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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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All About Duck Health: Issues, Links, Resources, Recommended Reading, Treatments & Diagnostic Tools

All about duck health – a collection of helpful tips, resources, and information for your backyard waterfowl.

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Tyrant Farms' Winter Squash & Pumpkins

Part 1: the history and folklore of your incredible, edible pumpkin

What edible plant can weigh over 2000 pounds and is 7000 years old? The pumpkin! Take a look inside the incredible, edible pumpkin & its ancient folklore.

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Part 2: How to Cook In A Wood-Fired Oven (Cob Oven)

Learn all about how to cook different types of food in a wood-fired cob oven in order to make the best food you’ve ever eaten. (Part 2 in our cob oven series.)

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How To Build a Wood-Fired Cob Oven

A comprehensive step-by-step guide showing you exactly how to make a wood-fired oven from cob, so you can make amazing wood-fired meals at home.

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Intro to garden huckleberry (nightshade) + preserve recipe

Garden huckleberries are a rare nightshade family fruit. Garden huckleberry preserves offer a delicious blueberry-grape flavor that will have you swooning!

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Sun-dried tomatoes at Tyrant Farms!

Recipe: Soft and chewy sun-dried tomatoes

Trying to figure out what to do with all your extra tomatoes? Here’s how to easily make your own soft and chewy sun-dried tomatoes!

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5-minute tomatillo salsa verde recipe

A simple and delicious tomatillos salsa verde recipe. Perfect with nachos, quesadillas, grilled fish, and more!

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How to grow and eat King Stropharia mushrooms

A huge, easy-to-grow mushroom, King Stropharia is an ideal gourmet mushroom for organic and permaculture gardeners to grow. It also helps build your soil!

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The Hunt For the Elusive Morel Mushroom

The hunt for the morel mushroom, one of the world’s most coveted wild, gourmet fungi begins anew each spring… And it’s almost time!

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Fall and winter gardening tips

Spring and summer aren’t the only time of year to garden. Most people in the US can also enjoy abundant harvests via fall and winter gardening.

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Recipe: 10-minute authentic flour tortillas

With only 10 minutes of prep time, you’ll love these delicious and authentic flour tortillas. The first time The Tyrant took a bite she pronounced, “The internet needs to know about this.”

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Can you eat watermelon seeds?

Yes, watermelon seeds are edible — in some cultures they’re even more valued than the fruit! Find out how to eat watermelon seeds.

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A Response to Slate Magazine on GMOs & Biotech

A Response to Slate Magazine on GMOs & Biotech

Slate Magazine’s article about GMOs & biotech says there is no difference between organic and conventional agriculture (or food). We respectfully disagree.

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Our top-3 favorite wild edible flowers of spring

They’re pretty. They smell wonderful. And they taste amazing. Here are our three favorite wild edible flowers of spring…What are yours?

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Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue – We Eat Them Both and You Can Too

A lis of our favorite edible flowers for the garden. How to grow and eat a variety of cold and warm-weather flowers from your garden.

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