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Sprayer Selection

Equipment
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Choose from a host of equipment for your small-farm sprayer applications.

Bring Clover On Over

Crops & Gardening
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The right variety of clover can yield a long-term forage and nitrogen source for your small farm.

Italian Agriculture on TV

Crops & Gardening
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All these shows give a lot of publicity to the small farmers here, and the programs make a big deal out of promoting the values of all the niche products.

Cleaning Up Brownfields

Urban Farming
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Cleaning Up Brownfieldsbrownfield, city farmers, EPACity farmers can work with local governments and voluntary programs to clean up contamination in vacant lots for growing.City farmers can work with local governments and voluntary programs to clean up contamination in vacant lots for growing.City farmers can work with local governments and voluntary programs to clean up contamination […]

“I Need a Bigger Garden … “

Crops & Gardening
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I placed my seed order with Renee’s Garden this morning. (I must be a plant nerd because I’m totally thrilled!)

A Corky Craft

Homesteading
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Ask my husband, I’m a compulsive list-maker: Shopping lists, chore lists, packing lists, farm project lists…and the list goes on.

Home Schooling Permaculture

Equipment | Farm Management |
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It wasn’t until reading Gaia’s Garden, written by Toby Hemenway and published by Chelsea Green, that I began to understand permaculture and the science behind it.

Broccoli Weather

Crops & Gardening
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In Italy, these last days of January are called Giorni del Merlo, or the days of the robin, and are usually the coldest days of the year.

Bringing a Story to Life

Equipment
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For me, the best thing about being a writer is the opportunity to explore diverse subjects and to get to know people.

Tee-pees and Grapevines

Crops & Gardening
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Since the weather has been slightly above freezing here the past week, we’ve been spending some time in the woods.

Country Walks Revisited: Early Spring and Staying Alive

Homesteading
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During January we experienced unusually warm temperatures here, thanks in large part to El Nino, a cyclic warming of the Pacific Ocean’s surface.

Farmers Need to Protect Their Hearing

Farm Management
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A study shows farmers are not adequately educated on the risk of hearing loss. Consider custom ear plugs as a hearing protection option.

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