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Have You Written Your Summer Bucket List?

Homesteading
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Give your summer bucket list a farm-to-table bend by incorporating a recipe wish list.

Crocheted Napkin Rings for Summer Picnics

Homesteading
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Even though the weather hasn’t exactly been idyllic where I am lately, I find my thoughts can’t help to turn to summery days and doing sunny-day things, like picnics and barbecues.

3 Ways to Use Your Okra Year-Round

Crops & Gardening
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Freeze, dehydrate or pickle your okra abundance for use in snacks and recipes any time of the year.

14 Companion Plants to Repel Beetles and Other Garden Pests

Crops & Gardening
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Save your vegetable garden! With these companion plants, you can up your harvest and avoid sharing your produce with unwanted pests.

5 Farm Chores Your Kids Will Say “Yes!” To

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Large Animals | Poultry |
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Teach your children responsibility and love of the farm by entrusting them with these age-appropriate tasks.

Meet Shawn: Homestead Husband

Homesteading
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My husband's farm upbringing transformed him into the person he is today.

4 Ways to Invite Bees to Your Orchard

Beekeeping | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Recruit a team of hard workers to pollinate your fruit and nut trees by implementing bee-friendly practices in your orchard.

The Book For Aspiring Farm Meatsmiths

Beginning Farmers
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Want to round out your farm-to-table skills? These books will walk you through an ethical approach to processing farm-raised meat.

3 Carcass Cut Sheets to Simplify Butchering

Homesteading
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Make butchering day easier with a plan for the meat cuts you and your customers want.

5 Reasons to Let White Clover Grow in Your Lawn

Crops & Gardening
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Up until the 1950s, white clover was included in every lawn seed mixture and having a lush, clover-infused lawn was thing of pride—especially for farmers. These days, with the heavy usage of lawn weed killers, clover is seen as an enemy of turf grass.

False Blue Indigo: A Portal to America’s History

Crops & Gardening
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Once in a while I fall madly in love with a plant. My most recent obsession is false blue indigo (Baptisia australis), and there’s much more to this plant than just its looks.

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