Gardening
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Fungi FRUIT
GROW GOURMET AND MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS.
6 min |
Best of Hobby Farms 2025
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THE SEEDS you NEED
HERE ARE THE MUST-PLANT LIST FOR THIS YEAR'S GARDEN SPACE.
7 min |
Best of Hobby Farms 2025
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15 Reasons You Need a Tractor
FROM PLANTING TO HARVESTING, A TRACTOR TURNS PLAIN ACREAGE INTO A WORKING FARM.
7 min |
Best of Hobby Farms 2025
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MONTH by MONTH
Two beekeepers walk you through a monthly schedule of easy-to-follow beekeeping tasks according to region.
5 min |
Beekeeping 101
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NUCS VS.PACKAGES
Whether you’re just starting out in beekeeping or you simply need more (or new!) bees, two practical purchasing options exist.
6 min |
Beekeeping 101
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Making Bucks from Clucks
These five reasons might be why you're losing money on your chickens.
7 min |
March - April 2025
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Soil Testing
Whether you are new to farming altogether or you are leasing your farmland to a producer who is unfamiliar with the practice, becoming knowledgeable about the acts of soil testing and them applying recommended soil amendments based on soil test results provides tremendous advantages to the soil, plants, and your pocketbook.
7 min |
March - April 2025
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Small-But-Mighty Hot Peppers
You don’t have to have a lot of garden space or an especially long growing season to succeed with hot peppers.
6 min |
March - April 2025
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French Intensive Gardening
This permaculture system relies on soil improvement, raised beds, close spacing, companion planting, succession planting and crop rotation. Oui, oui!
8 min |
March - April 2025
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FORAGE FOR FOWL
Consider these three cool-season forages as you plant your pasture with free-range poultry in mind.
2 min |
March - April 2025
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Cut-And-Come Lettuce
Maximize your profits while minimizing time to grow and seed costs with this easy cut-and-come approach to growing lettuce salad mix.
6 min |
March - April 2025
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Laying AN EGG
Maintaining correct male-to-female ratios and keeping flocks of younger breeding fowl will help ensure higher fertility and hatching rates.
7 min |
March - April 2025
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20 COOP CONSIDERATIONS
Keep these 20 things in mind when designing a home for your chickens.
7 min |
March - April 2025
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Get LOW in Spring
There comes a time when we all just want to start planting in our gardens again, and a low tunnel provides an earlier-is-better option.
3 min |
March - April 2025
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Seed-Starting Soil Temps
Don't miss out on growing time by focusing only on the air temperature.
4 min |
March - April 2025
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from my garden
Small-But-Mighty Hot Peppers
6 min |
March - April 2025
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The RISE of Opportunist WEEDS
Be prepared to see increasing changes in weeds we fight, such as poison hemlock and poison ivy, and in the crops we grow.
3 min |
January - February 2025
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LIVESTOCK Health
Prepare yourself for how to spot symptoms of illness in your farm animals so that you can get them help before it's too late.
6 min |
January - February 2025
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CUT FLOWER Farming
If you're considering growing flowers for sale, brush up on these five key things to know before diving in.
3 min |
January - February 2025
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WINTER Survival
Keep your land, animals and yourself in good shape this winter with this helpful advice.
5 min |
January - February 2025
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COVERAGE CONCERNS
Avoid common insurance mistakes for rural and hobby farm businesses.
7 min |
January - February 2025
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FARMER'S GUIDE Berries
Set the stage for tasty strawberries, blueberries and brambles with these soil-boosting garden tips.
6 min |
January - February 2025
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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 |