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Save Your Tomato Seeds For Next Year’s Garden

Crops & Gardening
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Save yourself from sold-out suppliers by sticking back tomato seeds from plants harvested from this year's garden. It's easy, once you learn the process.

Lobster Mushrooms & Purslane Are A Forager’s Friends

Crops & Gardening
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Lobster mushrooms and purslane are two flavorful foraging favorites that, if you learn how to spot them, can provide nutritious, delicious dinnertime fare.

How To Plant An Orchard Of Fruit Or Nut Trees

Crops & Gardening
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The best time to plant trees may have been decades ago, but you can plant an orchard today to enjoy in the coming years. Here's how.

Here Are 7 Top Causes (& Fixes) When Hens Stop Laying

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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While some hiccups in egg production are perfectly normal, others can signal trouble. Here's what to look for when your hens stop laying.

4 Reasons To Start Preparing Your Farm For Winter Early

Equipment
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Once you're done preparing your farm for winter, you can sit back and “let it snow, let it snow, let it snow” without worry.

6 Ways To Increase Community Food Security For Winter

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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When winter arrives and gardens stop producing, community food security can take a hit. Here are six ways to store produce for the cold months.

Produce Profile: Go For Garlic In Your Garden

Crops & Gardening
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Grow some garlic in your garden for a dash of wintertime green, delicious kitchen creations ... and all-important vampire protection.

Store Crops For Winter With Dehydration Techniques

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Is your harvest out of hand? You can use dehydration to keep these worthy crops in the pantry and on the dinner table well into winter.

Healing From Invisible War Wounds At Little Mountain Ark Farm

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Large Animals |
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At Little Mountain Ark Farm in Virginia, peafowl and donkeys help war-wounded veterans recover from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Don’t Wait To Figure Out Your High Tunnel Irrigation System

Crops & Gardening | Equipment |
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Growing in space protected by a high tunnel can significantly grow your bottom line, but only if irrigation issues don’t put you underwater.

A Wildlife Camera Has Many Uses On The Farm

Equipment | Farm Management |
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Looking to have some farming fun while simultaneously adding a useful new tool to your collection? Look no further than a wildlife camera.

Grow Some Collard Greens, Then Try These Delicious Recipes

Crops & Gardening | Recipes |
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A Southern soul-food staple with a long history, collard greens are a delicious, nutritional powerhouse for the dinner table. Includes recipes!

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