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How to get started with straw bale gardens
Planting seeds in straw bales? Really? If the idea of growing your garden without digging in the soil might sound a bit counterintuitive. But if you long to enjoy fresh produce, fruit or flowers grown yourself there is an alternative to!-->…
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Author Peter Loewer thinks you should learn as you grow
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Newly discovered plant growth proteins may save farmers in face of climate change
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How building science can help you build more efficiently
Many people would like their home to be more self-sufficient and efficient. For those starting from the ground up and building their how home, there is solid, proven science behind methods to make your home both. This excerpt from!-->…
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Could hedgelaying catch on in the United States?
Forget the white picket fence. Hedgelaying may be the perfect fencing option for your homestead. Here's what you need to know to try it.
A European buckthorn hedgerow in Caledon laid in the Midland style. | Photo by Jim Jones
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The first steps to fragrant gardening
Fragrant flowers make a lovely, aromatic addition to any garden. If you are accustomed to growing primarily edible crops, though, there are a few considerations for fragrant gardening for your first foray into these beautiful blooms. The!-->…
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Sugar maples unlikely to move north in a warming world
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Mealworms can safely eat toxin-laden polysytrene
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Midwest farmers learning what Maine farmers always knew about old tractors
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Whole Foods names regenerative agriculture its top food trend for 2020
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I thought my second planting of peas failed. I was wrong … maybe.
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There’s a new threat to cruciferous crops in Maine
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