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How to Grow Sunflowers for a Memorable Outdoor Wedding

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Grow sunflowers for special events on your homestead. They are fast growing annuals that screen imperfections and look stunning in bouquets, center pieces, and as backdrops to wedding photos. The key to success is choosing the right sunflower variety for your purpose. Sarah is getting married in August and has asked for a homegrown sunflower […]

15 Medicinal Herbs for Chickens to Keep Them Healthy and Pestfree

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Grow these 15 herbs for chickens near the chicken coop. They will improve immunity, keep them parasite free, reduce their stress, and prevent boredom. Healthy, happy chickens lay more eggs. Growing herbs is a simple and economical way to keep your backyard flock healthy and productive. Benefits of Growing Herbs for Chickens Herbs are easy […]

5 Edible Wild Plants of Early Spring to Hunt on Your Foraging Hike

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These edible wild plants pop up from under the leaf mold even before the snow has receded. These are some of the earliest wild edibles to forage in spring. So grab your willow basket, your foraging knife, and a couple handy field guides. You’ll love this early spring walk in the wild and you’ll come […]

5 Bee Friendly Perennials for Your Zone 3 Garden for Better Biodiversity

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Adding bee friendly perennials will make your organic garden more hospitable to both native pollinators and honey bees and ensure that you can continue to harvest fruit and vegetables that need pollination over a long season. The key is to provide bee fodder throughout the growing season using perennials. From early in the spring, when […]

4 Simple Exercises for Gardeners For a Painfree Gardening Season

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Preseason Exercises for Gardeners are just as important as the preseason training in competitive sports. The preseason warmups prevent injury, keeping the gardener in the game, ensuring a long and profitable gardening season. Do you remember to do this before you plant those first seeds? If you forget this you aren’t alone. Even veteran gardeners […]

15 Easy Steps to Start Seeds the Right Way and the Secret Sauce For Stronger Plants

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Follow these easy steps to start seeds in your climate and you’ll be rewarded with stronger plants with resilient health that give you timely, trouble-free harvests. When you are gardening in a difficult climate giving seeds a head start can make a huge difference in your harvest in a few months. But it isn’t as […]

13 Tips to Keep a Wood Cook Stove Functioning at Peak Efficiency

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So you have your eye on a pretty wood cook stove for your homestead kitchen. You have dreams of being able to cook in the winter, even when the power is off. You envision evenly brown pizza, with a chewy, crispy crust, and warm baked bread the way grandma used to make it, its fragrance […]

How to Plan Your Medicinal Herb Garden For Less Toil and More Fun

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A medicinal herb garden is easy to grow using plants that are suited to your growing conditions and plant hardiness zone. But choosing the right plants for your growing conditions is the key to creating a successful medicinal herb garden that is easy to maintain without undue toil. Afterall who wants to work when they […]