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8 Tools Every Farmer Needs in the Tractor Toolbox

Equipment
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Most tractors include a toolbox. Here are some common tools compact and versatile enough to keep you ready for various jobs you might encounter.

Want to Raise Pigs? Here’s What You’ll Need

Animals | Equipment | Farm Management | Large Animals |
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Are you considering adding pigs but you're not sure where to start? Here are basic pointers to get your farm and yourself hog-ready.

How to Clean and Refurbish Cast Iron Cookware

Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Try this method to transform a rusty cast iron skillet or pot back into a shimmering black piece of cookware you can use.

Learn What’s in Your “Tea” and How to Grow Your Own

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Many drinks we call tea are correctly known as tisanes. Here's how to grow your own tea plant and harvest its leaves to make delicious beverages.

Protect Soil & Growing Beds in Winter With These 4 Tips

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening |
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Covering your soil at the end of the growing season is an important step in keeping it healthy throughout the winter so it's ready for spring.

Learn to Use the Proper Nails for Your Farm Needs

Equipment
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Nails come in so many varieties, it can be hard to know which kind you need for specific projects. Here are some common types.

No-Till Growing: Build Garden Soil Health by Doing Less

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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No-till farming is quite popular with people who maintain permaculture systems, but it's a good idea to apply to backyard gardens, too.

Healing Herbs: Use These 7 for Pain Relief

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Herbs can often help calm muscles, tendons and ligaments, as well as soothe the body’s pains. Here's a selection of our favorites.

College Campuses Participate in Protecting Pollinators

Beekeeping | Crops & Gardening | News |
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Bee Campus USA, an extension of the existing Bee City USA, has faculty, staff and students educate the public and create habitats beneficial to pollinators.

Learn the Many Uses of Wintergreen

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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This herb is a flavoring agent for gum, candy and toothpaste, but it also has medicinal uses via tea and infused oils. You can grow wintergreen yourself.

Author Shows How & Why “Happy Pigs Taste Better”

Animals | Farm Management | Homesteading | Large Animals | News |
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Alice Percy provides detailed instructions for humanely raising pigs on pasture in a book that's valuable to homesteader and commercial farmer alike.

Grow, Dry & Prepare Catnip for Yourself & Your Cat

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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Whether you want to pour yourself a cup of catnip tea or make your kitty a catnip-stuffed toy, this is one versatile purr-ennial.

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