishing these flowers yourself.

Tips For Starting & Maintaining A Tree Nursery

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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There's a lot of demand for trees, so it's worth considering establishing a tree nursery on your small farm. Check out these tips for getting started.

Video: Use Manure Compost To Improve Garden Soil

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Large Animals | Video |
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If you get some livestock manure compost from a neighbor or your own animals, the broken-down material can be a big boost to garden soil efficiency and overall structure.

Plan Your Farm Layout For Maximum Efficiency

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading | Permaculture |
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Farm layout decisions affect future operational efficiency, so plan carefully when placing buildings, establishing gardens and constructing roadways.

Recipe: Quick Pickled Beets (Refrigerator) 

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Food | Homesteading | Recipes |
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Pickled beets make delicious use of these staple garden veggies, so use this quick-pickle refrigerator recipe to whip up a batch for your enjoyment.

Smart Watering Devices Make Irrigation Smarter

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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A smart watering device connects to your sprinkler system, saving water with app control and response to factors such as weather data and crop type.

When & How Should You Harvest Your Herbs?

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Permaculture |
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Healing herbs bring the power of plant medicine to the garden, but you need to know how and when to harvest your herbs to gain maximum benefit.

Spot Insects To Help Lost Ladybug Project Researchers

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Permaculture | Projects | Uncategorized |
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You're bound to attract some of these beneficial insects to your garden, so keep an eye out and help Lost Ladybug Project track native and invasive ladybugs.

Blackberry Growing (Excerpt: “The Berry Grower”)

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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In this excerpt from "The Berry Grower," author Blake Cothron explains variations within modern blackberries and what these differences mean to growers.

Building A Grape Vine Trellis Requires Planning & Supplies

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My new Somerset Seedless Grape plants are growing nicely, so now I have to figure out an appropriate trellis design to support and guide grapes as they grow.

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