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Pomegranate Is A Festive And Medicinal Fruit

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Learn about the myths and medicinal benefits of this popular holiday fruit, which you can grow yourself indoors or out.

Sweet Potatoes and Yams: How Are They Different?

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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If you enjoy a sweet, orange vegetable side-dish at Thanksgiving, you're probably eating sweet potatoes and not yams, no matter what your family calls it.

How Do You Grow Microgreens? We Ask An Advocate

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farm | Urban Farming |
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The couple behind an operation called On The Grow produces 40 types of microgreens from a 20-foot trailer. They talk about varieties, taste and tips.

Grow St. John’s Wort for Health and Wellness

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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You should grow St. John's Wort for its many health and wellness attributes.

Grow Sweet Potatoes To Harvest & Cure

Crops & Gardening
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The sweet treats are easy enough to grow, but they can be tricky to extract.

Get to Know the Cucumbertree and the Magnolia

Crops & Gardening
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The cucumbertree is part of an ancient line of plants. It's a good shade tree and has numerous medicinal uses. Here's how to grow your own.

Grow And Use These 7 Herbs For Stress Relief

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Nature provides plenty of sources to help relieve everyday tension and anxiety. Here are some examples and how you can use herbs for stress relief.

Get to Know the Medicinal Uses of Sweet Gum Sap & Fruit

Crops & Gardening
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Its spike ball fruit can take 30 years to appear, but while you wait, you can use sweet gum sap to fight inflammation, bacteria and fungus.

How Grass Farming Promotes Your Own Health

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Large Animals | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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Grass is good for our animals Their diet is critically linked to our own in addition to those of our family members.

Healing Herbs: 7 Herbal Sleep Remedies

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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These herbal sleep remedies can help you ease stress, anxiety and muscle tension, promoting more regular and deeper sleep.

Grow Ginkgo for Food & Medicinal Uses

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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The ginkgo tree has a rich and symbolic history as well as multiple potential uses for food and medicine. It's hardy and grows tall and wide.

Local Farms & Beekeepers Help Big Alice Brewing

Beekeeping | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | News | Urban Farming |
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Head brewer Jon Kielty talks about using hops, grains and honey from local sources, some within a few blocks of the New York City brewery.

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