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Choose the Best Home Food Dehydrator for Gardeners By Jackie Wilt -
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How to Make Beef Jerky in the Oven
Make this savory homemade beef jerky flavored with Worcestershire and soy sauce. -
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Homemade Venison Sausage Recipes Ideas
Discover our venison sausage recipe ideas to make your own sausage easily, and mix in seasoning blends for a variety of flavors that suit any meal. -
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How to Build a Cold Smoker
Take your culinary know-how to a new level by learning how to build a cold smoker at home by creating an aboveground or buried firebox.
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Make-Ahead Dry Meals in a Jar Recipes By Renee Pottle -
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Cation Exchange Capacity: What is CEC in Soil?
What is CEC in soil? Learn how you can improve your soil's cation exchange capacity to grow healthier, more nutrient-dense crops. -
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Basic Sourdough Bread Recipe
This basic sourdough bread recipe is great for beginners and experienced bakers alike. -
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Preparing Soil in Fall
Preparing soil in fall can be easy: use fallen leaves and chicken manure to prepare garden soil and get it ready for sowing next Spring.
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Do It Yourself
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![How to Make Beef Tallow Candles]()
How to Make Beef Tallow Candles
Learn how to make beef tallow candles and how tallow has a wide range of properties that make it an excellent candle ingredient. -
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Metal Casting at Home
Learn metal casting at home without losing your cool (or your fingers), including how to make green sand to create art or tools that don’t exist. -
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Winter Sowing Vegetables
Winter sowing vegetables means earlier harvests. Try a milk-jug greenhouse to get started outdoors. -
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Widowmaker Branch Identification
Learn widowmaker branch identification to work safely when felling trees and cutting wood in the woodlot.
Animals
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![How to Keep Goats Warm in Cold Weather]()
How to Keep Goats Warm in Cold Weather
Learn how to keep goats warm in cold weather so you can maintain your flock throughout the entire year without unnecessary trouble. -
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Are Pigs Smart?
Are pigs smart? Larry Scheckel rates the intelligence of five barnyard animals based on his personal experience. -
![How to Keep Chickens Warm in Winter]()
How to Keep Chickens Warm in Winter
Learn how to keep chickens warm in winter to prevent illness, frostbite and more with these tips to keep your flock healthy — even in the coldest temps — so you can enjoy fresh eggs all winter long! -
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Fishing for and How to Cook Steelhead Trout
Learn to fly fish for and how to cook steelhead trout recipe; grilled style. Find steelhead in the Idaho Salmon or Clearwater rivers from July to December for the fall spawn and overwintering before they return to the ocean.
Farm And Garden
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![Living the Gritty Lifestyle]()
Living the Gritty Lifestyle
Grit thrives on writers and editors hailing from different areas of the United States. While hunters in in the western U.S. will clamber through the Rockies for mule deer in September and October, those in the South will seek white-tailed deer in November and December. -
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Facts About Grapes
Where do grapes grow? From variety selection to ideal growing conditions, learn facts about grapes and get expert advice on cultivating grapevines right in your own backyard. -
![How to Make Homemade Wine from Fruit]()
How to Make Homemade Wine from Fruit
Use late-season fruit leftovers to learn how to make homemade wine from fruit and what equipment and additives you will need to make it. -
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How to Cure Root Rot in Soil
Soil health determines plant health. Learn how to cure root rot in soil and prevent it by adjusting soil nutrients to keep your garden healthy.
