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Leave Room for Joy

Homesteading
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Always leave enough room in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, or even joyous. —Paul Hawken

The Book For: Everything You Need to Know About Heritage Breeds

Beginning Farmers
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As part of our first post in Plowing Through, HobbyFarms.com's book-review blog, Assistant Editor Cory Hershberger looks at The Livestock Conservancy's new book.

5 Herbal Teas to Feed Plant Starts

Crops & Gardening
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Plenty of chemicals are available to help anyone propagate plants. The problem with them is ... the chemicals. Why not use natural methods instead?

5 Soil Amendments to Grow Better Herbs

Crops & Gardening
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Culinary flair starts in the garden. Use these tips to build healthy soil your herbs will love.

Rice Noodles with Pork

Urban Farming
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Photo by Judith Hausman Quick and versatile, this Asian-inflected noodle dish is perfect to make use of the first small amounts of new greens and young scallions. I bridged the seasons with the very last of the cabbage from last fall’s harvest and the very first of the spring’s turnip raab. Baby bok choy, totsoi, […]

Tornadoes and Storms: Offer Your Neighborly Support

Homesteading
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As I sat down to my computer, coffee in hand, to add the finishing touches to this week’s post, the television in the next room caught my attention. The stories of total destruction, flooding and so many lives lost are a somber reminder that we are constantly at the mercy of Mother Nature.

5 Ornamental Plants That Could Save Your Vegetables

Crops & Gardening
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What’s the work without the play? Bring beauty and benefit to your vegetable garden by using these flowers as companion plants.

Replace Fear with Curiosity

Homesteading
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Replace the fear of the unknown with curiousity. —Unknown

DIY Spring Planter Boxes

Homesteading
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Bring additional color to your market stand and have a pre-made gift ready for you customers with these easy-to-make planter boxes.

13 Trees, Shrubs and Flowers to Turn a Muddy Yard into a Garden You’ll Love

Crops & Gardening
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If you have a low-lying, poorly drained or waterlogged area in your yard, you can create a bog garden rather than installing a drainage system or filling it in.

How To Make Flower Essences

Crops & Gardening | Homesteading |
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When I considered what I might want to write about around Easter time this year, I began looking into the healing properties of the Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum).

Lemon Pizza on the Grill

Urban Farming
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Photo by Judith Hausman Our first barbecue of the season was a joint effort. My hosts offered beautiful burgers, and I made the pizza. While the fire was getting hot enough for the burgers, we maneuvered the stretched and lightly-oiled dough onto the grill first (it took 3 of us to do so!), quickly covered […]

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