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Shamrocks—Not Just For St. Patrick’s Day

Crops & Gardening
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Ornamental Oxalis, aka shamrocks or wood sorrel, offer delightful personality to your backyard or indoor garden.

Foraging for Edible & Medicinal Mushrooms

Crops & Gardening
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As you're waiting around for the growing season to take off, search forest floors for these cool-season mushrooms.

Tap Black Walnut Trees For Sap

Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Maple trees aren’t the only sugar bushes that can be tapped for sap—here’s how you can make your own walnut syrup.

Sweet Annie For Crafting And Good Health

Crops & Gardening
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This dried flower—a favorite among crafters—is also used as an herbal treatment for malaria.

4 Ways To Battle Chicken Poop And Reclaim Your Yard

Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Spring chicken-manure cleanup is a stinky job, but here’s how to get it done quickly and efficiently.

How To Garden In Acidic Soil

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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If your garden soil has low pH, use this chance to grow some less common edible plants.

10 New Uses for Old Barnwood

Equipment | Homesteading |
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Just because your old barn is no longer structurally sound doesn’t mean the weathered wood can’t be put to good use elsewhere.

You Know You’re an Urban Farmer When…

Urban Farming
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Urban farmers are a breed all their own. If you feel like an outcast in your neighborhood—don’t worry, there’s someone else out there just like you.

Q&A With Fleet Farming

Farm Management | Urban Farming | Video |
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Orlando’s bike-powered urban farming community combines bicycles and teamwork to fuel new edible gardens around the city.

How To Spot Aphid Damage

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Damage from aphid feedings is not uniform and can cause a wide range of symptoms.

Fermented Feed: A Farm-Kid Chore

Animals | Homesteading | Poultry |
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Reduce your feed costs and give your children a useful job around the farm with this simple fermentation project.

When Do You Harvest Ginger?

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Don’t think you have to live in a tropical location to grow this staple of Asian cuisine—with the right garden tools, you can harvest it anywhere.

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