Gardening
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Easy Herbs
START YOUR GARDEN SMALL WITH JUST A FEW COMMON MIRACLE WORKERS, AND GO FROM THERE.
8 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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The Beginning Herbalist
CREATE YOUR OWN APOTHECARY BY TURNING YOUR HOME AND GARDEN INTO AN HERBAL MEDICINE CHEST.
9 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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75 Years With the Grande Old Breed
It’s one of the oldest breeds in the world, but Highland cattle have become one of the new favorites with today’s hobby farmers.
5 min |
July-August 2023
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GATE KEEPERS
Livestock fencing keeps your animals in and predators out.
8 min |
September - October 2023
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Meet Maya Marie
In Brooklyn, New York, Maya Marie grows food in her backyard and in borrowed spaces and teaches others to do the same.
2 min |
September - October 2023
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Marry Me Chicken
This skillet chicken recipe with sun-dried tomato and an oregano cream sauce is so good that it's liable to inspire nuptial invitations!
2 min |
September - October 2023
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LIMBER TIMBER
You won't have to lumber over that brush pile with these tips.
8 min |
September - October 2023
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STORAGE Guide
Store these fruits and vegetables well past fall into late winter; then your early spring garden can take over.
7 min |
September - October 2023
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STORING YOUR Harvest
Root cellaring can extend your harvest and provide a rainbow of fresh colors and flavors to your kitchen throughout the winter.
10+ min |
September - October 2023
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MEANT ΤΟ FERMENT
This guide will have you perfectly fermenting every time.
7 min |
September - October 2023
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Chicken HARVEST
Process your own birds with this helpful guide.
8 min |
September - October 2023
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PROJECT FARM
Build a lean-to greenhouse onto an existing structure to add to your growing space.
6 min |
September - October 2023
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Big-Picture Pest Management
Insecticides have historically been among the first tools we’ve reached for to save crops from insect damage, but integrated pest management experts stress that these should be considered only as a last line of defense. Fortunately, now more effective ways exist to wrangle insect pests and minimize the damage they can do.
6 min |
September - October 2023
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Processing a Slaughter Hog
Butchering hogs can be a family event that teaches essential skills while also making the process less stressful for the animal.
7 min |
September - October 2023
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Free Feed
Pumpkins are safe for livestock and are readily consumed. Here are some ways to turn leftover pumpkins into a nutritious feedstuff on your farm.
2 min |
September - October 2023
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LAMBS, AMERICAN STYLE
The Katahdin is a native sheep breed that requires only little maintenance and is easy to care for.
7 min |
July-August 2023
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Is Metal Ever Trash?
Our neighbor told my wife and me how she stopped her fourth-grader as she was pulling a bottle cap out of their kitchen trash can, saying, “Honey, put that back.
6 min |
July-August 2023
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When it RAINS...
Today's weather can be bust or boom, and bioswales and rain gardens help control the overflow during boom times.
5 min |
July-August 2023
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The Queen of Topiary
Linda Vater talks us through the transition from self-taught hobby gardening to becoming a national gardening guru.
7 min |
July-August 2023
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GOAT HOOF TRIM
Sooner or later, you'll need to trim your goats' hooves.
5 min |
July-August 2023
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A Perfect PORKER
The woolly, low-maintenance Mangalitsa pig provides succulent meat for a small farm.
10 min |
July-August 2023
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THE GREAT CATTLE DEBATE
Grain-fed versus grass-fed - is one better than the other?
7 min |
July-August 2023
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Charge Tools with Solar
Ongoing improvements to batteries O have helped increasing numbers of gardeners to cut the cord- and the need for gasoline - for their string trimmers, edgers, lawn mowers and other gadgets.
6 min |
July-August 2023
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Equipment Fires
About three years ago, the day before the predicted first frost of the season, Bledsoe County farmer and retired agriculture teacher Bobby Loyd was baling late-fall hay with plans to wrap it for silage.
8 min |
July-August 2023
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Homegrown Fungi
Tony Shields has been fascinated with mushrooms for as long as he can remember
1 min |
Best of Hobby Farms 2023
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Zero-Turn Mowers
If you're coming from lawn and garden tractors, you might not immediately recognize a zero-turn mower as a member of the mowing family
1 min |
Best of Hobby Farms 2023
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Insectary Strips
In addition to offering food sources to honeybees and native pollinators, insectary strips can provide your homestead with noninsect-derived benefits
2 min |
Best of Hobby Farms 2023
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Beyond Firewood
I knew the silver maple tree in my backyard was in pretty rotten shape, but hearing the decades-old tree fall was still a shock
3 min |
Best of Hobby Farms 2023
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POWER YOUR SOIL WITH Probiotics
HEALTHIER SOIL MAKES FOR HEALTHIER PLANTS AND PEOPLE
7 min |
Best of Hobby Farms 2023
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Sheep & Goats
There are obvious benefits to raising sheep and goats. Meat is likely the first that comes to mind
8 min |