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Urban Yard Farming for Profit

Urban Yard Farming for Profit

In this excerpt from The Urban Farmer, courtesy of New Society Publishers, Curtis Stone offers an innovative approach to urban backyard farming for profit — one that doesn’t require starting with acres of land in the country. In these urban farming business plans, which are based on his own experience and which have been refined…

How To Eliminate Garden Vermin

How To Eliminate Garden Vermin

It probably won’t surprise most vegetable gardeners that insects outnumber humans many millions of times over. While some insects can be beneficial for certain plants, gardeners are all too familiar with the destruction of many tiny crawly critters. Luckily, nature uses a lot of non-toxic methods to dissuade and manage damaging pests. The following 6…