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The Art of Miscommunication

Homesteading
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Miscommunication. We’ve all experienced it in nearly every aspect of our lives.

Beginning Farmer’s Guide to a GAP Audit

Beginning Farmers
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Use these tips to get through the USDA Good Agricultural Practices certification audit process with your sanity intact.

Never Stop Learning

Homesteading
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What we learn becomes a part of who we are.

7 Diseases that Could Be Killing Your Beans

Crops & Gardening
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Down on your legume luck? Identify what could be plaguing your crop and take steps right away to remedy the situation.

1,000-plus Coleus Cultivars to Color Your Garden

Crops & Gardening
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I like interspersing annuals into all my perennial borders—sun and shade alike—because they provide near-constant color and are fast-growing.

Save American Ginseng by Gardening

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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I spent last evening watching The Lorax with my kids. I found it timely in light of what's happening with our native ginseng (Panex quinquefolius).

Corn Pudding

Urban Farming
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Let’s Do Laundry!

Homesteading
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For years, I’ve dreamed of having a folding station in my laundry room. Originally, I used large table that resembled a kitchen island, and then it morphed with the purchase of my first front-load washer and dryer set into the lovely countertop covered machines splashed across magazine pages today.

How To Make A Hand-Tied Bouquet

Homesteading
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Give the gift of the farm by creating an arrangement of your favorite garden and pasture flowers.

How to Build a Cob House

Farm Management | Homesteading |
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To truly get in touch with the land you're on, build a cob house.

Humiliating Encounter with the Traffic-stopping Snake

Homesteading
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It has been brought to my attention by my young farmhands that while I have posted many of their antics and shenanigans, I have not divulged nearly enough of my own "learning curves.”

Start Seeds in Soil Blocks for Easy Transplanting

Crops & Gardening
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Forget the plastic cups and peat pots. Soil blocks are an eco-friendly way to get your seeds started and make transplanting a cinch.

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