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Beginning Farmers Crops & Gardening Farm & Garden Homesteading

5 Productive Garden Vegetables Every Homestead Should Grow

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Gardening can be both costly and time-consuming, so plant these 5 productive vegetables to ensure you get back a bountiful return on investment!

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Animals Beginning Farmers Farm & Garden Homesteading Large Animals Poultry

Green Haven Farmstead Directly Connects Family To Food Source

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Green Haven Farmstead founder Clark Green tells us how the Ohio family venture runs on a shared spirit and a lot of hard work.

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Crops & Gardening Farm & Garden Homesteading

Save Seeds From Annual Flowers With These Tips

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Save seeds today to save money next year! Here are some tips for saving seeds from 5 of the simplest annual flowers you may already have in your garden.

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Beginning Farmers Crops & Gardening Farm & Garden Homesteading

Head-Clipping Weevils Devastate Coneflowers, Sunflowers, Other Aster Family Members

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Head-clipping weevils can cause major destruction in a pollinator garden, so here's what to look for and how to stop Haplorhynchites aeneus in its tracks.

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Farm & Garden Food Homesteading Recipes

Recipe: Preserve Blueberry Season With This Classic Jam

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This recipe for a classic blueberry jam is as easy to make as it is delicious, and the preserves make for great gifts or a midwinter treat!

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Crops & Gardening Farm & Garden Homesteading Permaculture

Welcoming The Winsome Fly, Japanese Beetles’ Bane 

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A natural predator introduced to control destructive Japanese beetles, the winsome fly is starting to take off in our environment. Here's how to use this beneficial bug.

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Crops & Gardening Farm & Garden Homesteading News Permaculture

Climate Change Complicates Things For Pollinators, Plants

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As seasonal conditions change, relationships between plants and pollinators are thrown off. Here's what that means and how you can help.

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Crops & Gardening Equipment Farm & Garden Homesteading

Simplify Garden Watering With Some Hose Splitters

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Have you ever tried to navigate a long hose through a large garden? It’s not nearly as easy as it sounds. That's when hose splitters come to the rescue.

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Farm & Garden Farm Management Homesteading

Important Lessons For A Beautiful, Organic Lawn

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In addition to being safer and more environmentally friendly, an organic lawn will also appear nicer. Here's how to go organic in your lawn care.

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Crops & Gardening Farm & Garden Foraging Homesteading Permaculture

Pick Purple Clover For Its Many Health Benefits

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Purple clover is great for soil and livestock, and we humans can forage and benefit from this healthy herb, too. Here's how to ID, forage and use purple clover.

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