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How To Install Board-and-Batten Siding

Equipment
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Try this simple, traditional siding method to protect your home build barns, sheds or outbuildings.

Celebrate Our Pioneer History

Homesteading
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Teach your children about American pioneers and pioneers in your own family with these fun activities.

Celebrate Local Food This Summer!

Urban Farming
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Regional festivals highlight fruits and vegetables and their traditional culinary uses.

5 Tips for Hosting A Farm-To-Table Dinner

Homesteading
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Share your garden-fresh bounty with your biggest farm supporters by preparing a farm-to-table dinner.

The Chicken Palace: When Lazy Leads To Awesome

Beginning Farmers
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The Girls’ coop satisfies their housing requirement and allows me to exert minimal—yet efficient—effort.

5 Fixes For Kombucha Fails

Homesteading
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Kombucha-making is a fairly simple fermentation process, but sometimes, your brew doesn’t turn out exactly how you planned.

4 Buckeye Trees To Grow On Your Farm

Crops & Gardening
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Native buckeye trees make great farm trees, with a diversity of purposes from using as privacy hedges to planting in low-drainage sites.

9 Tips for Growing Great Fennel

Crops & Gardening
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Fennel is a versatile root vegetable and herb that can be grown in both spring and fall for a delicious harvest.

Burning Question: What Makes A Family Farm A Family Farm?

Beginning Farmers
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015What Makes A Family Farm A Family Farm?”Family farm” is a generic term that means many different things to many different people. Here’s one farmer’s take. “Family farm” is a generic term that means many different things to many different people. Here’s one farmer’s take. “Family farm” is a generic term that […]

Salmonella: The Chicken-Kissing Disease?

Poultry | Urban Farming |
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  Salmonella is no joke. In 2007, before my chicken-keeping days, a friend and I were sickened with salmonella when we ate undercooked chicken at a restaurant in Lexington, Ky. Food poisoning hit each of us 18 hours later, and I’ve never been so sick in my life. The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention […]

Safety Concerns Arise as Marijuana Growers Use Herbicides, Pesticides

News | Urban Farming |
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As with any crop, pests such as bugs and mildew are detrimental to marijuana, but what is safe to use on this newly legal plant?

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