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5 Green and Safe Homemade Cleaning Supplies for a Better Home
Learn more about making your own safe and green homemade cleaning supplies.
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Unusual Vegetables and Fruit to Grow in Your Garden
Try something new and grow unusual vegetables and exotic fruits in your garden.
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Homestead Highlight: Marci
Hello! My name is Marci. We live in an old rock farmhouse on one acre. There are two greenhouses, a vegetable garden, herbs, several flower beds, lots of hobbies and too many pets. Thankfully, our neighbors love us! They say being our neighbor is like living next door to Old MacDonald and Martha Stewart! My…
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Preparing for Weather Extremes on your Backyard Farm
No matter how much you prepare and plan, weather uncertainties are likely to occur in your backyard. How do you prepare for weather extremes on your backyard farm
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Homestead Highlight: Krystyna
Marine Corps Veteran, brain surgery survivor and mother of two active boys, Krystyna stays busy helping her husband (and best friend!) with the daily demands of life on the farm. With a family to nurture, food to grow and preserve and animals to raise, there is never a dull moment in her life. Krystyna is…
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Do Weather Sayings Really Help Predict the Weather?
Long before the modern day weather forecaster, people used the world around them to make predictions about the weather. Do weather sayings really help predict the weather?
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Homestead Highlight: Kari
Kari Spencer is a Master Gardener volunteer and she teaches gardening and urban farming classes at an all-edible plant nursery, Root Phoenix. With her husband and four daughters, she operates The Micro Farm Project, a tiny urban farm in middle of Phoenix, where gardens and small livestock animals provide her family with fun and food.…
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What are the Climate Zones? Understanding Climate for your Garden and Backyard Farm
What are the climate zones, and what you need to know about climate in your garden and backyard farm.
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Homestead Highlight: Leslie
Leslie Colin Tribble lives in a small town in northwestern Wyoming and has just under an acre lot on the edge of the city limits. She’s recently begun her homestead journey, but has big plans for her little spot! She blogs about nature and educational activities at Sagebrush Lessons.
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Understanding Weather and Climate for the Backyard Farmer
The climate and weather where you live have a major impact on your backyard farm. The climate dictates what crops you can grow, which animals are likely to thrive, and what supplies you need on hand, and on any given day, the weather influences your daily chores and changes the needs of the plants and…
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