Winter Wheat: The Good of Grain
Winter wheat may have the potential of changing agriculture across the Great Plains.
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Which Cover Crops for Gardens Work Best in Your Climate?
When it comes to cover crops for gardens, the list of benefits is extensive. Choosing the best cover crop to accomplish the job in your climate is where most people run into difficulty.
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Planting Kale in the Fall Garden
Planting kale isn’t just a spring activity in our gardens. When spring crops wilt from summer’s heat, and we have the pantry lined with the fruits of our labors, we till up the soil and plant a fall garden.
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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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Low-Stress Calf Weaning
Weaning time is stressful for cattle. Many people have found better ways to wean than putting calves in a corral and taking the cows away.
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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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Care of Older Horses
Health and body condition should be monitored since certain issues need to be recognized and addressed when caring for older horses.
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Small Pig Breeds for Meat
Smaller pig breeds have become more prevalent in recent years as more people see the benefit of raising their own pork.
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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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