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Create A Flower Fort For Peaceful, Floral Privacy

Crops & Gardening
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Grow yourself a peaceful, outdoor hideaway. A flower fort just takes some planning, patience and a generous handful of sunflower seeds.

10 Quick-Growing Vegetables For An Early Harvest

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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When starting a garden, it's important to grow some early producers to keep spirits and harvests up. Here are 10 quick-growing plants you can grow.

Audra Owen Proves You’re Never Too Young To Be A Hobby Farmer

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Homesteading | Large Animals | Poultry |
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A teenage visionary created a flourishing farm in Oklahoma. The young hobby farmer feeds her family and, by donating the profits, helps others, too.

Use A Water Garden To Grow Hydroponic Chicken Treats

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Poultry |
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You can build your own water garden, complete with goldfish, captured rainwater and hyacinths that can serve as hydroponic chicken treats.

The Best Garden Hose Is The Right Hose For The Job

Crops & Gardening
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Matters of irrigation come down to choosing the right hose for your garden and your land, as well as general preferences and ease of use.

Produce Profile: Grow & Enjoy Flavorful Carrots

Crops & Gardening
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These root veggies get high marks in the garden and in the kitchen, from kids and adults alike. Grow some carrots this year and enjoy them through the winter!

Extend Your Growing Season With A Low Tunnel

Crops & Gardening
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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

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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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?

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | News | Urban Farming |
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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)

Crops & Gardening
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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

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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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.

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