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Two-Wheel Tractor Essentials (Book Excerpt)

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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Small but mighty, two-wheel tractors work great for gardeners, homesteaders, landscapers and farmers. In this excerpt, author Zach Loeks digs in.

Plant These May Flowers Around Your Farm!

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April showers bring May flowers, or so the old saying goes. You can never have too many flowers around the farm, and I have ambitions to plant more—many more.

Start Collecting & Using The Water On Your Farm

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Permaculture |
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Water is a plentiful and powerful force, and it's important to understand how it moves and collects to put water to adequate use on the farm.

Basic Pressure Canning Supply List 

Beginning Farmers | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Food | Homesteading |
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Ready to learn pressure canning but not sure where to start? Here's a list of some basic, essential supplies to start preserving with a pressure canner!

3 Less Obvious Tools You Need On Your Farm

Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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Let me introduce you to three farm tools that are less obvious than shovels and rakes, but nevertheless abundantly useful in their own underrated ways:

Watch Out Humans: Fish Farming Is Getting Smarter

Animals | Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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Intelligent fish farming is on the rise, and with the help of smart devices some hobby farms are making the switch to fish.

An Earth Day Guide To Renewable Energy & The Farm

Equipment | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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April 22 is Earth Day, the perfect day to ponder adding renewable energy sources to your farm. Check out our roundup of renewal energy insights.

Use A Cold Frame To Jump-Start Your Growing Season

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Permaculture |
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You can get a jump on the growing season (without breaking the bank) by building a cold frame out of available materials. Here's how to get started.

Do I Really Need To Scrape That Old Paint?

Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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A good coat of paint can make extend the life of wooden buildings. But before you start painting, you need to remove old paint that's peeling or flaking.

Video: Building A New Farm Garden Shed (Pt. 3)

Equipment | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Projects | Video |
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With the site chosen and base blocks installed, it's time to frame out the foundation and install floor joists for my new farm garden shed.

3 Items You May Need For Growing Carrots

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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Happy International Carrot Day! If you want to try your hand at growing carrots, here are three less obvious items and tools you may need.

The Lomi Countertop Composting Controversy

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Some say it’s “legit”, some say “you should quit.” We take at look at what's really going on with the Lomi smart waste kitchen composter.

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