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4 Ways to Invite Bees to Your Orchard

Beekeeping | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Recruit a team of hard workers to pollinate your fruit and nut trees by implementing bee-friendly practices in your orchard.

4 Ways to Harvest Veggies Safely and Efficiently

Farm Management
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Get high-quality produce free from field to market by implementing a harvest plan that include these simple steps.

3 Steps to Grow Your Herbal Tea Business

Farm Management
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Hand-blended herbal teas are all the rage at farmers’ markets. Here's how to grow and mix teas that will fly off your sales table.

7 Steps to Healthier Soil

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Build garden confidence and better soil with these tips for reducing soil-borne disease and growing strong plants.

6 Ways to Control Aphids in Your Garden

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Got an aphid problem? These small garden pests won’t torment your garden much longer with these simple grower’s tips.

What the Frack? Beginning Farmers’ Energy and Pollution Dilemma

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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As fracking for natural gas becomes widespread across the U.S., it puts beginning farmers’ sustainability and bottom line at risk.

5 Reasons Not to Spray Pesticides—Even Organic Ones

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Pests can devastate a garden, but before you spray, think twice about how your pesticides could harm helpful garden bugs.

11 Ideas to Boost Your Farm Image for (Almost) Free

Farm Management
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A few years ago, my Mom gathered ideas for free and inexpensive ways to publicize your small farm. She asked if I’d like to share them with you, and so I am!

Toxic Fescue: A Danger for Livestock Moms-To-Be

Animals | Farm Management |
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Mom and Dad have had trouble buying good hay this year. They finally got some big bales from a man they bought hay from last year. The problem is that some of the hay is fescue, and my pregnant girlfriend, Katy, shouldn’t eat it.

Design a Chicken Tractor for Broilers

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry |
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Raise meat chickens with sustainability and ease in mind by building a chicken tractor or ark to suit your needs.

5 Steps to Starting a Rural Farmers’ Market

Farm Management
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No farmers' market in your area? Create a place for you and your fellow farmers to sell their wares by following these tips.

6 Ways to Make the Most of Your Cooperative Extension

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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Put the often-free services offered by this American institution to work for your small-scale farm.

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