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Chickens Dust Bath Dos and Don’ts

Animals | Beginning Farmers | Chicken Coops & Housing | Chickens 101 | Health & Nutrition | Poultry | Urban Farm | Urban Farming | Waterfowl |
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Create a Dust Bath for Chickens the Correct Way

5 Herbs That Make Excellent Cut Flowers

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Herbs Can Make Great Additions to the Vase

8 Tips to Prepare for Baby Chickens

Animals | Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Be Sure You’re Ready to Order, House and Care for Your New Baby Chicks

Use a Low Tunnel This Spring for Earlier Harvests

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Equipment | Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Homesteading | Permaculture | Urban Farming |
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There comes a time when we all just want to start planting in our gardens again, and a low tunnel provides this earlier-is-better option.

Fostering Sustainable Community With FarmerJawn

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Urban Farming |
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Christa Barfield of the Philadelphia-based community-supported agriculture initiative FarmerJawn tells us about the roots of the movement.

Build An Edible Living Laboratory To Inspire & Educate

Farm & Garden | Foraging | Permaculture | Urban Farming |
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An edible living laboratory is an invaluable took for educating about edible ecosystems. Here are some basics about these cool garden environments.

Walking A City Reveals Potential For Edible Landscapes

Farm & Garden | Farm Management | Foraging | News | Permaculture | Urban Farming |
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Our environments benefit from more edible landscapes, so author Zach Loeks is walking across Winnipeg multiple times to determine the city's potential foodscape future.

My Walk Across Winnipeg For Food Security

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Author Zach Loeks did a recent walk across Winnipeg to observe the food security projects citizens are undertaking and to note room for improvement in the urban environment.

6 Ways To Grow More Food In A City Landscape 

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Don't let city living stop you from growing food! Urban gardening may require some creativity, but even the smallest spaces can yield an edible harvest.

Identify & Slow Destructive Asian Jumping Worms

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | News | Permaculture | Urban Farming |
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Find out how to identify Asian jumping worms, an invasive and destructive species, and what you can do to help slow its spread.

Make A Meadow Anywhere With “Tiny + Wild”

Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Permaculture | Urban Farming |
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From pocket prairies to a mini meadow, you can create small-scale meadows nearly anywhere, says "Tiny + Wild" author, Graham Laird Gardner.

Author Interview: “The Climate Change Garden”

Beginning Farmers | Crops & Gardening | Farm & Garden | Homesteading | Permaculture | Urban Farming |
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In The Climate Change Garden: Down to Earth Advice for Growing a Resilient Garden, authors Sally Morgan and Kim Stoddart provide timely advice.

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