Gardening
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Preconditioning CALVES
Follow our step-by-step guide to get more money for your calves.
7 min |
January - February 2025
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Soil Conservation
Often, outside of having a specific problem that needs to be addressed, soil conservation isn't something every farmer readily thinks about. Yet conserving the soil should be at or near the top of every farmer owner or manager's list of concerns because absent the prevention of soil erosion, we have the opportunity for another dust bowl.
4 min |
January - February 2025
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Year-Round Lettuce & Salad Mixes
It's easy to think of salad greens as just a spring- or fall-garden crop, but it's possible to enjoy freshly harvested lettuces, mustards and more from your own garden year-round.
6 min |
January - February 2025
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Barn Improvements
Days are never long enough for a farmer. From dawn to well into the night, tasks arise that often require immediate action. Having to search for tools or equipment is an enormous time waster and incredibly frustrating when you can't find what you need, especially when you know you have it.
3 min |
January - February 2025
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Mustard Greens
I’ll be honest right from the start: I’m writing this column to myself. That means I’m not approaching the topic as “you should be growing mustard greens,” but rather, “why wasn’t I growing mustard greens until now?”
2 min |
January - February 2025
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FREE-RANGE GARDENERS
Put away the rototiller and get more nutritious eggs by allowing your chickens to work in the garden.
3 min |
January - February 2025
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Ostrich EDUCATION
If you're looking for a unique livestock option, these large, flightless birds might be the answer.
7 min |
November - December 2024
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Spiced Apple Rings
Learn the best and tastiest ways to put up the traditional canning foods, from tomatoes and green beans to apples and peaches in this new book.
2 min |
November - December 2024
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RURAL REBOUND
Have cities reached their peak?
4 min |
November - December 2024
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Pie Time!
Make a sweet potato crumb pie for the holidays or any day!
2 min |
November - December 2024
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Soil SOLUTIONS
By practicing more sustainable farming techniques, we can bring back the rich topsoil of the preindustrial era.
7 min |
November - December 2024
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Groundbreaking Fertilizer
Raise compost worms and harvest their waste, which is a natural and powerful plant fertilizer.
8 min |
November - December 2024
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Cut & Dried
DRYING YOUR HERB HARVEST OFFERS AN EASY WAY TO PRESERVE ITS FLAVOR AND USEFULNESS FOR PROJECTS AND RECIPES YEAR-ROUND.
2 min |
Healing Herbs 2025
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HERB-INFUSED LIP BALM
CREATE A SOOTHING AND GENTLE PRODUCT PERFECT FOR HEALING DRY, CHAPPED LIPS.
2 min |
Healing Herbs 2025
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Heart & Soul
CONSIDER SOME HEART- AND LUNG HEALTHY HERBS.
4 min |
Healing Herbs 2025
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TO LIFT You Up
HERBS CAN PROVIDE EXTRA SUPPORT WHEN IT COMES TO DEPRESSION.
4 min |
Healing Herbs 2025
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BEYOND THE Grain
For more than 30 years, the Witt family has strived to be the growing model of excellence, ethical sourcing and business practices in the wood industry.
6 min |
November - December 2024
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MUSCLE & JOINT PAIN SALVE
MADE FROM ONLY THREE HERBS, THIS SALVE STILL PACKS A MASSIVE PAIN-RELIEVING PUNCH.
2 min |
Healing Herbs 2025
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History in the Making
Basket weaving is an ancient and practical art form that is still practiced today.
7 min |
November - December 2024
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What's Best for STRESS?
NATURE HAS PROVIDED PLENTY OF HELP TO COMBAT EVERYDAY TENSION AND ANXIETY.
6 min |
Healing Herbs 2025
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Sweet Sleep
When it comes to good physical and mental health, one thing nearly always tops the list of doctor recommendations: Get good sleep. But what can you do when sleep just won't come?
7 min |
Healing Herbs 2025
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(SALES) Season Extension
These 10 great crops will keep you selling and selling.
7 min |
November - December 2024
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Out of the Weeds
THESE COMMON PLANTS AREN’T UNDESIRABLE AT ALL THEY MAKE GREAT MEDICINE.
6 min |
Healing Herbs 2025
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To Preserve & Serve
HERBS CAN BE USED ALL YEAR IF YOU PRESERVE AND PREPARE THEM PROPERLY.
10+ min |
Healing Herbs 2025
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The Beginning Herbalist
CREATE YOUR OWN APOTHECARY BY TURNING YOUR HOME AND GARDEN INTO AN HERBAL MEDICINE CHEST.
8 min |
Healing Herbs 2025
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COLD CHICKEN
Many breeds are cold-hardy, but some call for help in winter, especially in northern climates.
5 min |
November - December 2024
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SPICED EGG YOLK cookies
When you are baking and cooking with recipes that leave you with extra egg yolks, these cookies come to the rescue. By using up six yolks, they help ensure that nothing goes to waste, whether you are making meringues or simply enjoy eating egg whites for breakfast.
2 min |
Hobby Farm Home 2025
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Mudroom Makeover
Cozy Cape Cod vibes and farmhouse simplicity elevate this renovated mudroom.
2 min |
Hobby Farm Home 2025
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Candle CREATIONS
MAKE DIY CANDLES FOR A WARM & COZY SPACE.
7 min |
Hobby Farm Home 2025
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Small House, Big Living
A small house on a large property in California cultivates the perfect farmhouse lifestyle for this family of six.
5 min |