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Cattle Feeding Basics: Evaluate Your Energy

Animals | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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In this ongoing look at the basics of feeding cattle, we turn our attention to energy: what it means, what delivers this component and providing it to your herd.

Putting Your Garden To Sleep For The Winter

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Permaculture |
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As summer draws to a close, it's time to think about the cold season and getting the garden ready for winter. Here are a few ways to get your growing space winter-ready.

Cooksey Farms Is About Gardening With Gratitude

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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Alison Cooksey from the Bay Area-based gardening adventure she calls Cooksey Farms tells us about potato cucumbers and seed starting experiments.

Warped & Weird Flowers? Could Be Aster Yellows Disease

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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Find out which plants are most at risk for aster yellows disease and how to keep the chaos from spreading in your home garden.

Establishing Your Sales Channels As A Flower Farmer

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden |
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If you're interested in becoming a flower farmer, you need to determine your sales channels. Here are some of the more popular outlets for cut flowers.

The Honest Truth About 4 More Chicken Breeds (Pt. 2)

Animals | Chickens 101 | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Poultry |
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Continuing with our look at popular breeds, we discuss real-life experiences keeping Araucana, Cochin, Easter Egger and Welsummer chickens.

5 Purposes For Dried Sunflowers In The Autumn Season

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading |
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In late summer and early autumn, sunflowers may lose their beauty, but the spent flowers still have plenty of uses. Here are 5 to consider.

Simplify Planting Heavy Trees With A Wooden Ramp

Crops & Gardening | Equipment |
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Planting trees from large pots can be difficult, but it need not be an insurmountable challenge as a simple wooden ramp can make moving heavy trees easier.

Katahdins Are A Native, Easy-Keeping Sheep Breed

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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Katahdins are a resilient native sheep breed that do excellent on pasture, bringing benefits from yard management to meat production, milk and more!

Control Parasitic Worms In Sheep With FAMACHA

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals |
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FAMACHA can help you control worms in a sheep flock without overusing medication, and free certification courses ensure you're scoring your animals right.

Painting Antiques & Vintage Farmhouse Furniture Pieces

Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Projects |
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Change up your farmhouse aesthetic by painting older furniture pieces with a fresh coat of color. Here's how to freshen up furniture the right way.

Say Cheese! For Recent Reader Livestock Photos

Animals | Farm & Garden | Large Animals | Poultry |
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These Say Cheese contenders include mischievous goats, a diminutive donkey, pretty pigs and more, so check out this photo roundup from Hobby Farms readers!

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