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Kombucha Start-Up

Urban Farming
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This dynamic duo started the kombucha company, NessAlla.

Container Water Gardening 2

Urban Farming
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S. Scherer & Sons’ Bobby Scherer shows you which containers are best for your container water garden, and how to keep mosquitoes from invading your aquatic garden. If you’re having a hard time finding aquatic plants that are the right size for your containers, Scherer shows you how to make them fit.  

How to Preserve Food

Urban Farming
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Whether smoking, canning, fermenting or dehydrating, you can learn how to preserve your crops like a pro.

How to Make Natural Brass Cleaner

Urban Farming
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Only a few ingredients are needed to make this easy, non-toxic brass cleaner.

Two Roos

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Photo by Audrey Pavia Henryfonda and Liberty, my two young roosters When I decided to let one of my hens hatch three eggs a few months ago, I had my fingers crossed that I’d get all girls. I knew that was unlikely, so I decided I’d be happy with two. It turns out I didn’t […]

The Benefits of Drying Food

Urban Farming
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One of the oldest domestic arts, dehydrating foods at home provides an easy, economical way to save surplus food for a later time. With nominal investment and experience, you can dehydrate any foods from garden vegetables and fruit to meat, stocking your pantry with wholesome, healthy foods year-round.

Nigel Earns a Coursing Title

Urban Farming
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Photo by Audrey Pavia Nigel received his Coursing Ability Title this past week. Nearly a year ago, I wrote about Nigel’s first attempt at coursing. A fun AKC event, coursing gauges a dog’s desire and ability to chase a lure for a specified distance. Once a skill measured only among sight hounds, coursing is now […]

Top 10 Reasons for Urban Beekeeping

Urban Farming
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Urban beekeeping is a positive way to help Mother Nature, start a new hobby and educate those around you about natural food production. Not to mention, all the free honey!

Goat Farmer’s Cheese

Large Animals | Recipes | Urban Farming |
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Goat-farmer’s cheese is a deliciously simple, soft cheese that complements just about every food — plus, it’s easy to make.

Simple Goat Butter

Urban Farming
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Simple goat butter is an easy butter recipe that can be spiced up with herbs or simply enjoyed on bread.

Goat-Milk Chive Butter

Large Animals | Recipes | Urban Farming |
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You can enjoy goat-milk butter in many ways. Try your own variation of herbs and spices in this recipe for goat-milk chive butter.

Goat-Milk Yogurt

Large Animals | Recipes | Urban Farming |
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The texture of goat-milk yogurt is only slightly different than yogurt made from cow milk, and the taste is just as scrumptious. Remember that goat milk yogurt will not be as thick as cow-milk yogurt.

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