Gardening
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Pumpkins & Gourds
Tyler Swafford’s enthusiasm for raising pumpkins and gourds is contagious. The lifelong farmer, himself the descendent of a lifelong farmer, makes his home on Dayton Mountain overlooking Tennessee’s Sequatchie Valley.
6 min |
March - April 2024
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Climate-Resilient Crops
Farmers operating large commercial outfits and smaller, hobby growers alike are facing new challenges season after season.
6 min |
March - April 2024
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WHEN THE Queen Abdicates
Without a queen to rule, your hive can't survive.
7 min |
March - April 2024
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Creating STOCK
Breed and raising your own replacement layers for a small-scale egg operation.
9 min |
March - April 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 - 2023
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FARM to TUB
GROW HEALING HERBS FOR HANDMADE BATH ESSENTIALS.
6 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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Sage
GROW THIS LOW-MAINTENANCE PERENNIAL.
3 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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A Spoonful of Syrup
MAKE ELDERBERRY SYRUP AT HOME TO HELP NAVIGATE COLD-AND-FLU SEASON.
2 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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Teas to Please
MAKE DELICIOUS, REFRESHING, HOT HERBAL BEVERAGES.
6 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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HERB-INFUSED LIP BALM
CREATE A SOOTHING AND GENTLE PRODUCT PERFECT FOR HEALING DRY, CHAPPED LIPS.
2 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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Going Viral
WHEN YOU'RE FEELING BLUE, TURN TO HERBS FOR RELIEF BEFORE YOU HIT THE PHARMACY AISLE.
4 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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TONIC INFUSION
HERE'S AN EASY AND REFRESHING WAY TO INCORPORATE THE POWER OF HERBS INTO YOUR DAILY LIFE.
2 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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Heart & Soul
CONSIDER SOME HEAR-AND LUNG-HEALTHY HERBS
4 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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MOISTURIZING HERBAL LOTION
ENJOY THE SOFT, LUXURIOUS FEEL OF THIS CHAMOMILE CREATION.
2 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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TO LIFT You Up
HERBS CAN PROVIDE EXTRA SUPPORT WHEN IT COMES TO DEPRESSION.
4 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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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 - 2023
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Heal My Aching BONES
HERBS CAN OFTEN HELP CALM MUSCLES, TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS, AS WELL AS SOOTHE THE BODY'S PAINS.
5 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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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 - 2023
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Sweet Sleep
WHEN COUNTING SHEEP JUST WON'T DO, TURN TO THESE SEVEN HERBS TO GET A RESTFUL NIGHT'S SLEEP.
8 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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Foraging for Natives
TAKE A LOOK AROUND; MEDICINAL HERBS ARE EVERYWHERE.
6 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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Out of the Weeds
THESE COMMON PLANTS AREN'T UNDESIRABLE AT ALL THEY MAKE GREAT MEDICINE.
4 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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To Preserve & Serve
HERBS CAN BE USED ALL YEAR IF YOU PRESERVE AND PREPARE THEM PROPERLY.
7 min |
Healing Herbs - 2023
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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 |