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Dough Is An Edible Canvas At Sourdough School House

Food | Homesteading |
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Shannon Peckford from the British Columbia-based workshop Sourdough School House talks about baking it forward and how mastering sourdough is a journey.

Video: How To Craft Your Own Herbal Salves

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Video |
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Using herbs foraged, grown or stored in the cupboard, you can make your own herbal salves using oil and beeswax to craft unique and useful products.

From The Herb Garden: You Must Consider Comfrey!

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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A powerhouse fertilizer with great value as a topical treatment, easy-to-grow comfrey is a must-have herb for every gardener!

Video: Creating a Woodland Blewit Mushroom Garden

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Permaculture | Video |
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Clitocybe nuda thrives on layers of organic matter in moist, shady locations. Here's how you can start your own blewit mushroom garden using purchased spawn.

Naughty Cattle & French Bulldogs Are Part Of Frenchie Farm’s History

Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Colleen Hinds from the modern homestead at Frenchie Farm tells us how a farming lifestyle has improved her family's health and wellbeing.

Forage Wild Thistle For An Unexpected Treat

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Considered the sign of an ill-kept farm by many, the prickly, persistent and surprisingly tasty bull thistle is best dealt with slathered in cream cheese or sautéed.

You Can Make Cultured Butter & Sour Cream At Home

Farm & Garden | Food | Homesteading |
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You can make your own butter and sour cream at home! These simple cultured cream products can be as fun to make as they are delicious.

What’s Tried & True (& What’s New) In The Old Farmer’s Almanac

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Uncategorized |
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Janice Stillman, editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac, discusses the publication's history, its magic formula and the secret to its longevity.

Excerpt: In Search of Mycotopia (Doug Bierend)

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Food | Homesteading |
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In this excerpt from In Search of Mycotopia, Doug Bierend looks at the fungal world and citizen scientists and microbe devotees studying it.

Excerpt: Fermentation As Metaphor By Sandor Ellix Katz

Farm & Garden | Food | Homesteading |
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In this excerpt from Fermentation as Metaphor by Sandor Ellix Katz, the fermentation guru explores how our world needs transformation more than ever.

Goat’s Milk Is The Secret Ingredient At The Small Farm

Animals | Breeds | Homesteading |
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The Small Farm founder June Small tells us how developing a passion for the Nubian goat breed has elevated the animals into the focus of her farm.

Upgrades That Your High Tunnels Need

Beginning Farmers | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Making some simple improvements to your high tunnels can greatly improve your indoor productivity and efficiency. Here are a few upgrades to consider.

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