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5 Planting Mistakes that Lead to Tree Death

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Encourage your trees to live long, healthy lives by avoiding these common planting oversights.

3 Ways To Bid The Farmers’ Market Farewell

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As the growing season comes to a close, support your local farmer and prepare for the winter ahead with these tips.

7 Ways to Tell the World About Your CSA

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You’ve grown the vegetables; now get the customers with these tips for marketing your community-supported agriculture shares.

5 Ways to Market Your Raw Milk—Quietly

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With advertising restrictions placed on raw-milk producers and herd-share operators, there are still ways to spread the word about your products.

How to Rehab Your Soil After a Flood

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Clean up your land and get growing again as soon as possible with these five tips for dealing with flood damage.

6 Simple Steps to Crop Rotation

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Rotating plant families through your garden reduces pest pressure, improves soil nutrition and increases your harvest.

8 Tips to Make Any Farmer a World-Class Salesperson

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The difference between a good market day and a great one isn’t the vegetables, eggs or other products on offer—it’s you.

Our 7 Favorite Farmers Markets’—and What We Learned

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As the number of farmers’ markets across the country grows, so does the variety in what and how they sell. These tips from successful markets will help yours from getting lost in the crowd.

4 Ways to Nourish Your Soil During Drought

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Even if you’re not currently experiencing a dry spell, now’s the time to implement good soil maintenance so your garden won’t suffer when rain is scarce.

How to Price Your Produce for Market

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Don’t undercut your fellow farmer or sell yourself short. Use this guide for charging a price for your veggies that both you and your customer can be happy with.

4 Herbs Not at the Farmers’ Market (That You Should Sell)

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Carve out a niche at your local market by growing fresh herbs that are hard to find.

7 Onions That Bring in Cash at the Farmers Market

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Take onions from a supporting role at market to the star of the show with these seven moneymaking varieties.

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