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VIDEO FEATURE: Raising Leghorn Chicks into Homestead Chi...
Updated on July 17th, 2024
My youngest son, Jacob Maxwell, is 24 years old now, and he kept our flock of backyard laying hens for many years...Continue Reading
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HOMESTEAD CATTLE PASTURE: Take an Aerial Tour of Our For...
Updated on July 16th, 2024
Video #1 Watch Time = 4 1/4 minutes Video#2 Watch Time = 1 minute I spend time each year working on fences...Continue Reading
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How to Choose a Great Wheelbarrow
Updated on July 3rd, 2024
Reading Time = 5 minutes If you're considering buying a wheelbarrow, you've come to the right place I've been...Continue Reading
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Three Real-World Gardening Tricks
Published on June 25th, 2024
Reading Time = 4 minutes My wife, Mary, and I have been gardening together on our rural property for 30+...Continue Reading
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HAND SCYTHES: How to Sharpen This Useful Yet Forgotten T...
Updated on June 1st, 2024
Even though I have many outdoor power tools in my shop, including several gas-powered weedeaters and brush cutters,...Continue Reading
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CASE STUDY: Cuba Leads Organic Agriculture Worldwide
Published on May 22nd, 2024
A typical inner-city organic garden in the heart of Havana, Cuba Thousands of plots like this feed a population that...Continue Reading
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DRY AGED BEEF: The End of My 20+ Year Search for a Great...
Published on March 27th, 2024
Do you remember beef tasting better years ago than it does today I do, and I don't think it's my imagination It took...Continue Reading
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BUILD A HOOP HOUSE: Download Free Plans For Extending Yo...
Published on March 20th, 2024
Hoop houses are one way you can extend your growing season and protect your garden from wind, animals and frost...Continue Reading
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WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? Pasture Plants Thrive in Deep Qua...
Published on February 8th, 2024
Nutritious pasture plants such as alfalfa, clover and birdsfoot trefoil aren't all that easy to grow I know because...Continue Reading
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GARDEN WEEDS: Five Tillage Tools & Techniques That ...
Published on January 11th, 2024
Nobody takes up gardening because it gives them the chance to hack away ineffectively at weeds You might tolerate this...Continue Reading
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VIDEO PASTURE TOUR: See a Closeup View of What Our Cattl...
Published on January 4th, 2024
From a distance, pasture just looks like a green field, but there's more going on than meets the eye on managed...Continue Reading
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How to Dry Herbs
Published on January 4th, 2024
Here at our place, home improvement extends beyond just fixing up the house It's also about living well in other ways,...Continue Reading