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3 Steps to Achieving Your Farm Goals in the Coming Year

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management | Homesteading |
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New year's resolutions often fail, but if you follow this outline you're more likely to accomplish what you want in 2019.

Wishing You Cozy Comfort for the Holidays—the Danish Way

Beginning Farmers | Homesteading |
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As we create "hygge" at our farmhouse during the darkest part of the season, we'd like to extend you warmth and coziness, as well.

3 Sources That Keep Farm Storytelling Traditions Alive

Homesteading | News |
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Listening is a skill that farmers and gardeners must cultivate. During winter, turning our attention to sage storytellers is as natural as the changing of seasons.

3 Tips for Giving Seeds as Gifts

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Seeds are little packages of potential that can make lasting and meaningful gifts. Do some research to make sure you send the right seeds to the right person in the right place.

The Homestead Redefines the Holidays for Our Family

Homesteading
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As we continue making the transition to rural living on our homestead, the holidays get a little bit of a refresh, as well.

How to Choose & Cut Down Your Own Christmas Tree

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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If you're fortunate enough to have coniferous trees growing on your property, consider harvesting one of them to serve as a Christmas tree.

A Spoonful of Elderberry Syrup Kicks the Winter Off Right

Beginning Farmers | Homesteading |
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As snow hits the homestead, we stock our "medicine" cabinet with homemade elderberry syrup to help us navigate cold-and-flu season.

Showing Gratitude For A Farm Life That’s Not TV-Show Perfect

Homesteading | News |
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Real life is complex, and I'll never have anyone else's version of a perfect little farm. But it's mine, and it fits me. Here's how I cultivate homegrown gratitude.

9 Reasons to Add a Food Mill to Your Farm Kitchen

Homesteading
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The food mill, often overlooked, can do a lot of things other kitchen gadgets can do, only better and faster.

Take Your Chicken for a Walk: 7 Chicken-Themed Items

Animals | Homesteading | News | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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A chicken harness is among the items we found on the web. Others include kitchenware, a treat holder and an urban-chicken starter kit.

Make a Raised Garden Bed in 2 to 3 Hours

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Follow our instructions to build a simple raised garden bed that you can have ready for spring as well as fall gardening.

5 Tips for Picking and Processing Persimmons

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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How can you continue with life knowing that persimmons, the fruit of the gods, is growing in your backyard? You just can’t.

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