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Video: How To Collect A Sample For A Soil Test

Crops & Gardening | Video |
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Thinking of planting an area? It's best to get a soil test first, so in this video we show you the steps to collecting a good sample for testing.

Bring The Heat With Ghost Peppers, Carolina Reapers

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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With enough lead time, reputable seed sources and a few tips, you can succeed with (extremely!) hot stuff like ghost peppers and Carolina Reapers.

Discovered Daylilies Are A Reminder Of Farming Joys

Crops & Gardening | Equipment |
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A farmer spreading grass clippings in the woods was surprised to find an undiscovered patch of daylilies struggling to reach the sunlight.

Cherry Picking Is An Enjoyable & Beneficial Activity

Crops & Gardening
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More than just a deliverer of delicious fruit, cherry trees provide picking opportunities for family and friends to celebrate together.

Produce Profile: Patty Pan Is Zucchini By Another Name

Crops & Gardening
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Looking for something new for the garden? Mix up your zucchini and summer squash routine with the easy-to-grow patty pan squash.

You Can Still Grow Vegetable Plants In Shady Spots

Crops & Gardening
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Got shade? You can make use of your entire garden by growing shade-tolerant crops in areas you never thought were plantable.

Morels & Smilax Make For Fine Forest Foraging

Crops & Gardening
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If you want to begin foraging, morels and smilax are great items to start seeking—they're both delicious and easy enough to identify.

Sassafras Tea & Jellies Deserve A Place In Your Kitchen

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | Recipes |
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Homemade tea and jellies used to be commonplace—until researchers suggested that a sassafras root ingredient was potentially carcinogenic.

Produce Profile: Fall In Love With Bunching Onions

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Where green onions and bulb onions meet, we have bunching onions for year-round garden growing.

Meet The City Slicker Turned Farmer At Lane Creek Reserve

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Large Animals | Uncategorized |
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Joel Francois talks to us about living with goats, moving cows and growing hemp at Lane Creek Reserve in the Pacific Northwest.

Green Birdflower Is A Different Kind of ‘Hummingbird Plant’

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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Have fun but keep novelty plants like green birdflower in check when adding them to your landscape.

Build Healthy Soil Naturally With Probiotic Farming

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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Also sometimes called biointensive agriculture, probiotic farming feeds the land in natural ways for healthy soil and improved crops.

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