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Common Restrictions to Backyard Chickens

Common Restrictions to Backyard Chickens

Cathy Isom continues her series on keeping chickens. She tells us some of the common restrictions when it comes to your backyard flock. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.

Common Restrictions to Backyard Chickens

There are varying laws for each community. Some laws will not permit you to keep chickens at all while others will allow you to rear them provided you meet some conditions. Such as…

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Raising Backyard Chickens for Beginners

Raising Backyard Chickens for Beginners

Cathy Isom has, over the past few days, given you the particulars about various types of chickens for a backyard flock. Today, Cathy has a few tips on raising backyard chickens for beginners. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.

Raising Backyard Chickens for Beginners

Raising backyard chickens may seem pretty easy, but one question you need answered before you even begin: are you allowed to…

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Tasty Fruits that Ripen in the Springtime

Tasty Fruits that Ripen in the Springtime

The tasty fruits that ripen in the Spring. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. While spring is much appreciated for the blooming of flowers, and the buzzing of bees, it’s also a time when several fruity favorites reach their pinnacle. Apricots are a delicious late spring treat. In Southern California, they can be found as early this month with the season stretching to July. Cherries are…

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Some of the Best Growing Kits for Exotic Mushrooms

Some of the Best Growing Kits for Exotic Mushrooms

Some of the best growing kits for exotic mushrooms. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.

Courtesy: Back to the Roots America’s #1 Gardening Company

Reishi mushrooms are historically used in Japanese and Chinese traditional medicine,  consumed as a tea or a nutritional supplement.  The Reishi Mushroom Growing Kit by Gallboys is easy to use and the instructions show you all of the techniques…

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Transplanting Your Homegrown Bell Pepper Plants

Transplanting Your Homegrown Bell Pepper Plants

How to transplant your homegrown bell pepper plants. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.

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Once your seedlings have produced true leaves it’s time to harden them off. This is the process where plants are acclimated to new environment by slowly introducing them to outdoor weather.

Start in the morning and bring them in later and later each day until you are…

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Ideas to Decorate the Fences in Your Garden or Property

Ideas to Decorate the Fences in Your Garden or Property

Some ideas to decorate the fences in your garden or property.  That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.

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There are a lot of ways to make a fence decorative. The most common way to do this is to decorate a traditional fence. Add an old window, door, or a framed mirror to create a focal point along the fence. Glinting glass is a simple technique that adds instant…

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Decorative Fences for Your Garden or Landscape

Decorative Fences for Your Garden or Landscape

The two types of decorative fences for your garden or landscape. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.

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In the same way that a feature wall in your living room can draw you into space, decorative fences can dramatically alter your interactions with the landscape. There are two types of fences:  Primarily decorative fences.  And, functional and decorative fences.

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Keeping Your Kitchen Waste Out of the Landfill

Keeping Your Kitchen Waste Out of the Landfill

Some things you can do with kitchen waste to keep it out of the landfill.  That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.

Luckily, kitchen waste falls into many categories that are conducive for productive, useful waste cycling. There are lots of compostable items, such as paper bags, cardboard boxes, and food scraps. Also, there are tons of recyclable and reusable things, like tin cans and glass…

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