Micro Farming

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Sustainable Farming: Raising Kits to Harvest

Part three of our sustainable farming series where we focus our attention on raising kits to harvest.

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Sustainable Farming: Raising Quail

If you’re trying to get by and want a self-sufficient meat source, but are limited on space or are trying to do it on the sly so your landlord and neighbors won’t find out, quail is an excellent option.

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Sustainable Farming: The Complete Guide to Raising Rabbits

Experienced rabbit breeder, Ruby Burks details how to begin sustainable farming measures by caring for rabbits. Her primer outlines what breed to choose, housing and feeding rabbits to use as meat sources.

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Sustainable Gardening: What To Do Before You Plant Your Seedlings

Living sustainably and starting a garden is economical and will help your children learn the essential skill of growing food as naturally as possible. But there is some prep work to be done to ensure a healthy, thriving garden.

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Tearing it up with a Ridging Hoe

For the survival-minded homesteader – or for those who simply wish to live a simpler existence – good hand tools are important.

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The Micro Farm Revolution:Think Small

There is definitely a buzz about micro farms, but you don’t have to live in out in the country in order to adopt some of practices of micro farms.

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The Perfect Homestead

If you’ve made the enormous decision to relocate and start a homestead, take the extra time to do it right. Research is essential! Read more about 5 important criteria when planning for a homestead.

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The Perfect Storm: Grow Local or Grow Hungry?

If the Perfect Storm is our new normal we must all once again get down on our knees, like our forefathers and mothers before us, and plant a seed to feed our own.

This Do-It-Yourself Garden Hack Is The Secret to an Abundant Garden

This organic fertilizer method is by far the easiest way to get essential nutrients quickly into the soil, and I have had nothing but success using it.

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Turning Kitchen Scraps into Free Eggs

For those of you like me that hate food waste supplementing animal feed in this way might save you a fair bit of cash.

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Want All the Green Beans You Can Eat? Get the Best Harvest With These Growing Tips

Here’s everything you need to know about growing a great and bountiful green bean harvest.

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What to Feed Your Micro-Livestock

Learn some tips and tricks from other homesteaders on what your micro-livestock needs to eat in order to stay healthy to ultimately benefit your family.

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