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Fun Fall Succulent Projects: 4 Inspiring Ideas

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Low-maintenance and versatile, succulents are great for crafting. These fall succulent projects are fun to make and wonderful to share with family and friends.

7 Books Aimed at Helping Hobby Farmers

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Homesteading | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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These selections cover areas including chickens, vegetable crops, container gardening, women hobby farmers, homesteading and aquaponics.

4 Uses for Rocks and Stones on Your Farm

Crops & Gardening | Equipment |
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Rocks are generally a nuisance on farms, but if you have lots of them around, why not embrace that fact and put them to good use? Here are some ideas.

5 Nuts to Forage During the Fall

Crops & Gardening
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Supplement your fall snack supply with these wild and tasty nuts. Here's where to find them and how to identify them.

8 Crops that Can Survive a Little Frost

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Crops such as kale, collards, turnips and even certain types of lettuce can survive—and even improve—with frost, so they're ideal for fall and winter planting.

5 Groups of Predatory Beetles Found on the Farm

Crops & Gardening
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Predatory beetles are helpers in the garden, consuming many different pest insects. Learn how 5 groups work as well as some of their identifying factors.

8 Great Soil Amendments for Your Garden

Crops & Gardening
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Many of these items can go in your compost, but spot application where they are most needed in your soil can provide more benefits to your plants.

Cutting-Edge Crops: How to Grow Oyster Mushrooms for Profit

Crops & Gardening
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With the right production system, a farmer can grow many hundreds of pounds of oyster mushrooms per year in a relatively small indoor space. Here's how it works.

4 Natural Home Remedies for Grief

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | News | Recipes |
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Autumn illustrates life's transitions, which can bring melancholy. As you stop and observe the joys as well as sorrows of existence, here are things that can help you embrace it all.

5 Medicinal Roots to Forage This Fall

Crops & Gardening
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As the weather turns cooler with fall, it’s time to look below ground for the season’s foraged treasures.

Overwintering Geraniums, Coleus, Begonias & Other Plants

Crops & Gardening
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Many plants we grow as annuals are frost-sensitive perennials. Keeping them from year to year is easy if you follow one of these methods of overwintering geraniums and other plants.

Snakes on the Plains: Certain Serpents Are Favorable to Farms

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Although some resemble venomous snakes, these species are harmless to humans and help control rodents and insects.

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