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How to Make a Pie From Anything

Urban Farming
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Ditch the cookbook. Pies are simple to make, so let your imagination take over.

How to Store Dehydrated Foods

Urban Farming
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hether you’re drying fruit, vegetables or meat, make sure you follow these food dehydrating tips to increase shelf-life and ensure maximum flavor.

Kombucha Start-Up

Urban Farming
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This dynamic duo started the kombucha company, NessAlla.

Container Water Gardening 2

Urban Farming
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S. Scherer & Sons’ Bobby Scherer shows you which containers are best for your container water garden, and how to keep mosquitoes from invading your aquatic garden. If you’re having a hard time finding aquatic plants that are the right size for your containers, Scherer shows you how to make them fit.  

How to Preserve Food

Urban Farming
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Whether smoking, canning, fermenting or dehydrating, you can learn how to preserve your crops like a pro.

How to Make Natural Brass Cleaner

Urban Farming
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Only a few ingredients are needed to make this easy, non-toxic brass cleaner.

Two Roos

Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Photo by Audrey Pavia Henryfonda and Liberty, my two young roosters When I decided to let one of my hens hatch three eggs a few months ago, I had my fingers crossed that I’d get all girls. I knew that was unlikely, so I decided I’d be happy with two. It turns out I didn’t […]

The Benefits of Drying Food

Urban Farming
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One of the oldest domestic arts, dehydrating foods at home provides an easy, economical way to save surplus food for a later time. With nominal investment and experience, you can dehydrate any foods from garden vegetables and fruit to meat, stocking your pantry with wholesome, healthy foods year-round.

Nigel Earns a Coursing Title

Urban Farming
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Photo by Audrey Pavia Nigel received his Coursing Ability Title this past week. Nearly a year ago, I wrote about Nigel’s first attempt at coursing. A fun AKC event, coursing gauges a dog’s desire and ability to chase a lure for a specified distance. Once a skill measured only among sight hounds, coursing is now […]

Top 10 Reasons for Urban Beekeeping

Urban Farming
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Urban beekeeping is a positive way to help Mother Nature, start a new hobby and educate those around you about natural food production. Not to mention, all the free honey!

Goat Farmer’s Cheese

Large Animals | Recipes | Urban Farming |
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Goat-farmer’s cheese is a deliciously simple, soft cheese that complements just about every food — plus, it’s easy to make.

Simple Goat Butter

Urban Farming
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Simple goat butter is an easy butter recipe that can be spiced up with herbs or simply enjoyed on bread.

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