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Protect Your Garden From Frost & Freeze

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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When temperatures in late spring and early fall dramatically take a downward tumble, protect your garden from freeze and frost with these tips.

Early Spring Weather Requires Farmers to Stay Flexible

Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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As a general rule, I’m always game for an early spring. But even I will admit it’s possible for spring to come too early.

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.

Maximize Garden Growth By Making Microclimates

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Urban Farming |
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Recognizing microclimates in your yard (or creating them with things like shade cloth) can help your garden thrive in optimal growing conditions.

What Kind Of Potting Mix Does Your Farm Need?

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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The type of potting mix you use is critical to the health of your seedlings, so it’s worth making sure that your mix is a good fit for your plants.

Rototillers Can Turn Your Soil Around (Literally)

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Uncategorized |
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While it's not always necessary to turn the soil on a farm, a rototiller can be a real timer-saver for acreage that produces year after year.

6 Features To Consider When Choosing Safety Glasses

Equipment
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Safety glasses offer invaluable protection for your eyes when doing work around the farm. Follow these tips to get the right pair for your needs.

Grow Your Own Livestock Feed With These Garden Crops!

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Large Animals | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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Raising livestock is satisfying, but the feed bill can be jarring, so use your garden space to grow these powerful crops and save some green.

Your Growing Scale Should Determine Equipment Needs

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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What equipment do you need to grow food? You need to consider scale—the scale of your equipment needs will match the scale of your operation.

Discovering Healing & Regeneration At Re:Farm

Animals | Farm & Garden | Food | Recipes | Uncategorized |
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Zach Scherler-Abney from the Oklahoma-based venture tells us how farming their own food is helping his wife, Kacie, recover from an autoimmune disease.

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.

Video: Planting Cold-Hardy Crops In Spring

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Video |
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Get a head start on this year’s garden by planting these cold-hardy vegetables. In this video, we discuss what you can plant and how.

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