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Square Your Garden Plots & Blocks With Math!

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management |
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Keep things straight in your growing space by using basic math principles to square your garden blocks and plots. Here's how.

Wallis Farm Talks Family Farming Legacies & Shorthorn Cattle

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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Valerie Wallis from the Indiana-based Wallis Farm gets into her favorite cattle tips and shares techniques for spreading bedding.

Plant These Garden Crops In Early Spring

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading |
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With the first day of spring behind us, it's time to start thinking about what spring crops we can get in the garden for an early harvest.

Drain Driveway Meltwater Puddles With A Culvert

Equipment | Farm & Garden | Farm Management |
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Spring meltwater can wreak havoc on a normally sound gravel driveway. A small culvert installed under the driveway can make all the difference.

Crop Plot Rotation In Very Small Spaces (Infographic)

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading | Permaculture | Urban Farming |
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Rotating crops in different plots is important to growing success, and in this infographic we look at permaculture techniques for gardening in small spaces.

Stay Farm Fit With These Workout Exercises

Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading |
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Farming is tough work and one of the most dangerous occupations in the country, so stay farm fit with these simple exercises.

Pursuing A (Literal) Dream Of Living The Farming Life

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Flock Talk | Homesteading | Large Animals | Poultry |
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Instead of plowing through work, Dave and Anna Pié (and their three small children) took up the yoke to seed a new life farming in Eastern Ohio.

Ask These Questions Before Purchasing Farmland

Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading |
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Choosing farmland is an obvious first choice for aspiring farmers, but it's important to ask questions and choose carefully when making such a significant purchase.

Suzanne Nelson Karreman On Raising Dairy Cows With Reverence

Animals | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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Suzanne Nelson Karreman of Reverence Farms speaks with us about her Jersey cow dairy operation, grazing multiple species and making her way as a woman farmer.

Protect Your Chickens Against H5N1 Avian Influenza

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Health & Nutrition | News | Poultry |
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The H5N1 avian flu has been found in the U.S., so flock-keepers need to take these extra steps to protect their chickens against the infectious pathogen.

Make A Spot Of Tall-Grass Prairie On Your Property

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Permaculture |
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Whether you have acres of farmland, a small homestead or an urban yard, it's a great idea to return some of the land to prairie. Here's how.

February Is Frost Seeding Month For Many Farmers

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management |
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Are your pastures starting to show some wear? Now's the time for frost seeding, a simple and inexpensive method of rejuvenating pastures.

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