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5 Tips for How to Choose Tires For Your Tractor

Equipment
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Selecting the perfect tractor tires requires a careful analysis of your needs.

Turning Challenges Into Change: How One Rancher Uses Goats and Virtual Fencing to Restore California Land

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In Santa Barbara County, California, land management isn’t easy. The terrain is steep, and while fire risk is already high, fast-spreading invasive plants are making the problem worse by fueling fast-growing underbrush. Many parts of the landscape are too rugged for traditional fencing or livestock rotation, leaving valuable acreage underused and vulnerable. One local rancher […]

Types of Hay: Choose Your Hay Carefully

Farm & Garden
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Hay is the mainstay diet for our livestock. Learn the intricacies of hay types, nutritional content and quality before purchasing your next load.

What Are Silos Used For?

Farm & Garden
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The need to preserve grain for later use is not a new idea, and the challenges that a silo addresses—rot, moisture, rodents—aren’t new either.

Transplanting Blackberries With Care

Farm & Garden
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When transplanting blackberry plants, it's important to take care and follow a few simple guidelines to ensure your plants survive and thrive.

How to Build a Basement Root Cellar

Farm & Garden
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No place for a traditional root cellar? Build a cold-storage area in your basement to enjoy fresh root vegetables all winter long.

Roadside Farm Stand: 9 Tips for Starting Your Own

Farm Management
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The rural roadside farm stand is a piece of Americana that makes for a fun and easy way to move your produce, products and wares.

Lettuce Bolting? 5 Things You Can Do With It

Crops & Gardening
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Don't give up on your lettuce when it bolts. These ideas for what to do with bolted lettuce will breathe new life into spent vegetable plants.

Basil Varieties: 10 To Consider Growing

Crops & Gardening
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One of the easiest herbs you can grow, basil comes in many varieties that can be put to numerous culinary uses.

Bucket Garden: Use a 5-Gallon Bucket To Grow Veggies

Crops & Gardening
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Grow a garden anywhere you have space by using 5-gallon buckets.

Raised Garden Bed Measurements: Tips For Measuring & Spacing

Crops & Gardening
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You Might Think Laying Out Raised Garden Beds Is A Straightforward Task. It Is, As Long As You Put Some Time Into Getting All The Measurements Correct.

Rakes: Garden, Lawn or Specialty?

Equipment
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Whether You’re Breaking Up Soil, Removing Rocks Or Piling Up Leaves, Selecting The Proper Rake Will Help You Finish The Task More Efficiently.

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