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How to Plant and Grow Potatoes

We have been growing potatoes on our place for generations.  My grandfather and great grandfather grew potatoes as a cash crop for many years.  Here is a guide on how to plant and...

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Stop stored potatoes from sprouting

If you have ever stored potatoes for any length of time you have probably experienced the potato itself beginning to sprout.  A sprouted potato doesn’t taste the same at...

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Hummingbird Hacks. How to Attract Hummingbirds and Other Pollinators to Your Yard

Use these easy tips to attract more hummingbirds and other pollinators to your backyard. Every gardener or homesteader knows the value of having good pollinators visit your plants. Pollination is...

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Garden Pests: How to Get Rid of Cabbage Worms in your Garden

Anyone who has raised cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy, rutabaga, kohlrabi, kale, turnips, or mustard plants (all memebers of the Brassica family) has no doubt encountered the cabbage worm....

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link to Grow a Superfood Garden to Fight Diabetes

Grow a Superfood Garden to Fight Diabetes

There is a good reason why your mother always told you to eat your veggies! My husband’s family has a genetic propensity for Type II Diabetes. Because of this, we take measures to fortify...

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Improve the fruit from your orchard and garden.

There is an age-old technique that will help your fruit trees to yield a more consistent crop from year to year. The technique will also aid in producing a better tasting and dependable...

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We are Betsy and Ron Russon a fifth generation family on the same family farm. Betsy is an attorney who practices federal administrative and social security disability law, and Ron is a wildlife fine artist by trade. We are both homesteaders the rest of the time, with a growing family, and rich heritage of working the land, planting, growing, and raising poultry and/or livestock. It's hard work, but we both love it, and the opportunities that farming and homesteading bring for self-sufficiency and home-based reliance. Layla (also pictured) is our rescue pup who keeps us all in line.

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