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Can You Eat Dandelions?: Benefits Root to Fluff
Can you eat dandelions? Benefits of these nutrient-rich greens, flowers, and roots are within reach in your own yard.
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Putting Agritourism Ideas to Work on Family Farms
Farming is tough. But agritourism ideas help people pay bills and create the lives they want for their families.
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Have a Wasp Sting Home Remedy Ready This Summer
When you spend most of your time outdoors, whether your in the garden or in the woods, you’ll want to have a wasp sting home remedy handy.
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Cherishing the Natural Beauty of Icelandic Sheep
We were ready to give up on the sheep business altogether when we discovered Icelandic sheep.
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Wild Plant Identification: Foraging for Edible Weeds
Add to Favorites On a sleepy Sunday afternoon, on the grounds of an ex-horse stable, Nate Chetelat presents a wild plant identification tour for a local gardening group. The focus …
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10 Things Kids Learn From Homesteading Today
Regardless of whether your farm is big or small, in the middle of nowhere or smack dab in the middle of an urban jungle, here are 10 things your kids will learn from homesteading today.
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Why is Phenology of Plants Important?
Add to Favorites By Gail Damerow – I started studying the phenology of plants when I missed out on my fresh asparagus harvest one year. Next to my goat barn is an …
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Seed Saving 101: How to Get Started
Add to Favorites By Nino G. Cocchiarella – For us, one of the primary elements of a more resilient/sustainable lifestyle is growing and raising as much of our own food as …
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How to Make Beeswax Soap
Beeswax has more than 100 uses; knowing how to make beeswax soap harnesses natural benefits for your finished product.
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Natural Aphids Control in Your Garden
If you are an avid gardener like I am, likely at some point you will have the need for aphids control. Aphids are a common garden pest that like to feed on a wide variety of plants, garden vegetables, and flowers.
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Essential Oils, Non-Toxic Bug Repellents and More
Add to Favorites By Melissa Mink, The Homestead Moma To most homesteaders going green, natural or organic means that you are trying to reduce toxins that have crept into your everyday …
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El Niño and La Niña
Add to Favorites By Rhonda Crank, The Farmer’s Lamp I’m not a meteorologist magnet; nor am I a weather wizard. But as a sustenance farmer, the weather plays a large part …
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Wildlife Habitat On The Homestead
Add to Favorites By Anita B. Stone, Raleigh, North Carolina With an abundance of rural development, only smaller habitats remain for wildlife to thrive. As homesteaders, we can maintain the balance by serving the …
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8 Laws an Urban Homesteader Must Know
Add to Favorites Today’s urban homesteader can’t just raise food with wild abandon. Not if they want to coexist with neighbors. Being a successful urban homesteader involves researching laws first; …
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10 Homesteading Blogs That Inspire and Educate
Add to Favorites Are you on the hunt for helpful homesteading blogs? You’re in luck. The Countryside Network features some of the most influential homesteading bloggers today. You’ll hear from these knowledgeable bloggers (and …
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