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Sassafras Tea & Jellies Deserve A Place In Your Kitchen

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | Recipes |
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Homemade tea and jellies used to be commonplace—until researchers suggested that a sassafras root ingredient was potentially carcinogenic.

All About Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Farm Management
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An effective IPM (integrated pest management) strategy brings out the detective, researcher and reporter in us all to control destructive garden bugs.

Get Ready For Hay Season With A Mid-Summer Checklist

Equipment
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Baling during hay season is a big job, and it’s important to have everything prepared and ready to roll when the first three-day sunny stretch strikes.

A Riparian Buffer Can Improve Your Farm In Numerous Ways

Farm Management
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A riparian buffer (planted land along a waterway) can add value, protect environmental conditions and even produce income for your farm.

Produce Profile: Fall In Love With Bunching Onions

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Where green onions and bulb onions meet, we have bunching onions for year-round garden growing.

Meet The City Slicker Turned Farmer At Lane Creek Reserve

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Large Animals | Uncategorized |
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Joel Francois talks to us about living with goats, moving cows and growing hemp at Lane Creek Reserve in the Pacific Northwest.

Green Birdflower Is A Different Kind of ‘Hummingbird Plant’

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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Have fun but keep novelty plants like green birdflower in check when adding them to your landscape.

5 Reasons Why You Need A Farm Radio

Equipment
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While many people prefer to stream their audio content, a farm radio is hard to beat when it comes to providing an endless stream of hands-off entertainment.

Build Healthy Soil Naturally With Probiotic Farming

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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Also sometimes called biointensive agriculture, probiotic farming feeds the land in natural ways for healthy soil and improved crops.

How to Keep Your Victory Garden Healthy All Season Long

Crops & Gardening
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Planting out a victory garden is one thing, but keeping it thriving all season long is another one. Here are some tips on how to maintain your vegetable garden.

At Scratch Brewing Company, Foraging Directs The Beers

Crops & Gardening | Uncategorized |
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Scratch Brewing Company co-owner Marika Josephson tells us how fallen leaves, chanterelle mushrooms and fermented acorns and are all part of the brewery's process.

Invite Wild Birds With A Hand-Built Bluebird Nest Box

Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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Build a simple bluebird nest box for your backyard. Creating and monitoring extra habitat can help bolster bluebird numbers.

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