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5 Crucial Considerations For Growing Great Summer Lettuce

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Lettuce is always a positive addition to the market table, but the summertime requires different rules for growing and harvesting.

Screws Or Nails: A Guide For Deciding Which To Use

Equipment
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In many cases you can use screws or nails interchangeably, yet one or the other has advantages in certain situations. Here are some where the choice is clear.

Chiggers: What They Are, What They Do & How To Avoid Them

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Chiggers are the larval stage of the harvest mite that use human skin for food. They're young arachnids rather than insects.

Upcycled Garden Container: Grow Greens In A Baby Bathtub

Crops & Gardening
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Grow a delicious crop of kale and lettuce with this upcycled garden container project that uses a secondhand baby bathtub.

“Mastering Stocks and Broths” Can Help Farmers In The Kitchen—And The Market

Farm Management | Recipes |
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Rachael Mamane offers recipes for stocks and broths that maximize the potential for health and flavor as well as efficient farming business.

Fertilizing Corn In The Home Garden: An Organic Approach

Crops & Gardening
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Fertilizing corn in the home garden is an essential summer chore, if you want a hearty crop of plump ears. Learn which organic fertilizers are the best.

5 Reasons Why You Need A Staple Gun On Your Farm

Equipment
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A staple gun is a useful tool to have around your farm. Here are five reasons why everyone needs a staple gun.

5 Easy Ways You Can Help Maintain Native Bee Habitat

Beekeeping | Crops & Gardening |
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It's Pollinator Week, and with just a little attention, materials that are already on your property could provide shelter for valuable native bees.

6 Reasons Every Market Farmer Should Consider Honeybees

Beekeeping | Farm Management |
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Bringing honeybees into your operation can provide more than just honey. Among other things, they're relatively inexpensive and endlessly fascinating.

Chicken Chat: Raising A Rainbow

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Poultry |
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A fascination with colored eggs led a family to establish a Northern California hatchery that's home to many rare chicken breeds.

Invasive Plants: What To Do About Wild Apple Trees In Your Fields

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Keeping fields clear of invasive plants is a challenge many farmers face, and those shrubby bushes invading your fields actually might be apple trees.

How Shrews Fit In The Ecosystem Of Your Garden

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Shrews share characteristics with bats, snakes and insects. This fascinating animal can tell you something important about your soil diversity.

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