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Extend Your Growing Season With A Low Tunnel

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Grow your garden by weeks or even months by using a low tunnel for your crops. They're inexpensive, easy-to-build season extenders.

Video: How To Get Started With Straw Bale Gardening

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Are your soil conditions lacking? Or are you short on land for planting a garden? Straw bale gardening just might be the solution to your gardening challenges.

Are You Ready To Try Gardening Your Front Yard?

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In her newest book, Gardening Your Front Yard, garden author Tara Nolan rethinks the things we grow—and where we grow them.

Hemp Can Raise Farm Profits (Without Getting You High)

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Newly legalized in many places, hemp is big news these days, and the crop presents numerous agribusiness opportunities large and small for farmers and growers.

Create An Amphibian Habitat To Invite Frogs & Toads

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Adding amphibian habitat is simple, good for your garden—and good for these troubled creatures, too. Here's how you can build a shelter for frogs and toads.

Seed Sales Soar In Response To The Coronavirus

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People are responding to coronavirus stay-at-home orders by buying seeds in record numbers. We spoke to suppliers about what this means.

Use Your Melon To Grow & Enjoy Watermelons This Year

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Nearly 90 percent water, watermelons are also filled with bountiful flavor and nutrition. Start your summer this spring by planting some in your garden.

5 Extra Ways To Cook With Dried Beans

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The heirloom bean masters at Rancho Gordo in California have a handful of creative suggestions for getting extra mileage out of your dried beans.

Growing & Eating Beans: Good & Good For You

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Beans are back! Dried, they store well and make a delicious meal, and beans positively impact our health and the health of the environment, too.

Now Is The Time To Build An Edible Ecosystem

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As we grapple with fears over food insecurity during uncertain times, there's never been a better time to convert green space into an edible ecosystem.

Build Birdhouses With Your Kids This Spring

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Looking for a fun farming project to tackle with your kids? With spring underway, consider building and installing birdhouses across your property.

Consider Growing An Orchard Of Nut Trees

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Nut trees can be an important and sustainable food source for small farmers. Here's a breakdown of different varieties you might want to consider growing.

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