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A Peak into the Past: historical trends of growing your own food

July 17, 2013 By Kurt Ackermann

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Filed Under: Food, History, How to Farm, Urban Farm Tagged With: experimenting, food producing gardens, growing your own food, history of gardening, trying something new, urban farming, vegetables, victory gardens, WW2

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Plan Bee.

July 4, 2013 By Kurt Ackermann

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Filed Under: Cape Town, Honey, How to Farm, Urban Beekeeping, Urban Farm Tagged With: Cape Town, Honey, How to farm, Oranjezicht City Farm, Urban Beekeeping, Urban Farm

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