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Featured: More Pollinators and More Nitrogen: Planting Clover Cover Crops in Your Orchard Clover planted in an orchard.Clover planted in an orchard. The inclusion of a clover cover crop within orchards has gained momentum as a sustainable and beneficial practice. Adding clover to an orchard not only helps your fruit trees thrive, it helps bring in a host of pollinators.
Protecting Your Fruit Trees From Deer - 3D Electric Fence Unboxing & Setup View of custom deer fenceView of custom deer fence Deer can set back a tree for years by damaging it or killing the tree altogether. One of the most popular ways to keep deer out of an orchard, garden, or food plot, is to use a 3D electric fence.
Beautiful and Functional Plants for Your Cottage Garden Beautiful and Functional Plants for your Cottage GardenBeautiful and Functional Plants for your Cottage Garden Cottage gardens are a popular choice for many homeowners who want to create a charming and inviting outdoor space. These gardens typically feature a mix of flowers, fruits, vegetables, and herbs, and are often designed to look informal and romantic.
Linear Food Forest | Permaculture for Farm or Yard | How it Can Be Applied Anywhere​ Thumbnail for video on Linear Food ForrestThumbnail for video on Linear Food Forrest A linear food forest or linear permaculture design has so many applications! This method works well for larger homestead applications all the way down to small yards. Learn how Jane and Wink at EarthDance Farms use different tiers of crops under their fruit trees to create a permaculture design that also helps control water runoff. This design mimics a forest's edge and is ideal for low-maintenance and diverse yields!
EarthDance Organic Teaching Farm | Rooted in Community Thumbnail for video on Earthdance FarmThumbnail for video on Earthdance Farm Earthdance Farm, in Ferguson, MO, has such an inspiring history and mission. Meet Molly and learn about their journey as an Organic Teaching Farm and how it's impacted the local community.
Mowing Strawberry Plants Mowing Strawberry Plants WATCH NOWMowing Strawberry Plants WATCH NOW When it's time to prune your strawberry patch, there are several options to consider for cutting back your strawberry plants. Andrew at the Howard Homestead utilized a push mower and bagger to prune his strawberry patch of 400 plants in less than 30 minutes!
Growing Columnar Apple Trees in a Container Watch now - a video on how to plant an columnar apple in a large potWatch now - a video on how to plant an columnar apple in a large pot Columnar apple trees, sometimes also referred to as urban fruit trees, spires, or colonnades, are fantastic fruit trees for small space growing!
Top 5 Fruits to Add to Your Landscape Add These Fruits to Your Landscape Video ThumbnailAdd These Fruits to Your Landscape Video Thumbnail Have you thought about adding berry plants or fruit trees to your landscape? This is referred to by many as foodscaping. Taking your traditional landscape and turning it into a food-producing growing space is an idea taking gardeners by storm.
Urban Farmer and Professional Foodscaper Matt Lebon Meet Matt Lebon WATCH NOWMeet Matt Lebon WATCH NOW What exactly is foodscaping? Simply put, it's landscaping with food. It makes sense, doesn't it? Adding plants and trees in your landscape that beautify your property AND produce food.
Getting to Know Your Food Source woman holding applewoman holding apple Following the year 2020, our country continues to face extraordinary challenges. Many of us are turning to backyard food production to both save money and feel secure about our food supply. Stark Bro’s has always taken our mission to educate and support the home grower seriously, and we’re still here for you today.
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