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Keeping Your Working Dog Safe, Healthy, and Happy

Keeping Your Working Dog Safe, Healthy, and Happy

Having a dog or multiple dogs on your farm is a practical necessity. Dogs were bred to work, and working farm dogs are some of the oldest breeds around. They provide protection for both your home and your livestock. Some ...

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Go Heirloom for Growing Tomatoes

Go Heirloom for Growing Tomatoes

When planning your garden, you surely give consideration to what types of plants, vegetables, and herbs you will grow. You think about what your family needs and also what you all enjoy eating. For their wonderful flavor and their healthful ...

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Homeschool vs. Public School: Who’s Better Socialized?

Homeschool vs. Public School: Who’s Better Socialized?

I’m sure you’ve heard the arguments a thousand times from your critics: Homeschooled kids are anti-social, they don’t know how to cope in the real world, or even that homeschoolers are social outcasts. If you are already homeschooling your kids, ...

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Home Grown Potatoes

Home Grown Potatoes

Potatoes can make an excellent addition to your home garden. They have been a staple of many people’s diets for thousands of years. They are fairly easy to grow, although they do have certain pests and diseases to contend with. ...

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How Earthworms Boost Garden Production

How Earthworms Boost Garden Production

They make many people cringe and little boys love to taunt little girls with them, but earthworms are endlessly useful. Without them, our soil would not be as amenable to growing crops as it is. Depending on where you live, ...

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Preparing for the Spring’s Mushroom Harvest

Preparing for the Spring’s Mushroom Harvest

Spring is the season of the mushroom. Depending on where exactly you live, finding mushrooms in March, April, or May is a fun, educational, and practical activity. Going out to find wild mushrooms is an ancient tradition. For thousands of ...

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Keeping Your Barn Cats Healthy

Keeping Your Barn Cats Healthy

They’re tough. They’re loners. They rebuff your attempts at affection. It’s easy to leave your barn or feral cats to their own business and let them care for themselves. The truth is, however, those integral residents of your barn do ...

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The Hard Facts About Organic Fertilizers

The Hard Facts About Organic Fertilizers

Gardening is a fun and practical pastime. You can work out your stress by working the soil, teach your kids valuable skills and lessons, and, best of all, grow much or even all of your own produce. With a successful ...

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Teaching Your Homeschooler the Importance of Foraging

Teaching Your Homeschooler the Importance of Foraging

An important aspect of living off the grid is being able to supply your family with adequate food and nutrition. That can be accomplished by growing your own food in the garden and eating the results both fresh and preserved. ...

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New Timeline Feature Violates Facebook Users Privacy?

New Timeline Feature Violates Facebook Users Privacy?

Some users of Facebook suggest that they change the site constantly simply to keep their employees busy. If you take advantage of Facebook, you understand this complaint. It certainly seems like the changes made to the social networking site are ...

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