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Dwarf Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard

by Marye Audet

When planning your kitchen garden consider adding a couple of dwarf fruit trees. These small trees grow very well in small, urban areas, and will produce alot of full size, fruit. Concerns with the food supply, its effect on the environment, and buying locally, it seems natural to grow your own. published 2 weeks ago

2 comments    food how to gardening

Homemade key lime and strawberry pie is a summer treat at our house.84

Growing Strawberries

by Marye Audet

Strawberrries are a perenniel herb that can be grown in most areas of the United States,as well as Canada. Certain varieties can even be grown in Alaska. They grow best in a cool, moist climate... published 5 weeks ago

16 comments    food home gardening

Image (c) Marye Audet 2008 Disbudding a goat kid should be done early, before it is two weeks old.76

How-to Disbud a Goat Kid

by Marye Audet

Knowing how to disbud a goat kid is an important part of owning and showing goats. It is pretty simple, although not something that you ever enjoy. published 2 months ago

2 comments    advice how-to farming

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How-to Grow Heirloom Tomatoes from Seed

by Marye Audet

Heirloom tomatoes are an easy to grow, flavorful vegetable to have in the home garden. Gourmet stores and restaurants hae rediscovered the value of heirloom tomatoes and they can be a way for the homesteader to make a little extra money. published 4 months ago

0 comments    food how to tips

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The 10 Top Homesteading Sites

by Marye Audet

Homesteading is somewhat a solitary activity by the sheer definition of it. When, in the 1970's people were heading into the wild and woolly backwoods of Canada, Alaska, and Montana, they accepted that their... published 7 months ago

2 comments    education internet homesteading

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Marye Audet on HubPages

by Marye Audet

I tend to think of my hubs as sort of an online Homesteading Magazine, like Mother Earth News, Backwoods Home,or Hobby Farms...only in an easy to read online format. And of course, free. published 2 months ago

5 comments    recipes homesteading foraging

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Living in a Tepee

by Marye Audet

An 18 year old in Tennessee is choosing to live in voluntary simplicity by living in a tepee surrounded by 36 acres of wilderness. Why and how he is doing it, instructions to make a tepee and information about where to buy. published 6 months ago

6 comments    life home people

Hadassah with her new twins.  Milk will be plentiful soon, and so will chevre!65

Marye Audet: Raising Livestock Hubs

by Marye Audet

I will index my articles by groups, and then finally, I will create a master index of links. I will post the address of that on my profile page and hopefully those who read my words will find more help, more quickly, and more easily. published 2 months ago

2 comments    home hubpages how-to

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How-to Till, or Cultivate, a Garden

by Marye Audet

Everyone knows that quality soil in the garden is one of the most important steps in harvesting loads of fresh, nutritious, organic vegetables. For some people, raised in the past couple of decades without the benefit of home grown produce, tilling is a confusing thing. When do you start? How do you do it? And can you cut your toes off? published 2 months ago

2 comments    home how to gardening

Use empty soda bottles and milk cartons as cloches by cutting the bottoms out. Image: Garden Organic85

What To Plant: Plan Your Early Spring Garden

by Marye Audet

December is the time to begin planning for the early spring garden. There are many cold hardy vegetables that you can plant now for early harvest if you live in a temperate planting zone. published 5 months ago

6 comments    home how to gardening

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