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Secrets of Raising Katahdin Sheep
Add to Favorites Reading Time: 10 minutes By John Kirchhoff – For many people, mentioning hair sheep evokes either “I wouldn’t have anything else” or a “No way would I have them” response. My wife...
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Off-Grid Battery Banks: The Heart of the System
Add to Favorites By Dan Fink – Anyone who owns a vehicle likely already has a love-hate relationship with the starting battery inside. It’s heavy, dirty, expensive, dangerous, and always seems to fail...
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How to Sell Produce to Restaurants: 11 Tips for Modern Farmers
Add to Favorites Knowing how to sell produce to restaurants is another part of farming, says Wendy Baroli. “If you’re in the business of farming, you also have to be in the business of marketing. And...
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An Easier Way of Making Tomato Sauce From Scratch
Add to Favorites You’ve mastered how to care for tomato plants. Now you want a tomato canning recipe, or just an easier way of making tomato sauce from scratch. Would you like to go from vine to table...
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Starting a Petting Zoo Business
Add to Favorites Reading Time: 6 minutes By Angela von Weber-Hahnsberg Have you ever thought of starting a petting zoo business? Have you ever smiled at the sight of a teen’s cool facade vanishing,...
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Beef Composites and Breed Definition
Add to Favorites By Heather Smith Thomas Today, we frequently hear the terms crossbred, hybrid, composite, or synthetic when referring to breed definition, and we often wonder exactly what these...
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How to Store Firewood: Try Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Racks
Add to Favorites Reading Time: 6 minutes By Ed McClearen, Fleetwood, North Carolina – One thing we have in abundance here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina is firewood. Last...
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Know Your Firewood Moisture Content
Add to Favorites Reading Time: 4 minutes By Ben Hoffman – Knowing firewood moisture content can make the difference between creating steam or heat. Most folks agree that water doesn’t burn, not unless...
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Safely Limbing and Bucking Trees
Add to Favorites By Ben Hoffman Bucking trees isn’t as easy as it looks. Learn how to limb a tree and buck wood safely. Many country folks buy their firewood in long lengths and then cut and split...
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Potatoes Offer Healthy Sustainability
Add to Favorites Reading Time: 6 minutes By Anita B. Stone, North Carolina It’s been said that each one of us consumes 126 pounds of potatoes each year, including the popular Russet and Idaho baking...
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