Growing tomatoes can be difficult, but with these 10 easy to understand tips, you will be an expert in no time! Do you ever look through a gardening book expecting to be taught how to do something and then put it back down more puzzled than you were in the first place? Yeah, me too. It seems that every book…
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Celebrate the start of the spring foraging season with this creamy fiddlehead soup with chives. A perfect earthy flavored soup for those cool spring evenings. This chowder like, soup takes advantage of the early spring harvest of ostrich fern fiddleheads and chives as they emerge from their winter slumber. One of the first spring foraging delicacies to emerge in New…
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Before you let your chickens free range, it is a good idea to have a strategy to get them back into their pen. Here are tips to train your chickens to come when called. One of the most hilarious things to witness is a flock of chickens running towards you when you call. The flap their wings, roll their bodies,…
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If you are making maple syrup anyway, the process of hot packing and canning maple syrup is just another step that will take you less than a half hour of hands on time. Maple sugaring is at peak right now and we are getting a plentiful amount of sap from our trees this year. Although properly prepared maple syrup can…
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We survived the drive home with bees loose in the car, we survived installing a bee nuc, and we (and the bees) learned how to coexist. See how we did it. The last time we got bees was… not a success. The biggest mistake we made was choosing to get a bee package to install into an empty hive. As…
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This striped baby blanket knitting pattern is just what you need to make a quick and adorable gift for your loved one. This is a simple project, perfect for a beginner knitter. Is there anything cuter than a newborn baby all swaddled up in a handmade baby blanket? This striped baby blanket is fully customizable, you decide which colors to…
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Having trouble keeping air plants alive? I was too. Believe me, all you need is a few simple tips to finally find success. I used to be a serial air plant killer. We used to bring those poor things into our home with every intention of giving them the best life ever, and a few weeks later, BAM… dead. I…
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