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Make Lumber & Money With a Portable Sawmill

Equipment | Farm Management |
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A portable sawmill can be worth the investment. It can provide a source of wood for your own projects and give you a side business.

Want to Raise Pigs? Here’s What You’ll Need

Animals | Equipment | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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Are you considering adding pigs but you're not sure where to start? Here are basic pointers to get your farm and yourself hog-ready.

No-Till Growing: Build Garden Soil Health by Doing Less

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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No-till farming is quite popular with people who maintain permaculture systems, but it's a good idea to apply to backyard gardens, too.

Author Shows How & Why “Happy Pigs Taste Better”

Animals | Farm Management | Homesteading | Large Animals | News |
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Alice Percy provides detailed instructions for humanely raising pigs on pasture in a book that's valuable to homesteader and commercial farmer alike.

Control Honeysuckle While Using It to Your Benefit

Farm Management | Homesteading |
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Honeysuckle can be invasive and overtake native plants, but you can help control populations of the shrub with these DIY projects.

Learn the Basics of Becoming an Herbalist

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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As an herbalist, you can create products that have great flavor, nutrition and healing properties. Turn your home and garden into an herbal medicine chest.

The Wisdom of Women Farmers, Part 2: Thoughts on Money

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Five women farmers over 50 share insight about their experiences in life and agriculture. In this second segment, the topic is money.

Want to Help Save the Monarch? Be a Citizen Scientist

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | News | Urban Farming |
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Volunteering to report your observations helps conservationists to better gauge and manage threats to the monarch butterfly.

4 Steps to Replace the Rooster in Your Flock

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry |
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Predators or other extreme events can unexpectedly claim the life of your rooster. These tips will help you swiftly find a new flock leader.

Making Soil From Rock: Observing Nature at Work

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Visiting Maine, I learn that beaver dams, composting and persevering plants work far quicker to make soil in rocky areas than weathering and erosion.

Learn to Responsibly Raise Monarch Butterflies

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Raising monarch butterflies takes special equipment and attention. Sanitized, outdoor habitats and testing for parasites can increase survival rates.

7 Things to Consider When Buying a UTV

Equipment | Farm Management |
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The utility vehicle, or UTV, has benefits for work as well as recreation, but options vary widely by model. Here's what you need to know.

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