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6 Facts About Urban Coyotes

Farm Management | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Once a predator of the western desert, the coyote is making its way into suburbia across the U.S. Here’s what you need to know.

Fashion-Forward Gardening: An Urban Dyer’s Garden

Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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Liz Spencer, The Dogwood Dyer, provides a model for creating a beautiful urban garden specifically geared toward creating natural dyes.

8 Strategies For Raising Chickens In The Desert

Farm Management | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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The dry heat of the southwestern U.S. poses unique challenges for backyard chicken keepers—but not anything you can’t overcome.

7 Tips For Less-Frequent, More-Efficient Watering

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Quench your garden’s thirst without driving up your water bill with these ideas for small-scale irrigation.

UF Hack: Water Deep Roots With Recycled Bottles

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Quench your plants’ thirst in the heat of summer with this homemade irrigation system.

7 Steps To Create A Permaculture Garden

Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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Don’t let your ambitions of growing the perfect permaculture garden overwhelm you. Use these steps to start growing plants you’ll love and use.

6 Permaculture Power Plants

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Build a lasting and vital garden by including these plants into your permaculture guild.

6 Permaculture Techniques Beyond Gardening

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Permaculture isn’t just regulated to the realm of growing food. Here’s how you can make it a life-long practice.

6 Tips For Backyard Permaculture

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Work with the nature and landscape around you to design a garden spaces where you can work, play and, most importantly, eat.

What Is Hügelkultur?

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Uncategorized | Urban Farming |
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Build healthy soil your garden can rock out in with this German compost technique.

How to Pick the Right CSA for You

Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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Joining community-supported agriculture is a great way to buy local food. Here’s what you need to know before signing up.

Disaster Prep: 6 Steps to Protect Yourself & Your Animals

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | News | Urban Farming |
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Taking these steps can help ensure the safety of yourself, your family, your livestock and your farm in case of natural disaster.

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