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Winter Wheat: The Good of Grain
Winter wheat may have the potential of changing agriculture across the Great Plains.
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Preserving Sweet Corn
Whether you’ve grown it yourself or found a wonderful deal at your local farmers market, fresh sweet corn is an absolute delight! This is a guide to preserving sweet corn.
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Preserving Peaches for Easy, Delicious Desserts
50 pounds of peaches is a decent amount of fruit to preserve, but we managed it. So how do you go about preserving all those peaches?
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Making Fruit-Scrap Vinegar
Don’t toss your fruit scraps, use them to make vinegar. My excursion into fruit vinegar came after canning peaches, pears, and apples. I looked at the scraps and decided to play with the garbage.
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Homesteading as a Family
While wanting clean, healthy food for my family was my motivation for homesteading, the richness of life it has provided is immeasurable.
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Survival Essentials for Safe Adventures
Giving 10 “essentials” for survival and emergencies is Royce Jones, Wilderness Patroller I of the Mount San Jacinto State Park and Wilderness which is located on the mountain that overlooks Palm Springs, California.
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Heirloom Seeds: Not Just Tomatoes
When many think of heirloom seeds, they believe that it is just tomatoes; however, it is far more vast than a common tomato.
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The American Persimmon
Also known as the common persimmon, American persimmon is not to be confused with the smaller Asian variety. In fact, at a height of 30 to 80 feet, the American stands several times taller than its counterpart.
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Our Side Hustle with the Harvest Host RV Camping Network
The Harvest Host program is a membership network for self-contained RVers. Because campers are not charged nightly fees to stay at member sites, Harvest Host campers are strongly encouraged to support their hosts by purchasing products or making a monetary donation in exchange for unique, off-the-beaten path places to stay.
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A Year of Self-Sufficient Living
We decided to focus on growing vegetables and fruits and procurement of wild game. This is our year-long self-sufficient story.
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Starting Your Own Soap Making Business
I remember when I first discovered I could make my own soap and started my own soap making business. I was intrigued and obsessed with the various scents and ingredients.
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Pressure Canning Kale and Other Greens
Pressure canning kale and other greens leave your freezer space available for other things that aren’t as well-suited for canning. If you’re like me, you fill up your garden beds to maximum capacity and then have trouble keeping up with all of the summer bounties!
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Cold Weather 101: Help Lambs Beat the Winter Chill
For sheep raisers in cold climates, winter is a time to take special precautions to ensure lambs grow healthy and strong.
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Tips To Help Homeowners Prepare for a Natural Disaster
Knowing beforehand what to do when a natural disaster hits is pivotal.
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Keeping it Cool With a DIY Walk-in Cooler
The time was drawing near to process lambs. My husband and I had processed our own venison for years. We were ready to venture out and try something new.
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