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Dwarf Fruit Trees in the Home Orchard

by Marye Audet

published 2 years ago

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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a simple tractor, photo courtesy of The City Chicken

Chicken Tractors; Free Range Chickens Safely!

by Marye Audet

published 2 years ago

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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A chicken grazing inside a chicken tractor.

Chicken Tractor? What's That?

by MollyLand

published 7 months ago

A chicken grazing inside a chicken tractor. The term 'chicken tractor' may conjure up images of a chicken tooling around the farm atop a tractor, but a chicken tractor is really just a type of chicken coop.A...

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A MacArthur Fellowship for an Urban Farmer: Will Allen

by BkCreative

published 4 months ago

Will Allen, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin has decided to make it his mission to bring affordable healthy food to families in city neighborhoods that generally lack quality fresh food. In 1995, he established a...

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San Francisco's New Victory Garden Mayor Gavin Newsom helps Slow Food Nation plant the first edible garden at City Hall since 1943. During World War II, civilians across the country were encouraged to aid the war effort by growing their own food i

Urban Farming: Anyone?

by travel_man1971

published 3 months ago

People, budget and lifetyle...I tagged these words to describe about this hub that will concentrate on farming. Being part of an agricultural environment, it is saddening to see that people in the major...

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Well Designed Money Gardens

by Jerilee Wei

published 10 months ago

Sometimes it's a good idea to take concepts and things that have worked since man came out of caves, and take a fresh look at them. I can picture in my mind some caveman (probably some cave woman) stepping...

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Small fruit trees are a good low-maintainance start to any edible landscape.

Edible Landscaping

by zionsphere

published 2 weeks ago

There are several reasons to consider edible landscaping. With our current state of economy and environmental issues, landscaping your property with palatable plants seems to be an intelligent solution....

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Recession Gardens

by Drwibble

published 8 months ago

Recession Gardens, Urban Farm, Allotments, Vegetable Patch, Urban gardening, call them what you will but when times get tough people instinctive resort to the earth to become more self sufficient and...

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Chicken Therapy, a chicken for Gran

by Pauline Rusert

published 6 months ago

Good chicken. Chicken Therapist makes her appearance. In good hands. Grandma contemplates my crazy idea Chickens have been in my family for generations. My Great Grandmother Pauline Kliem was an immigrant ....

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