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Making 2019’s Seed Starting & Planting Schedule (w/downloadable template)

Free Garden Seed Catalogs Links for 2019

Planting & Growing Potatoes: The Lazy Bed Method

All About Chickens

Should Fresh Eggs Be Washed or Left Unwashed

Fresh Eggs – Washed or Unwashed?

Semi-Annual Chicken Coop Cleaning

5 Reasons You Should Choose Nigerian Dwarf Goats for Milk

Goats – How Much Cold Can They Take?

How to Start Honey Bee Hives (or How To Hive Package Honey Bees)

Buy raw, local honey to benefit from it's many healthful properties.

Reasons To Buy Raw, Local Honey

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Bramblestone Goats Negative (2019) for Small Ruminant Diseases (Again)!

World’s Easiest Microwave Fudge (Goat or Cow Milk)

Easy Cucumber, Onion, & Dill Salad

Best Blackberry Cobbler (Using Fresh or Frozen Berries)

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How To Store Vegetables For Winter (Long Term Winter Vegetable Storage)

Make Tomato Juice from Fresh Tomatoes Easily (w/Kitchenaid Mixer)

How To Preserve Berries by Vacuum Sealing & Freezing

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Fresh Eggs - Washed or Unwashed? ( 24,759 )Should Fresh Eggs Be Washed?Different cultures treat egg washing in different ways - many cultures (such as all the EU countries) prohibit washing fresh eggs that are to be sold whereas most places in the US require them to be washed. So the...
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Making 2019's Seed Starting & Planting Schedule (w/downloadable template) It's time to start thinking about the garden and starting seedlings (or at least getting seeds ordered); so I’ve created our annual 2019 seed starting and planting schedule again (see below) to keep us on track. It helps me keep focused on buying seeds, starting transplants,...
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