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How To Succeed When Starting Difficult Seeds

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Whether it's heat, light, cold or a little rough treatment, some varieties of difficult seeds simply need some extra coaxing to get started.

Making A Living Through Homesteading Workshops

Farm Management | Urban Farming |
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In West London, Sara Ward turned her homesteading hobbies into a career teaching in-home workshops, an example of profitable passion others can follow.

Geraghty’s Microfarm On Controlling Your Food Supply

Beginning Farmers | Large Animals | Urban Farming |
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First-generation farmer Dayna Geraghty of Geraghty's Microfarm offers words of advice and encouragement for taking the homesteading plunge.

Yellow Point Farms Talks Family, Blueberries & Goat Yoga

Animals | Crops & Gardening | Farm Management | Large Animals | Urban Farming |
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Yellow Point Farms founder, Rebecca Dault, tells us how her family finds solace and happiness living the farm life in Vancouver Island. Also—goat yoga.

Attract Specific Bird Types With A Customized Suet Cake

Farm Management | Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Creating your own suet cake is a great way to save money. Customizing the recipe also helps support certain species' winter needs.

20 Homesteading Skills To Learn In 2020

Beginning Farmers | Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Want to learn new homesteading skills in 2020? Great! Here are 20 skills to learn, practice and add to your search for self-sustenance.

Plant Starts Get Your Garden Going Sooner

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Want to get a jump on Mother Nature this growing season? You can use plant starts and be ready to plant when spring rolls around.

Indoor Gardening: Get the Jump on Spring

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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You don't have to go without fresh greens just because it's winter. New technology makes indoor gardening easier and more efficient.

Seasonal Produce Led To Good Health For This Grower

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Get inspired to grow your own food, even through the winter months, with a little help from Arkansas-based gardener Becky Porter.

Meet the Adorable Quail Running Around Alchemist Farm

Animals | Urban Farm | Urban Farming |
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We check in with Franchesca Duval from the humane Northern California farm and find out why quail can be a perfect addition to your homestead.

How Do You Grow Microgreens? We Ask An Advocate

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farm | Urban Farming |
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The couple behind an operation called On The Grow produces 40 types of microgreens from a 20-foot trailer. They talk about varieties, taste and tips.

How to Find a Responsibly Raised Turkey

Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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This Thanksgiving, give thanks for a dinner that includes a turkey raised ethically on pasture by a local farmer. Here's how to find such a bird.

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