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Growing Microgreens: The Most Popular Ones Rising to Fame Among Urban Farmers

Beautiful purple radish microgreens
Beautiful purple radish microgreens. Photo by Russ Ward.

Microgreens have become a popular choice for urban farmers looking to grow their own food in a small space, much like an urban farm.

These tiny greens are packed with nutrition and flavor, making them an ideal way to add freshness, texture, and color to any meal or to your urban garden.

Not only are they easy to cultivate indoors or outdoors, but they also require minimal effort compared to other types of gardening.

The most popular types of microgreens for urban farmers are arugula, basil, chard, kale, cilantro, and radish.

In this article, we’ll explore why these delicious little plants have become popular among city dwellers and provide helpful tips on how you can start growing your own microgreens today!

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Growing Cherry Tomatoes in Pots: Delicious Tomatoes from a Container

Home farmer with newly picked cherry tomatoes
Home farmer with newly picked cherry tomatoes. Photo by Priscilla Du Preez.

Don’t worry if you want to have a space full of fresh cherry tomatoes plants but lack the room for a large garden. By growing cherry tomatoes in pots, you may still have a bountiful harvest of delicious, sun-ripened tomatoes.

It’s easy to grow these tomatoes in pots, and you can do it anyplace in your house. All you need is a sunny spot and a few pots, and you can enjoy fresh cherry tomatoes all summer.

This article goes through everything you need to know about growing tomatoes in a pot, from a step-by-step guide on how to grow them in pots and why it’s a good idea to do so.

So, without further ado, let’s get started.

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Farming

What is Permaculture? Embracing the Permaculture System on Your Farm

Vegetables from a permaculture garden
Vegetables from Permaculture Gardening. Photo by: Megan Thomas.

Have you ever wanted to create a garden that is sustainable, produces no waste, and is benefitted from the natural ecosystem? Then permaculture gardening is what you need.

Permaculture is about designing agricultural ecosystems that are sustainable and self-sufficient. It is founded on ecological principles and strives to develop productive, effective, and resilient systems.

Permaculture has five main zones: the house, the garden, the orchard, the farm, and the wilderness. Each zone has a different purpose and is managed differently.

But before we dig into the details of permaculture gardening, let’s discover what permaculture is!

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Optimizing Your Garden and Seeds for Different Seasons

Growing different types of tomatoes is great during summer. Garden for the season!
Optimizing your garden and seeds for different seasons can prove to lucrative. Photo by Annie Lang.

Nature has a course of self-trimming, which means that it can take each plant and tree through an experience of a substantial shift in their living and growth. During the process, some plants may perish, others may survive; the plants that receive the least attention perish first.

Therefore, optimizing your garden and seeds for different seasons is crucial to help your plants to grow more healthily.

Whatever the season, you can always follow a few general strategies to improve your garden.

In this article, we’ll explore everything about those seasonal plants and optimizing tactics for your garden to ultimately achieve the lucrative cash crops.

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Home & Garden

Get Rid of Fruit Flies

Old ripe Bananas, known to attract a lot of fruit flies!

If you own a farm, you may be aware of how problematic fruit flies can be. They seem to appear out of nowhere to ruin your hard earned and home grown products.

So, how do you prevent this fruit fly infestation in your home or garden? We are just about to reveal that.

In this article, we have shared some of the best ways to get rid of fruit flies on your farm. Farmers have been using these DIY tactics for decades, which are relatively inexpensive and easy to apply. 

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Homesteading

How to Start a Homestead: Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide

Man watering his plants in a greenhouse on a homestead.

If you’ve ever dreamed of living off the land and being self-sufficient, then you might have thought of wanting to start a homestead.

But homesteading can be OVERWHELMING. After all, there’s so much to consider and do. This makes it hard to know where and how you should start.

In this guide, we’ll show you how to start homesteading.

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Home & Garden

Why you should grow your own vegetables

Homegrown vegetables in a greenhouse

Growing your own vegetables is a great way to have fresh, healthy food every day without breaking the bank. You can also enjoy the satisfaction of knowing that you are feeding yourself with your very hands!

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