The Boer goat is a breed of goat that was developed in South Africa in the early 1900s for meat production. Their name is derived from the ...
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How to grow avocado from seed?
The avocado is a tree native to Mexico and Central America, classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor ...
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Rearing fishes and ducks in paddy fields
Paddy field or wet-rice cultivation is the most prevalent method of farming in the Far East, where it utilizes a small fraction of the total...
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Lazy compost pile made easy for dummies
You don’t need a compost bin to make compost. You simply need a pile that is at least 3 by 3 by 3 feet. A pile this size will have enough ma...
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Grow your own papaya tree. Start a small scale organic farming.
Papayas, native to Central America, have been long revered by the Latin American Indians. Spanish and Portuguese explorers brought papayas t...
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Harvesting rainwater for farming
In arid and desert regions rainwater harvesting has been practiced by ancient populations using sustainable water resources. Methods of such...
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How to get rid of garden pests naturally?
Spraying garden chemicals to get rid of bugs and weeds not only cause health risks, they often aren’t even that effective. Initially, they w...
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Type of useful bacteria found in soil
Did you know that in one teaspoon of living soil there are 100 million to 1 billion bacteria,1 mile to 40 miles of fungal hyphae, and 1,000...
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Make your own compost. Build your own bin.
You can compost at home with one of many commercially available compost bins, but making your own compost bin is really easy. Depending on t...
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Bring Sustainable Agriculture to the Desert with Aquaponics
There are a number of factors to consider before growing plants in a desert climate. Primarily, one will want to be concerned with the nutri...
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Grow herbs in your garden or kitchen
People have been growing herbs organically for centuries. It is only recently with the advent of chemical pesticides and herbicides that we...
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Bokashi, Japanese Composting Method
Bokashi is a new and revolutionary way of fermenting (pickling) your kitchen waste. The method was developed in Japan and when done properly...
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Grow your own Chilli Peppers from seeds
Chillies can be germinated much as any other seed. In order to give the seeds a bit of a helping hand to germinate you can place the seeds ...
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How to make money with Aquaponics?
What can produce 10 times more crops in the same amount of space as traditional agriculture, consumes approximately 75 percent less energy t...
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Worm Composting - Source of income for rural India
The rural villagers of Medak, India have fallow arid land. Worms produce organic compost that renourishes the land for crop growth, and prov...
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Organic Fertilizer: Cow or Cattle Manure & Composting
The use of cattle manure, or cow dung, in the garden is a popular practice in many rural areas. This type of manure is not as rich in nitro...
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Grow Beautiful Roses
Roses are the queens of the garden. But it’s no secret these picky flowers can suffer from different pests and diseases. Fortunately, growi...
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Tilapia breeding for Aquaponic farming
Tilapia is the Common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the tilapine cichlid tribe. Tilapia inhabit a variety of fresh...
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From Garbage to Compost
People are becoming more and more aware of garbage and waste disposal management. We often hope that we could recycle our waste in a more p...
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