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85Raising Heritage Breed Turkeys
Raising pastured, organic heritage breed turkeys for food and profit on the homestead. Sustainable farming methods, pastured poutlry and ethical treatment lead to higher quality and healthier meat.
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86What To Plant: Plan Your Early Spring Garden
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.
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88Dwarf Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard
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.
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89Heritage Breeds of Goats for Milk and Meat
Goats are an excellent choice for the small family farm, and have been utilized for their rich milk, meat, and even fiber for generations. Each breed brings it's own set of characteristics to the barn and it...
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78How To Make Homemade Crochet Hooks & Knitting Needles
It is quite simple to carve and decorate your own, homemade crochet hooks and knitting needles.
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807 Survivalist Foods Every Family Should Stock Up On
I dare say that the average American family doesn't give a second thought to emergency planning. They're either too busy watching some scripted reality show or they believe that the U.S. Government will come...
77How-to Till, or Cultivate, a Garden
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?
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87Chicken Tractors; Free Range Chickens Safely!
When we moved to our dream farmhouse I had no idea what a chicken tractor was. I just knew I looked forward to getting heritage breed chickens so that I could gather the organic eggs every day. I dreamed...
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80Choosing Heritage Breeds of Livestock For the Homestead
Barred Rock Chickens have been utilized on the family farm for over 150 years as both meat and egg producers. For centuries farmers all over the globe have raised an assortment of livestock for food, for...
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75Heirloom Vegetables and Fruits in the Home Garden
Put simply, heirloom vegetables are the types of vegetables that our ancestors grew for centuries. During those centuries the vegetables, and fruits for that matter, adapted to their environments becoming...
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