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Grow Garlic in Your Backyard

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Garlic can be used for cooking, canning, pickling and keeping away evil spirits—and if you grow it right, you might never have to buy it again.

UF Hack: Mix Mayo And Pickles For A Seasonal Sauce

Recipes | Urban Farming |
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Top your winter meals with a remoulade made from your favorite seasonings and homemade pantry items.

4 Big Ideas From The Micro Showcase

Urban Farming
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This Washington, D.C.-based display uses tiny homes as a platform for making big strides in micro-living.

Basic Herbal Body Care for Winter

Homesteading | Urban Farming |
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Soothe dry, chapped lips and skin by infusing soothing herbs in oil to make these simple skin-care preparations.

Q&A With ELF Inventor Rob Cotter

Urban Farming
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This bike/solar-car hybrid is revolutionizing the way people travel in the bike lane.

13 Low-Maintenance Vegetables for a Hassle-Free Garden

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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Incorporate these perennial edibles into your garden this year and save yourself time in future seasons growing vegetables.

UF Hack: Organizing Saved Seeds

Urban Farming
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Keep your saved seeds in order for planting or trading with this method that you can adapt to your own needs.

3 Composting Methods For Urban Farmers

Crops & Gardening | Urban Farming |
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These three small-space composting methods will help you turn your waste into a nutrient-rich amendment for your garden.

Q&A With The Farley Center

Urban Farming
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This farm incubator is raising up a new generation of farmers and creating a food community that celebrates the region's diversity.

UF Hack: Strawberry Snail Garden

Urban Farming
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Get a more constant strawberry harvest and prevent rotting fruit with the spiraled garden bed design.

The Edible Forest Garden

Urban Farming
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This term for a style of permaculture gardening isn’t widely known, yet the concept dates back to our early days of cultivation.

UF Hack: Raise Ducks With A Broody Hen

Poultry | Urban Farming |
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Help a broody hen kick its nesting habit by providing her some fertile eggs to incubate.

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