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    10 Clever Uses for Discarded Sourdough Starter

    Look at any package of store-bought bread and you’re likely to turn up your nose in disgust after reading the ingredients. From artificial flavors to preservatives you can’t pronounce, there are a lot of reasons to make homemade bread instead. Besides the health benefits that sourdough provides...
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    How to Make Delicious Homemade Wine from Leftover Frozen Fruit

    Do you end up with a lot of frozen fruits in your freezer at the end of each season? It’s great to have them on hand, but they also take up a good amount of room which could be used for other items. Instead of freezing your fruit, wasting space in your freezer, and looking...
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    How to Salt and Smoke Food to Preserve Them and Add More Flavor

    Are you interested in learning how to preserve your foods using different methods? When I first began preserving my own foods, I was fully consumed with canning. Though canning, freezing and dehydrating are still some of my most preferred methods of food preservation, I’ve branched out into...
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    4 Reasons You Need Dragonflies In Your Backyard & How To Attract Them

    What could be better than a beautiful dragonfly zooming about the garden to brighten your day? Well, a flight of dragonflies or a static swarm has been known to top that. I can’t think of much more that would surpass that momentary delight of having incredibly skilled hunters in my garden...
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    9 Tips for Feeding Birds During the Summer

    For many backyard bird watchers, feeders sit empty during the summer months. But for birders in the know, this is a great time of year to attract birds to your yard. Many migratory species may only visit during the hottest months of the year. Welcome these colorful guests by meeting their...
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    7 Fall Bird Feeding Tips for a Busy Backyard

    As summer fades and autumn takes center stage, big changes start happening in the world of our feathered friends. Some species prepare for migration and take flight, while others get ready for colder weather. Both require a change of diet. Whether you feed the birds all year long or break out...
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    How to Deter Bears from Your Property

    So, what’s for lunch? Bears on the homestead is a unique problem to have, but a challenging one too. These predators are big, strong, scary, and can be incredibly persistent. If you have bears frequenting your homestead, it’s time to get it on lockdown. Take every step possible to encourage...
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    9 Things That Stop Hummingbirds from Using Your Feeder

    There are folks who feed the birds, and then there are folks who feed hummingbirds. I know quite a few people who have hummingbird feeders but not seed feeders. That’s because hummingbirds are in a class of their own. They are immensely fascinating to watch, with such big personalities packed...
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    6 Flowers Bees Can’t Use & the Problem With Cultivars

    While weeding the other day, I had the welcome distraction of a fat bumblebee foraging nearby for nectar and pollen. Among the sea of blue violets that is my lawn, the bee zipped from flower to flower, as bees do. Anytime it landed on a violet, the weight of the bee pulled the flowerhead to the...
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    5 Fall Hummingbird Feeding Tips & When to Take Down Feeders

    If this is your first year feeding hummingbirds, first of all, welcome to the club. They’re pretty great, right? But as summer turns to autumn, you’ve likely begun to notice fewer visitors to your feeder. Naturally, you need to know when it’s time to take down your hummingbird feeder for the...
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    Pine Cone Bird Feeders – Not Just a Kids Craft

    We all remember making pine cone bird feeders as kids, whether it was at home or school. But did you know these easy and inexpensive feeders are actually an excellent winter food source for many species of birds? It’s time to nurture your inner kid and the feathered inhabitants of your backyard...
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    10 Low Effort Ways to Create a Winter Wildlife Sanctuary

    This past summer, a colony of bald-faced wasps took up residence right next to my garage door. Because I know how beneficial wasps are, I decided to leave it alone. Sure, we couldn’t use that particularly sticky door for a couple of months, but the small inconvenience was worth it. It was such...
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    7 Common Spring Bird Feeding Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them)

    I have two indoor cats whose favorite TV show is watching the bird feeders right outside the dining room window. I don’t know who enjoys watching the birds more, me or them, so we keep our feeders up year-round. But when it comes to springtime bird feeding, there are a few different rules to...
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    How To Attract Wild Ladybugs To Your Backyard & Why You Need To

    Attracting ladybugs to your garden is one way to maintain diversity and manage it organically. Organic gardening always involves recognizing that we are not alone in our gardens. Successful gardens are diverse ecosystems that teem with life. And all of that life has its role to play in helping...
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    Dealing With Spongy Moth (Gypsy Moth) Caterpillar Infestations

    In late spring, around the time the weather starts to be consistently nice – it happens. You’re outside, soaking up the sun, when you feel a tickle on your arm. Looking down, you see a tiny 2-3mm long, fuzzy black caterpillar inching (millimetering?) across your skin. “Oh no,” you think...
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    Dealing with Cabbageworm – The Bane of Brassica Lovers Everywhere

    The imported cabbageworm (Pieris rapae) is a notorious pest, known by gardeners all over North America. As lovely as they are, seeing the small white butterflies flit about your brassicas causes backyard growers and commercial farmers alike to grind their teeth, muttering four-letter words. We...
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    What Really Works To Get Rid Of Mosquitoes (& Why Most Natural Repellents Don’t Work)

    Nothing spoils a summer evening faster than the high-pitched hum of an incoming mosquito. And you know it’s never one; they always bring friends. It only takes a few bites to send everyone running back indoors. Of course, the internet is no help. A quick Google search for “natural mosquito...
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    How to Make Tomato Hornworms Glow Like Neon With a Ridiculously Simple Tool

    Tomato gardeners, I’d like to paint an all-too-familiar scene for you. You’re out in the garden, happily picking ripe tomatoes from your plants, when you notice a twiggy, leafless branch. You recoil in shock; what on earth could have done it? There were definitely leaves on that branch...
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    Dealing With Squash Vine Borer – It’s Not Squash Bugs Killing Your Plants

    I’m going to begin this article with a rather bold statement, and it will probably upset many gardeners. Squash bugs aren’t killing your squash plants. Excuse me? What did you say? I said squash bugs aren’t killing your squash plants. Let me get this straight, Tracey. You’re telling me the...
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    The Warning Sign That Could Spell The End Of Your Tomato Plants (Unless You Act Quickly)

    Hoo boy. I get asked this question all the time by Rural Sprout readers. One minute, your tomatoes are doing fine, and then, within a day or two, you have skeletal tomato plants. Seriously, that’s all the time this common tomato nemesis needs to shut down your tomato season completely. And the...

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