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	<title>Homestead Acres &#187; organic gardening</title>
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		<title>How To Make Compost Tea</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compost tea is black gold for your garden!  Compost is full of living microbes that help to build your soil and nourish your plants.  But some times it&#8217;s inconvenient to  apply compost to your plants through the season.  If your plants are in containers, eventually the soil would reach the very top of the pot!  But container plants especially need fertilizing through out <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/how-to-make-compost-tea/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Starting To Plant Our Garden Lots Of Garlic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring has come early to the homestead.  This past winter seemed longer then normal&#8230;It was actually quite mild.  But after the cold summer and cold wet fall we had last year, we are very ready for spring! Saturday we spent some time getting the yard cleaned up.  There is a raised bed in the front <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/starting-to-plant-our-garden-lots-of-garlic/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>From The Archives: Is Your Families Food Secure?</title>
		<link>http://homestead-acres.com/blog/homesteading/from-the-archives-is-your-families-food-secure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homesteading]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bulk shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic collapse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[famine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I originally wrote this article April 30th 2008. Today as I was working on my garden plans this topic came to my mind. Really not much has changed since I wrote it. Yes food shortages have dropped off the mainstream media headlines. The prices in our stores have come down slightly from a high 2 <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/homesteading/from-the-archives-is-your-families-food-secure/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What the potatoe beetle larva looks like</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have our first and only potato beetle larva and garden update.]]></description>
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		<title>Garden Updates July 2/09</title>
		<link>http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/garden-updates-july-209/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<title>Garden update June 23rd</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<title>Economic Collapse? Late Blight Affecting Potato And Tomato Crops</title>
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		<comments>http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/economic-collapse-late-blight-affecting-potato-and-tomato-crops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With an unusually cool and wet summer the fungus late blight is hitting early. For the first time plants sold in garden centers are contaminated and spreading the disease in home gardens. Late blight shows up as black spots on the leaves also a white mold. As it spreads the stocks turn black and die. <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/economic-collapse-late-blight-affecting-potato-and-tomato-crops/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Homestead Series Building A Potato Hiller</title>
		<link>http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/homestead-series-building-a-potato-hiller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Garden Tools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We grow a large amount of potatoes each year. The past two years we have harvested between 2500 and 3000 pounds of potatoes. Our garden area is to small to use a tractor to hill the potatoes but still a big job by hand. To save a lot of time hubby built this wonderful potato <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/homestead-series-building-a-potato-hiller/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Homestead Series Planting Strawberries</title>
		<link>http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/homestead-series-planting-strawberries/</link>
		<comments>http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/homestead-series-planting-strawberries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fruit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strawberries are the jewel of the early garden.  In our area they are the first fruits ready to harvest in the garden season.  I prefer to buy bear root stock from a local nursery.  This minimizes shock to the plants and is often the cheapest way to purchase strawberry plants. &#160; Select a growing area <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/homestead-series-planting-strawberries/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How To Plant Carrots</title>
		<link>http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/homestead-series-carrot-planting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gardening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[carrot planting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carrots are a wonderful vegetable to grow.  They are easy to store in a root cellar and can and freeze easily. Carrots need a deep lose soil with out many stones.  If you have a harder clay soil type, try digging in some sand.  Also look for shorter root carrots that do well in heavy <a href='http://homestead-acres.com/blog/gardening/homestead-series-carrot-planting/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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