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10 Ways to Keep the Holidays Homemade
Suddenly the holidays are only a few weeks away and it’s time to scramble to get the celebrations and gifts ready. Despite the commercial aspect of holidays, there are so many ways to support homemade at this time of year, and while a little planning makes it easier, it is never to late to…
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Homeskills
When we think homesteading, it is easy to get excited and caught up with beautiful photos of gardens and animals: it’s why we love to keep chickens, and grow apples, and harvest from our gardens. While this is a big part of setting up and running your own homestead, much of the homesteading ‘magic’ happens…
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Homestead Highlight: Heather
My greatest inspiration in my own backyard farming adventure has been to hear the experiences of others. I invite you to read along here as Homesteaders share their adventures and experiences from their own farms, backyards, and homes. Want to be featured as a Homestead Highlight? I would love to hear about your experience. For…
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Homestead Highlight: Rob
Rob has a small 1/3 acre homestead in Waterford, Connecticut where he lives with his wife and two daughters. He is attempting to organically grow as much of their own food as possible while learning all he can about biointensive growing methods, micro eco-farming, and natural farming so he can purchase a larger piece of…
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A Cold Frame Greenhouse: What you Need to Know to Extend Your Growing Season
Build a cold frame greenhouse to extend you growing season, start seeds, and harvest into the fall and winter.
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Pondering Farm to Table
After several weeks of procrastination, my husband has finally stepped up to the challenge of putting up a post. With any luck he’ll be a regular contributor to The Backyard Farming Connection, sharing his thoughts on the Farm to Table Movement and whatever else wanders through his head. Without further ado, here’s Dave: Seeds to…
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Homestead Highlight: Christine
Christine has a small, urban homestead in Cleveland, Ohio where she gardens and practices simple living skills that she hopes to use on a larger scale in the coming years. Christine is a permaculturist, nature lover, and simple living advocate with a Master’s degree in biology. She blogs about these things and more at: theselightfootsteps.com.
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Preparing Your Homestead for a Hurricane
A hurricane is heading your way and, it is being proceeded by flurry of activity. People are battening up the hatches so to speak and getting their homes and families ready for the possibility of flooding, high winds, power outages, and whatever else might be in store. So what are the top things to do to…
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Homestead Highlight: Jen
I have always dreamed of having chickens, when our family bought our first home in Coastal Maine I knew my dream was going to become a reality. It started out with 4 Beautiful Rhode Island Reds and has quickly grown to non-traditional breeds; one being my favorite the “Duccle.” It wasn’t just about having the…
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