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Waiting on Tomatoes

Crops & Gardening
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It was a very wet, cool spring here and almost every gardener I know is complaining about fungal diseases on their tomatoes. So far I’ve escaped them.

Tools for Tight Spaces

Equipment
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Equipment for making hay, doing general farm work and managing manure are available for even the smallest farms.

What to Plant Now

Crops & Gardening
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Fall is the perfect time to refresh your garden and keep growing well into winter.

The Trouble with Turkeys, Part 1

Homesteading
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After three years of raising our own broiler chickens for the table, we decided to make the big (and I mean big) leap to turkeys this year.

Trombette and Melanzane

Crops & Gardening
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More of my favorite Italian vegetables are starting to produce nicely in the garden these days.

Testaieu

Crops & Gardening
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This is the season full of local festivals where the locals gather and all eat together under big tents.

Postcard from Italy

Homesteading
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I’m writing this from Venezia—or Venice as it’s known in English.

Leaves of Green

Homesteading
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Create a simple, sand-cast birdbath from big leaves found in your own garden.

Rebar Arbor

Equipment
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If you think rebar is strictly for use in concrete, think again.

Cucumbers and Candycanes

Crops & Gardening
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As the first photograph shows, the cucumber crop is doing very nicely this year.

Poppyseeds and Monbretia

Crops & Gardening
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The big news this week is the little jar full of red poppy seeds that I’ve collected.

Birdbath Leaves

Homesteading
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Use one of these six big leaves to create a simple, sand-cast birdbath in your yard or garden.

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