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Winter Solstice

Homesteading
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We’ll be two days past the shortest day of the year when you read this, but as I blog right now, here in the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice is today, December 21 (you can blame it on our tilted planet).

Chef Farm Education

Farm Management
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Make a connection with local chefs with on-farm workshops.

Making a Culinary Connection

Homesteading
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Imagine flipping open a menu and seeing your farm fare featured. Make that dream a reality by becoming a chef farmer with these tips.

Tools of the Trade: Hoop Houses

Equipment
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High or low tunnels, greenhouses or garages—hoop houses are handy structures on hobby farms.

Italian Landslides

Crops & Gardening
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We had an unexpected visitor in the garden this week, in the form of a large rock that just appeared by itself on a small flat area near the northern edge.

Nana’s Garden Inspiration

Crops & Gardening
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As the holiday season fast approaches, I can’t help but think of my Nana.

Chainsaw Safety, Part I

Equipment
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It’s winter, and for me that means time to fire up the chain saw.

Winter Farmers Markets Catch On

Urban Farming
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Courtesy Be Local Northern Colorado/Dan Bihn The more than 40 vendors at the winter farmers markets in Fort Collins, Colo., sell products like meats, wine and cider, cheese, baked goods, coffee, and crafts. It’s around this time of year that farmers markets shut their doors until the spring, but across the country, some farmers markets […]

Winter Hunger Pangs

Homesteading
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The official first day of winter falls on December 21, still several weeks away as I write this, but you would never know it from our weather here in western Washington.

Red Hot Pokers

Crops & Gardening
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Some of my favorite flowers, the Red Hot Pokers, are just starting to come into flower in our garden these days.

Permaculture: Getting Started

Equipment | Farm Management |
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You can begin integrating permaculture methods into your garden, yard or farm with simple, subtle changes.

Lemons Versus Lambs: What to do When You Inherit the Family Farm

Farm Management
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These 10 tips will help you and your family manage the future of your farm’s estate.

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