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Recipe: Pickle & Can Those Late Season, Green Tomatoes

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Homesteading | Recipes |
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When ripening outdoors is no longer possible, you might as well enjoy your tomatoes in all of their green glory. Try pickling them with this recipe!

Keep The Garden Growing This Winter With A Cold Frame

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Urban Farming |
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Wintry weather doesn't mean you have to give up gardening—a cold frame can keep cool-weather crops going well into the chilly months!

Save Your Tomato Seeds For Next Year’s Garden

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Save yourself from sold-out suppliers by sticking back tomato seeds from plants harvested from this year's garden. It's easy, once you learn the process.

Lobster Mushrooms & Purslane Are A Forager’s Friends

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Lobster mushrooms and purslane are two flavorful foraging favorites that, if you learn how to spot them, can provide nutritious, delicious dinnertime fare.

How To Plant An Orchard Of Fruit Or Nut Trees

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The best time to plant trees may have been decades ago, but you can plant an orchard today to enjoy in the coming years. Here's how.

Here Are 7 Top Causes (& Fixes) When Hens Stop Laying

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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While some hiccups in egg production are perfectly normal, others can signal trouble. Here's what to look for when your hens stop laying.

6 Ways To Increase Community Food Security For Winter

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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When winter arrives and gardens stop producing, community food security can take a hit. Here are six ways to store produce for the cold months.

Produce Profile: Go For Garlic In Your Garden

Crops & Gardening
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Grow some garlic in your garden for a dash of wintertime green, delicious kitchen creations ... and all-important vampire protection.

Store Crops For Winter With Dehydration Techniques

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Is your harvest out of hand? You can use dehydration to keep these worthy crops in the pantry and on the dinner table well into winter.

Don’t Wait To Figure Out Your High Tunnel Irrigation System

Crops & Gardening | Equipment |
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Growing in space protected by a high tunnel can significantly grow your bottom line, but only if irrigation issues don’t put you underwater.

Grow Some Collard Greens, Then Try These Delicious Recipes

Crops & Gardening | Recipes |
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A Southern soul-food staple with a long history, collard greens are a delicious, nutritional powerhouse for the dinner table. Includes recipes!

Grow, Pick & Enjoy Some Peppers In Your Next Garden

Crops & Gardening
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You don’t have to be Peter Piper to grow and enjoy peppers of all varieties. Here are some pointers to keep in mind when choosing varieties for your garden.

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