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How To Make a Sweet Potato Beetle

December 3, 2013 by hsotr

How to Make a Sweet Potato Beetle

If you are looking for a great gift idea for your gardening friends, look no further. Make them a sweet potato beetle. It’s simple, it’s appealing, and it’s made with supplies you may already have on hand. It’s a fun project for the children, too, and is guaranteed to get lots of laughs. Plus, if […]

Filed Under: The Garden Tagged With: Crafts, Family, How-To, Vegetables

How To Ground a Wayward Chicken

October 29, 2013 by hsotr

How to Ground a Wayward Chicken

You may have heard of the amazing escapades of pigs, goats, and cattle that get tired of their pens and pastures and decide to check out the grass on the other side of the fence.  Fortunately, the advent of electric fencing has made these animals much easier to contain. But chickens are another story.  Electric […]

Filed Under: The Farm Tagged With: How-To, Livestock, Poultry

How To Make Osage Orange Fence Posts

September 30, 2013 by hsotr

How to Make Osage Orange Fence Posts

Permanent fencing is sometimes necessary, but it can also be costly. However, with a little time and effort (and a few Osage orange trees) you can make your own fence posts and save some money. Why Osage orange? It lasts. Once the wood dries, it’s iron tough. Just watch out for the thorns. You will […]

Filed Under: The Farm Tagged With: Fencing, How-To, Livestock, Pastures

How To Build a Two-Bin Composter

September 17, 2013 by hsotr

How to Build a Two-Bin Composter

Composting is probably one of the most familiar techniques of organic gardening. No wonder—it’s a great way to enrich the soil and make use of some of that garden debris that always collects as the season progresses. Composting just makes sense. However, deciding to make compost is one thing, and coming up with a compost […]

Filed Under: The Garden Tagged With: Composting, DIY Projects, How-To, Plant Health, Soil

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