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Homegrown Lifestyle Network

Are you eager to connect to the land? Grow your own food in a way that sustains the natural environment? Create a more sustainable way of life? If yes, the Homegrown Lifestyle Network is for you!

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04/09/2013 From Overblog

Permaculture Workshop: April 19th

Want to learn how to build a maintenance-free edible forest garden? Reserve your space now at a free, hands-on...

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03/29/2013 From Overblog

Connecting Local Consumers & Producers: Food Coops

Members of the Iowa Valley Food Coop order products online and pick up goods once a month at their distribution...

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03/22/2013 From Overblog

Learn How to Start Your OwnTransplants

2013 Homegrown Lifestyle participants connected with experts in soil and water management at Iowa State University...

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03/18/2013 From Overblog

Recommendations for Attracting Pollinators

Pollinators contribute to food production through crop pollination. The annual value of pollination services to...

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03/15/2013 From Overblog

Build an Herb Spiral: 4-Step Guide

If you are not familiar with th ese, you are probably wondering, "What in the world is an herb spiral garden?"...

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02/27/2013 From Overblog

Get a free plant! @ Backyard Abundance

Receive a gift certificate for a *free plant* when you attend the “Plants for an Abundant Landscape” event this...

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01/25/2013 From Overblog

Drought-proofing your farm

Did anyone attend this workshop on drought-proofing your farm? Australian permaculture expert Darren Doherty explained...

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01/09/2013 From Overblog

Winter Damage Resolutions

by ISU Extension & Outreach Linn County Master Gardener Lisa Slattery The blizzard took its toll on our landscape,...

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01/04/2013 From Overblog

Iowa Families Log on to Learn Sustainable Living Techniques

KCRG-TV9 interviewed ISU Extension's Kristi Cooper about the upcoming EcoFamily Virtual Conference and how families...

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12/27/2012 From Overblog

Recycling Christmas Trees & Poinsettias

AMES, Iowa - When Christmas is over, the egg nog gone, relatives departed and decorations are getting packed away,...

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