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5 Urban Farming Lessons

January 18, 2016

Take these five lessons from the top of the urban-farm food chain to improve your backyard, rooftop, patio or community garden.

Urban Farming

5 Tips for Summer Watering

January 18, 2016

Courtesy iStockphoto/Thinkstock For more effective watering, put the watering can aside and use a drip irrigation system to hydrate your garden crops. To make the job even easier, hook the sytem up to an automatic timer. When the summer sun is sizzling, don’t feel like you have to make the decision of running up a high water bill […]

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8 Tips for Layer Production and Health

January 18, 2016

Courtesy iStockphoto/Thinkstock Keep your layer chickens healthy by allowing them to free-range in a safe place on your urban farm. Getting fresh eggs from your backyard isn’t as easy as just plopping a chicken in a coop. To get quality eggs—keep your layer chickens healthy in the process—you need to provide your hens with a […]

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3 Balcony Garden Essentials

January 18, 2016

Because space is limited in balcony gardens, find miniature varieties of your favorite plants.

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7 Great Plants for your Micro-garden

January 18, 2016

A little garden can go a long way, especially when it comes to growing delicious, nutritious vegetables. Small spaces are the driving principle behind a new, chic way to garden. Micro-gardening means just what you think: growing small plants in small spaces. Raised beds, containers or even just a sunny corner of the backyard make […]