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4 Alternatives To Capers You Can Grow At Home

Homesteading
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While you can keep the Mediterranean-grown capers in a pot indoors, these more common garden plants can be wonderful substitutes.

Alpine Strawberries: The Smaller, Sweeter Backyard Fruit

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Because they don’t spread like cultivated strawberry types, alpine strawberries make a great fruit option for containers or raised beds.

How To Forage For Wild Garlic

Crops & Gardening
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Wild garlic and its other allium cousins are free and abundant on land open to foraging—if you know what to look for.

This Water Pump Is Propelled By The Water It Pumps

Equipment
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With a ram pump, you don’t have to worry about being waterless if your electricity goes out.

Use Arnica For Bruising

Crops & Gardening
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Arnica is a short, yellow flower can be infused in oil that’s made into lotions and salves.

Mobile Coops Vs. Stationary Coops: Which Is Best?

Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Coops are one of the most expensive chicken-keeping purchases, so weigh your options to find the best one for you.

Needs For A Farm In The Wilderness

Farm Management
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Wild farming takes the pressure off you, the farmer, and lets nature take control of your farm’s production.

Naturally Dyed Seed Bombs

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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Gift the gardener in your life fun-colored seed bombs that are bio-friendly.

The Book Where Joel Salatin Gets Personal

Beginning Farmers
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Joel Salatin’s new book seeks to unite two groups of people that often don’t see eye to eye.

2 Vining Squash Substitutes For Summer

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Summer squash can take up a big amount of space in your backyard garden, so search out these alternatives for easy trellising.

How To Condition Your Straw Bale Garden

Urban Farming | Video |
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Straw bale gardening offers an alternative to containers for gardeners who are short on land.

Reclaiming Edmonton’s Vacant Urban Lots In The Name Of Food

Urban Farming
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Reclaim Urban Farm uses Small Plot Intensive Agriculture to grow greens and more for restaurants and farmers markets in Edmonton, Alberta.

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