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Dear Prudence

Urban Farming
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Adding Value to Vegetables

Urban Farming
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Adding that extra "umph" to your vegetables before selling them might help you sell more.

Follow the Fracking Rules

Urban Farming
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Photo courtesy iStockphoto/Thinkstock A new California bill will add more transparency to oil companies that frack. Hydraulic fracturing, “fracking,” companies may soon be revealing more information about their fracking explorations, due to a new draft for a bill by California Governor Jerry Brown’s administration. Although it will take a long time for the bill to […]

Using Wood Ash in the Garden

Crops & Gardening
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We've been busy trying to stay warm here in western Pennsylvania and have been enjoying many fires in our fireplace. As a result, we have a lot of wood ash.

New Year’s Lamb Stew

Urban Farming
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Photo by Judith Hausman With added North African spices, this stew is full of flavor. A meal for the new year, I think, should be comforting on one hand (What happened to 2012?) but also enlivening and piquant (What’s going to happen in 2013?) on the other. My friend and great cook, Debbie, served this […]

My Rabbit Has Spondylosis

Urban Farming
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New Year’s Traditions

Homesteading
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Humans have strange New Year’s traditions. Did you know that people all over the English speaking world sing a Scottish song on New Year’s Eve?

Overwintering Annuals

Crops & Gardening
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I trust everyone had a wonderful holiday and is looking forward to a stellar 2013 gardening season. I know I am.

Green-Olive Tapenade

Urban Farming
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Calculate Winter Forage Needs

Animals | Farm Management |
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Don’t run out of hay for your livestock this winter. Plan ahead with this forage-stocking plan.

Décor For The Birds

Farm Management
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If you’re looking for a new, fun Christmas tradition, try this: Create a Christmas tree for wild birds.

Christmas Horse Ride

Urban Farming
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Photo by Audrey Pavia Being able to ride my horse around the town where I live is always special, but doing it around Christmas time is magical. On Sunday, my friend Michelle and I saddled up our boys and headed out onto the bridle path. I was riding Milagro and ponying Rio alongside. Michelle was […]

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