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Author: Aaron von Frank

Aaron is an avid forager who works closely with Topsoil Restaurant (and Michelin-recommended, James Beard-nominated Chef Adam Cooke) to bring wild-foraged plants and fungi to local plates. Aaron is a certified wild mushroom forager licensed via Mushroom Mountain. He also has nearly two decades of hands-on and teaching experience doing no-till organic gardening and market gardening. Additionally, he is the creator of the Impractical Guide book series, and author of the Impractical Guide to Raising Ducks: How to joyously produce the world's most expensive eggs from the world's most adorable animals, available in paperback and ebook on Amazon. In addition to their work on TyrantFarms.com, Aaron and his wife, Susan (aka "The Tyrant"), are co-founders of GrowJourney.com, which provides free educational resources for home gardeners and market gardeners interested in no-till organic food production. Aaron is a graduate of Furman University, and served on the board of the Diversified Agriculture Committee for the South Carolina Farm Bureau for five years. He's also a proud papa to an amazing wild child.
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5 steps: how to raise & harvest mealworms

Find out how to easily and affordably raise your own mealworms. Mealworms are a high-protein, nutrient-rich insect larvae that your poultry will love. You can also use mealworms to produce high quality fertilizer for your garden.

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How to get skunk smell off your cat or dog

Here’s a step-by-step guide showing you how to safely and effectively get skunk smell off your cat or dog in one treatment. Since we’ve gotten skunk spray off of our cat six times, we now consider ourselves experts!   It’s 5am. You’re peacefully sleeping with your spouse and duck in your bed. Your unconscious mind is…

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Tradescantia virginiana – a native edible plant common in home landscapes

Tradescantia virginiana is a beautiful native plant often found in home landscapes. Every part of the plant is also edible – here’s how to eat it!

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Plantain: a common edible weed that treats bee and other insect stings

Plantain is a common weed that’s likely growing in your yard. Find out how to ID, grow, and forage plantain — including which Plantago species offer the best culinary and medicinal potential.

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Our breastfeeding nightmare: overcoming a tongue-tie (ankyloglossia)

Our baby had an undiagnosed tongue-tie and lip-tie for the first 7 weeks of his life. Here’s how we diagnosed and overcame this condition to breastfeed normally.

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Growing food for your ducks

Want to raise happy, healthy backyard poultry? Here are our top 11 garden plants for chickens or ducks that you can grow in your garden.

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5 tips to keep your ducks from destroying your yard or garden

Think you have to choose between having an attractive garden and edible garden OR having ducks? You can have both! Here are 5 tips we use to maintain an attractive landscape and grow tons of edible plants — all while having ducks.

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Lacewings: how to ID and attract this amazing, beneficial insect

Lacewings are gorgeous, net-winged insects (Neuroptera) that can play an essential role as pollinators and pest control in your garden. In this article, you’ll find out how to create their ideal habitat and identify them at each stage of their lifecycle.

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What’s the best bedding for your duck coop or run?

Are you trying to figure out what type of bedding you should get for your duck coop or duck run? Find out here!

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16 incredible edible wild flowers + recipes!

Here are 16 of our favorite incredible edible wild flowers. Learn how to ID and use these delicious nutritious flowers!

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Recipe: raw stinging nettle soup (yes, seriously!) 

This raw stinging nettle soup recipe will make you fall in love with stinging nettle. Nope, you won’t get stung but your taste buds will get tickled.

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How to grow your own caffeine in your garden or yard

Find out how to grow your own caffeine in your yard or garden. You might be surprised to find out that you already are!

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How to grow and make lemon blossom tea

How to make the most delicious lemon blossom tea ever, including instructions for how to harvest lemon blossoms from your trees without hurting fruit set.

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Praying mantis egg case identification — and all about praying mantises

Find out what praying mantis egg cases (oothecae) look like, how to ID native species, and more cool praying mantis facts!

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How to grow and use milk thistle

Find out how to grow and use milk thistle without it escaping your garden. Milk thistle makes a delicious tea and is even used as a life-saving medicine!

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