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Infographic: Serve Up a Hobby Farms Thanksgiving

Homesteading
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Preparing your Thanksgiving table is as easy as 1-2-3 with the help of this guide to keep you organized and on task.

How to Grow Beets

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Growing big beets is more difficult than smaller ones, but they're generally pretty easy to grow.

Cutting Garden Favorite: Laceflower

Crops & Gardening
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I have a new favorite flower for the cutting garden! Although I often keep the wild Queen Anne's lace seedlings that pop up in my garden just so I can cut the flowers and use them in bouquets, this pretty little annual has a similar look and feel.

Recipe: Applesauce Tart

Urban Farming
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Photo by Judith Hausman This applesauce tart was made out of necessity, after Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy followed by a snowstorm meant lots of inclement weather in the lower Hudson Valley this week and lots of defrosted food to deal with. Our community, like many, banded together to help. Offers of beds and of tarps […]

Quick Craft: Burlap Bulletin Board

Homesteading
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Craft one of three easy-to-make bulletin boards as an homage to your favorite farm animal using the stencils below.

Female Veteran-to-Farmer Programs Rising

Beginning Farmers
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The country’s women veterans are receiving assistance from a variety of programs designed to help them begin or continue careers in agriculture after returning from their tours of duty.

Nursing My Injured Rooster

Urban Farming
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Ornamental Kale

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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This colorful kale is striking when mixed into a garden.

Planting Garlic

Crops & Gardening
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The traditional time for planting garlic in my area is the middle of October, but I'm getting to it a little late this year.

Cauliflower Soup

Urban Farming
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Photo courtesy Hemera/Thinkstock Cauliflower soup is quick and delicious. I was nesting and preparing for “unprecedented storms” this weekend. While looking around for a generator-equipped freezer to stash my cache of grass-fed, local meats, I also got the soup pot going. I inspected the fridge for the vegetables that would hold up well enough for […]

Feeling Squirrelly

Farm Management
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Do you have a lot of squirrels on your farm? We do. That’s because nearly all of our trees are oaks or hickories

Prepping for a Natural Disaster

Poultry | Urban Farming |
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