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Guns & Garden – Watermelon – Growing Vegetables

Having a little fun with the SKS 7.62x39mm. Visit The Bayou Gardener in Avoyelles Parish Louisiana Cajun Country. www.thebayougardener.com

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How much sunlight does a raised bed garden require?

Image by VeggieGardeningTips Photo of my organic vegetable garden very early in the spring season. Question by Think Outside the BOX: How much sunlight does a raised bed garden require? My wife and I just bought a raised bed garden kit and seed kits from Wal-Mart. This is our first attempt to garden. I was […]

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Please give the components and advantages/disadvantages of organic agriculture.?

Image by mckaysavage Another element of a return to organic farming in rural India is the use of natural – and of age-old – recipes for growth promotion and soil fertilisation. Here we use several products from the cow – manure, milk, ghee (butter) and urine – and some fruits like coconut and banana to […]

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Raising Backyard Chickens

Rooster Jim and The Chickster (aka, Jim & Martha Schwartz) have been raising chickens for decades. Their kids raised them. Their grandkids raise them. And while familiarity may breed contempt among humans, raising thousands of chickens has not diminshed Rooster & The Chickster’s affection for their feathered friends. At the Boise Fall Home Show, which […]

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Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms discusses grass-fed cattle

On a “lunatic” tour of Polyface Farms, June 18, 2010, Joel Salatin, owner, discusses the process and benefits of raising cattle on grass. For the past 50 years, raising beef in the United States has generally been about growing beef bigger, faster, and cheaper on as little land as possible. Contrary to the pastoral image […]

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Teens raising honeybees

All about a honeybee hive, by the teen volunteers who tend to it. What could be more environmentally friendly than that?

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How to establish organic farming system on country didn’t start yet with this topic?

Image by mvphotomag Organic Farming Logo Question by Mostafa W: How to establish organic farming system on country didn’t start yet with this topic? How we can motivite the people, farmers,government and consumers to change to organic farming system/ what the real barrires and drivers for this topic Add your own answer in the comments!

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What are the Pros and Cons Of having your own aquaponics Farm?

Image by ceresgreentech Seedlings will be grown on racks on the southern side of the aquaponics greenhouse. Photo: BOJUN CHISWELL Question by Dr. Terri Genius™: What are the Pros and Cons Of having your own aquaponics Farm? This farm includes: solar panels on the roof of the house Chickens for meat and eggs aquaponics system […]

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How to raise bees : Winter Check : GardenFork.TV

gardenfork.tv When raising Honeybees you need to check on the bees and the beehive during the winter. Part of our beginning beekeeping how to videos, here we check on a hive after a winter snowstorm. Check out all our how to raise honeybees videos on our site, www.GardenFork.TV

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Explain how organic agriculture production affects crop yields?

Image by rebuildampara The participants were taken on a field visit to Vangamam on the second day of the workshop where local farmers were involved in organic farming with the assistance of the Tamil Nadu Organic Farmers’ Movement. These farmers demonstrated their manner of selecting seeds and how to prepare organic manure, organic insect repellent, […]

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