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Plan Your Garden Online

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Beat the winter blues by using gardening websites and online catalogs to start your spring garden.

Garden Progress

Crops & Gardening
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This January marks the fourth year that we have been building the garden on the cliff next to our home.

New Year = New Experiments

Crops & Gardening
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Snow snow snow! Everything is covered in a good 8 inches here, and the temps have been awfully frosty.

Do You Know Where Your Tools Are Tonight?

Equipment
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I finally did it. I went to Sears and picked up a set of tool cabinets. They are sleek, black and red and altogether out of place in my shop.

Pruning Time

Crops & Gardening
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It’s finally cold enough that all the fruit trees in the garden, including the apples, have dropped their leaves, so I pruned my deciduous fruit trees today.

101 Uses for Canning Jars

Homesteading
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OK, I lied. I haven’t actually figured out 101 ways to use them yet, but glass home canning jars, also called Mason jars, are just so versatile and useful that I couldn’t resist the title.

Bird-sighting Chart

Homesteading
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You can keep track of the birds you see on your farm with this downloadable bird-sighting chart.

Garden Resolutions for 2010

Crops & Gardening
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Lots of stuff I plan to do doesn’t get done. This year, though, I swear I’m going to make it through the list.

Chainsaw Safety, Part 2

Equipment
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When it comes to safe chainsaw operation, clothing is a key element.

Trendy Turbines: Give Your Eco Side Flair

Farm Management
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With Tangarie Alternative Power’s customization, you can personalize your own Gale wind turbine to fit your eco-style.

Sunny Italy

Crops & Gardening
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Lots of parts of Italy remained below freezing for two days this weekend as a cold wave came down from Russia.

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