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Drain Puddles With Simple Ditches
The tricky part is actually digging such a downhill ditch because water tends to gather in areas where the ground is low already, and creating a drainage area that is even lower may or may not be possible.
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How to Control Flies on the Farm
Read the labels of the products you buy to ensure they are not counterproductive to your goal. Some products are designed to stick to surfaces for an extended period of time; others are for more immediate, temporary knock-down action.
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Needs For A Farm In The Wilderness
This doesn't mean that season-extension facilities, such as cold frames or hoop houses, cannot be used, but it means that artificial inputs are kept to a minimum. Monocultures, such as fields of corn and soy, are dangerous to the ecosystem.
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About Christmas Tree Farms
Florists and decorators are in need of boughs year-round, but particularly during the winter. Starting in the second year, prune trees annually into the iconic cone shape using a machete or shearing knife.
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About Farm Cooperatives
It is also a way mitigate or share risk when large investments are necessary. When talking about a farm co-op, this can mean farmers sharing/co-owning production resources—i.e., labor and/or land in the case of a kibbutz or other communal farm—or,...
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How No-Till Farming Will Help You Save Water
Ultimately, each soil type and field should be managed on an individual basis. In a no-till system, root fibers penetrate the soil, fractionating the particles and helping to aerate the ground.
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How To Store Hay To Make It Last
Keep the hay away from trucks, machinery, or any type of heat source and fire accelerants, like gasoline, kerosene, oil and aerosol cans. They're designed to be fed whole, in the field, with or without a hay ring (a cage designed to prevent livestock...
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Farm-to-Forest Connections
Perhaps your woodlot supports edible or medicinal plants, such as blueberries, black cohosh, bloodroot or goldenseal—find out if they're considered endangered in your area before harvesting them.
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How To Re-Mediate Pig-Damaged Pastures
Other benefits of rye grass include weed suppression and increased retainment of all that nitrogen from the hog manure. Reestablishment of a dense root network is key to locking soil in place.
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Aquaculture Farming Basics
Finding Knowledgeable Assistance One of the major drawbacks of working in aquaculture is that the knowledge base is much smaller than that of crops that are more traditional. “The most important thing is pond maintenance” says Nat, “the animals...
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Infographic: Aquaculture Pond Construction
If done the right way, freshwater fish farming can be a great value-added opportunity for your hobby farm. Use this visual diagram of an aquaculture pond to consider the best way to build your operation.
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3 Forest Forages For Silvopasturing Pigs
And while you may be more familiar with the big, fleshy fruit of an Asian species, the good news is that native American persimmons, which yield a smaller fruit that's only good when fallen, are abundant in forests.
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4 Great Vegetables For Intercropping
Personally, I like sowing them with slow brassicas and tomatoes. That way, we are taking advantage of all the space something as thin as a leek leaves unused. It gets a little stuffy amongst corn rows and difficult to maneuver, but it's definitely possible...
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6 Simple Steps to Crop Rotation
Just be sure to stick to plants of the same family. Group those crops by family and season of planting and harvest. You'll use succession cropping—planting one crop family after another in the same space—to use your plot throughout the year.
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Biodynamic Farming: Interdependence at its Best
It still operates today as the only Biodynamic certifying agency and is active in 45 countries. If having a truly sustainable farm is your goal, read on. These preparations are used to speed up and regulate the fermentation process (like yeast in dough)...
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How To Build A Sacrifice Area
Building your sacrifice area on higher ground and building up the footing will go far in helping the space to shed water. You don't want to see your pastures get torn up by your cattle's, horses' and sheep's hooves, but you don't want them to spend all...
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The Secrets of Silvopasturing
“With the cattle, I don't have the competition of the scrub brush to deal with, the trees and the forage are benefitting from the cattle droppings, and the timber and the cattle are thriving,” he says.
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Organic Farming
Are they truly better for consumers, for the environment and for small farmers? Probably, but more research–and funding—is needed. They discovered the farmland needed “fixing up” as much as the house and outbuildings; they soon learned to replenish...
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4 Manure Management Options For Your Farm
Even raw manure—especially horse manure—is valued by mushroom growers. “Best-management practices on small farms are practical, cost-effective and easy to implement.” There are several manure-management system options on the farm: on-pasture management,...
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The Hands-Off Gardening Approach To Fall
It's doing what it should do, and it's good that we've left it alone, because we're not the only ones that need to benefit from what comes from the garden. You can intentionally provide food for insects in the form of native plants, which will in turn...
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3 Ways To Protect Grassland Birds On Your Farm
According to the Michigan State University Extension, keep sections of uncultivated land next to pastures and fields instead of row crops, woodlots and residential areas to maximize the number of bird species that can nest in an area.
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The Best Way To Clean Water Troughs
Water is an essential part of your livestock's diet. I use that and a toothbrush for any small areas my larger brush can't reach, like under heating elements. Use Water Troughs For Water Only Don't use water buckets or troughs for anything other than...
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Extend Your Grazing Time With Seasonal Pastures
Focus on seeding warm-weather grasses (C3 species) in one pasture during the waning days of winter to establish a grass crop for cows to enjoy during the summer months. The idea of having different pastures for different weather conditions is meant to...
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Horse Farm Management
You may be the person in charge of scheduling veterinarian and farrier visits and ensuring horses are on a regular farrier, vaccination and deworming schedule. This can give you some idea of what you can expect to make if you were to open your own horse...
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Get Started In Vertical Gardening
Squash & Cucumbers Cucumbers naturally climb, and there's an array of pickling and slicing varieties that adapt well. You can tie the ends of each sling directly to your trellis or netting, but some plants will also need the stems tied up, right above...
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How To Farm With Horses
Draft horses can also be spooked by loud equipment, noises or stings, sending them momentarily running off with you or the equipment. That's why we've compiled a beginner's guide to draft horses for anyone who is interested, but may not know where to...
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Why Keep Crop and Livestock Records?
A time stamp would be helpful or you can enter the photo date into your program or spreadsheet. Placing a numbered ear tag on each animal at the time of birth and snapping a photo will help you keep records for each animal from day one.
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