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Produce Profile: Consider Cheery Chamomile

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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A bright, easy herb to grow, chamomile in the garden might just keep you and your beneficial insects happy.

Field Garlic & Wild Onions Are Flavorful Foraged Treats

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Field garlic and wild onion are easy to spot (and smell), and their flavorful bulbs and leaves make for good dining, making them a forager's favorite find.

Sew Your Own Fabric Pots For Starting Plants Indoors

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Pots made from scrap denim, felt, landscape fabric and other materials are inexpensive, easy to make and good for plants. Here's how to make some fabric pots yourself!

In Defense Of Okra (Excerpt From The Whole Okra)

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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In this excerpt from the James Beard-winning book The Whole Okra, chef and author Chris Smith tells us how he first fell in love with the Southern crop.

6 Ways A Wheelbarrow Is Perfect For Gardening

Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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The humble wheelbarrow ranks among the most useful, yet underrated pieces of equipment on a productive hobby farm. And wheelbarrows are particularly useful for gardening.

Growing Herbs For Herbal Products Is Rewarding & Profitable

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Caitlin McMullen works with homegrown herbs and native wild ones to make tinctures, infused herbal oils and an herbal CSA.

From the Herb Garden: Coriander/Cilantro

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Whether you love or hate cilantro (a/k/a, coriander), this controversial herb is also a flavorful, and ancient, winter spice. And its uses go beyond the kitchen!

How (& Why) To Forage For Lion’s Mane Mushrooms

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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Versatile fungus with tons of flavor, lion's mane mushrooms are easy to spot and, without any dangerous lookalikes, a simple and safe entry into foraging for food.

Preserving Pumpkins & Sprucing Up Old Barns With Pivot Farm

Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Brandelyn Tafoya of the Pacific Northwest venture tells us how the Covid-19 pandemic prompted her to take steps to secure her family's wellbeing.

At Blue Truck Bread, Ancient Grains & Sourdough Fuel The Farm

Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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Jacob and Courtney Cowgill started as vegetable farmers, but circumstances led them to ancient grains and sourdough bread. Today, the couple are proud owners of Blue Truck Bread.

Square The Corners Of Your Farm With A Land Survey

Farm & Garden | Farm Management |
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A wise land steward maintains the boundaries of his or her farm. A complete land survey performed by a professional will get the job done.

How To Effectively Stack Your Square Hay Bales

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Farm Management |
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I won’t claim to be a Rembrandt or a Picasso when it comes to how I stack square bales, but there is an art to it—and I have a handful of helpful insights to share.

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