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Making Soap With Kids At Home

Homesteading
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Scrub-a-dub-dub! Your children can get squeaky clean with their own homemade soap.

Keep Your Dog Out Of Your Garden

Animals | Large Animals | Urban Farming |
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There’s one being that enjoys your garden tomatoes more than you do: your dog.

Tiny Home Inspiration: Bring Your Plants Indoors

News | Urban Farming |
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Living in just 362 square feet hasn't stopped this tiny home inhabiter from incorporating plants in all areas of decorating.

Safely Take Down A Barbed-Wire Fence

Equipment
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A barbed-wire fence can pose a threat to your livestock—remove them from your property with these no-nonsense safety tips.

5 Bantam Chickens Perfect For Your Small Backyard

Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Don’t let tight, cozy living spaces keep you from your chicken-keeper ambitions—bantams will fit right in your tiny urban yard.

Mulch For Sandy Soil: 6 Types To Try

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Sandy soil can lead to erosion problems and nutrient leaching, but fixing the problem is simple: Just add mulch.

UF Hack: Grafting Your Nightshades

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Take grafting beyond trees to grow healthier plants and more of the delicious tomatoes, eggplants and peppers you love.

7 Radishes You Could Be Growing Right Now

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Kick off the spring garden with a beautiful radish crop in an array of colors, shapes and sizes.

4 Nutritious Spring Roots To Harvest

Crops & Gardening
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As you start to dig into spring greens, supplement your dinner plate with these fortifying edible roots.

Food Hub Planned For One Of The Nation’s Driest Food Deserts

Urban Farming
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An innovative food and community complex that will unite local farmers and food producers is set to open in Louisville, Ky., in 2017.

Which Chick Is Which?

Animals | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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When your spring chicks arrive from the hatchery, take these steps to identify them correctly.

How To Grow Cherry Trees

Crops & Gardening
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With a fruiting cherry tree, you can enjoy more than just the cherry blossoms this year.

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