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How to Bring Heirloom Plants to Your Garden

How to Bring Heirloom Plants to Your Garden

What are heirloom plants and seeds? Here is a guide to understanding heirloom plants and how you can bring them to your garden.

10 Heirloom Annual Flowers  Where to Buy Them  Rethink:Rural

10 Heirloom Annual Flowers & Where to Buy Them | Rethink:Rural

How do you start your heirloom flower garden? Here are ten of Kentucky farmwife Catherine Pond's favorite heirloom annual flowers and where to find...

Mushroom Farming for Fun and Profit on Your Rural Land

Mushroom Farming for Fun and Profit on Your Rural Land

Could mushroom farming be the ideal way to put your rural land to use? Best-selling author and medicinal mushroom expert Tradd Cotter shares how his...

Yard Maintenance Tips for the New Year

Yard Maintenance Tips for the New Year

Did you know the beginning of the new year is a great time to prepare your property for spring? Here are a few tasks to get you started.

ElderberriesThe Ultimate CashCrop for Your Rural Land

Elderberries—The Ultimate Cash-Crop for Your Rural Land

Wondering how you can diversify your rural land and increase profits? The elderberry may be the perfect superfruit crop for you.

Kudzundheit! A humorous look at the facts behind the prolific vine

Kudzundheit! A humorous look at the facts behind the prolific vine

Award-winning humor writer Jim Mize shares the facts about kudzu -- as well as a few theories of his own.

How to Add a Fish Pond or Water Garden To Your Land

How to Add a Fish Pond or Water Garden To Your Land

Small fish ponds offer endless possibilities for creating unique nooks within your property and may be designed for any size landscape or budget. We...

How to Add a Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden to your Property

How to Add a Butterfly and Hummingbird Garden to your Property

You can add color and excitement to your landscape with the addition of a small garden focused on plantings that will attract colorful butterflies...

7 Tips for Starting a MasterPlanned Garden on Your Land

7 Tips for Starting a Master-Planned Garden on Your Land

Before making any drastic changes to your land, draft a master plan for your garden and move carefully to reach your ultimate goal.

How to Plan and Plant a Southern Spring Garden

How to Plan and Plant a Southern Spring Garden

Kentucky farmwife Catherine Pond shares wisdom on how to plan, prepare and plant a Southern spring garden.