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9 Steps Toward SelfSufficient Landscaping

9 Steps Toward Self-Sufficient Landscaping

Permaculture expert Jessi Bloom offers her tips on ways to make your property more sustainable, self-sufficient and productive

5 steps to aquaponics success  Rethink Rural Blog

5 steps to aquaponics success | Rethink Rural Blog

The author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Aquaponic Farming offers a step by step guide on planning your aquaponics system.

4 Rainwater Harvesting Myths Debunked

4 Rainwater Harvesting Myths Debunked

The founder of Rainharvest School dispels myths and explains the right way to harvest rainwater to ensure it is safe for drinking.

Freerange daycare: Preschool on a farm

“Free-range” daycare: Preschool on a farm

Celestial Farms, a farm-based daycare, gives kids more than a basic education: they learn farm chores, animal care and what real food is all about.

16 Practical Tips for Building Green on a Budget

16 Practical Tips for Building Green on a Budget

Do you dream of building green…until the reality of a designer green-home price tag sets in?

Live free or die: Life according to Colbert

Live free or die: Life according to Colbert

MOULTRIE, Georgia--If you love a good “fish story,” ask Colbert Sturgeon about the time he caught a fish with his face.

Alpacas: Loveable, Easy to Raise, and Gentle

Alpacas: Loveable, Easy to Raise, and Gentle

MOULTRIE, Georgia -- Nicole Taylor was a lifelong “horse person,” but when the then-single mom quit her job and moved to the country in the mountains...

4 ways solar energy will save you money

4 ways solar energy will save you money

A solar energy consultant shares not only how using solar energy can cut your electricity costs, but how it actually might make you money.

5 types of sustainable farming you can do

5 types of sustainable farming you can do

Do you dream of starting your own hobby farm or homestead?

Traders Hill Farms leads the way in aquaponics

Traders Hill Farms leads the way in aquaponics

This Hilliard, Florida, aquaponics farm is growing produce in a fraction of the space and time using fish and the water they naturally fertilize.

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