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Say Cheese! For Recent Reader Livestock Photos

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Flock Talk | Large Animals | Poultry |
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This round of "Say Cheese" contenders includes perky piglets, goats gathered in greeting, a kitten playing peek-a-boo and much more!

DragonSpunk Helps Community Gardens Become Healing Spaces

Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Urban Farming |
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Isaiah Powell from DragonSpunk, a San Francisco organization, tells us why local green spaces are so necessary and soil is the new oil.

Watching For Wildlife On the Farm, Part 2: Birds!

Animals | Farm & Garden | Farm Management |
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Birds will find their way into your farm outbuildings, and your best best is to discourage most of them from nesting. Here are a few things you can do.

8 Tips For Getting Started With Beef Cattle

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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Considering hand-raising beef cattle for your family's needs? Here are 8 tips to keep in mind when buying homestead cattle for the first time.

4 Ways To Handle & Use Loose Hay

Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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What's the best way to handle and use loose hay? There are a surprising number of options. Here are four to get you started.

Weeds—When Not To Worry (Excerpt: “Wild Plant Culture”)

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Foraging |
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In this excerpt from his upcoming book, "Wild Plant Culture," author Jared Rosenbaum looks at weeds—what they are and best ways to approach these plants.

Recipe: Bake Homemade, 100% Whole-Wheat Bread

Farm & Garden | Food | Recipes |
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Healthy, 100-percent whole-wheat bread is too hard to make, right? Actually, you can make great-tasting homemade bread with this easy recipe.

Exploring Fiber Farming With Ruby Wolf Farm

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Large Animals |
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Ruby Wolf Farm founder Lauren Slingluff tells us how early memories of her mom's floor loom helped inspire her own fiber farm.

5 Easy Ways To Preserve Kale For Long-Term Storage

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Food | Homesteading |
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Have more kale than you can possibly use? There's no need to let this cut-and-come-again superfood go to waste! Here's how to preserve kale.

At Spring Valley Stock Farms, Rotational Grazing Just Makes Sense

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Large Animals |
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Clint and Bobbi Jo Finney breathe new life into their Spring Valley Stock Farms and surrounding community with rotational grazing and regenerative farming.

Protect Your Bees Against Common Predators

Animals | Beekeeping | Farm & Garden |
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From mice to skunks to bears (and even people), predators can do a number on bees, so follow these easy steps to keep trouble at bay.

Work To Wear: Farm Living Fashion, Down To the Boots

Beginning Farmers | Equipment | Farm & Garden |
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This collection of durable, practical farmwear includes comfortable jeans, stain-proof slacks, hardworking boots and more!

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