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6 Tips on Barn Ventilation to Protect Livestock in Winter

Animals | Equipment | Large Animals |
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Winter is not the time to latch the barn closed. Instead, follow these tips to increase indoor ventilation for the health of the animals inside.

Properly Manage Your Livestock Medications

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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Proper storage, labeling, administering and knowledge of livestock medications are crucial parts of keeping your animals healthy.

“Should I Get Chickens?” Fall Is A Great Time To Ask

Animals | Farm Management | Poultry |
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If you believe you might want to get chickens next spring, consider these six aspects for deciding whether to move in that direction.

4 Sharpening Tools For Blades Around The Farm

Equipment
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Tools such as axes, chisels, mowers and pruning loppers work hard, and that means they become dull. These items help restore the sharp edge.

Grow And Use These 7 Herbs For Stress Relief

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Nature provides plenty of sources to help relieve everyday tension and anxiety. Here are some examples and how you can use herbs for stress relief.

Breed Profiles: Get to Know the Mangalitsa Pig

Animals | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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The wooly hog almost went extinct, but now Mangalitsa pigs are back. Could this heritage breed be right for your hobby farm?

Get to Know the Medicinal Uses of Sweet Gum Sap & Fruit

Crops & Gardening
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Its spike ball fruit can take 30 years to appear, but while you wait, you can use sweet gum sap to fight inflammation, bacteria and fungus.

Home Brewing Your Own Beer: There’s a Day Devoted to That

Homesteading | News |
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Learn to Home Brew Day is Nov. 2. We talk to the director of the American Homebrewers Association about the remarkable potential found in beer-making.

How Grass Farming Promotes Your Own Health

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Large Animals | Poultry | Waterfowl |
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Grass is good for our animals Their diet is critically linked to our own in addition to those of our family members.

Why You Need a Sander & How to Choose the Right One

Equipment
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If you have a DIY ethos and like woodworking and construction, a sander is a great machine to have in your tool shed. Here's what to consider.

Healing Herbs: 7 Herbal Sleep Remedies

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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These herbal sleep remedies can help you ease stress, anxiety and muscle tension, promoting more regular and deeper sleep.

Food Preservation: Lacto-Fermentation For Any Fruit

Homesteading
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The preservation method of lacto-fermentation gives you a way to enjoy fruit for several weeks without overloading on sugar. Here's how it works.

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