Cultivating a vegetable garden is an important part of becoming self-sufficient. When a disaster strikes, the food grown in that garden can literally make the difference between life and death for the family. That’s why starting a garden now, before ...
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10 Critical Garden Tasks Before Winter Weather Hits
Gardening is more or less a continuous affair with just a small break during the coldest of cold days of winter. Even the plants and wild animals go to sleep then, but often after an elaborate ritual of preparation. Likewise, ...
Read More »Year-Round Gardening Tricks For Any Climate
When it comes to gardening, it really comes down to the zone in which you live. Within the United States, zones can range anywhere from 1A to 12B. This article will include information about year-round gardening based on the most ...
Read More »How To Kill Every Weed In Your Garden Without Chemicals
Even though the gardening season is coming to an end for most of us, it doesn’t mean that home gardeners aren’t already thinking of next season – and planning ahead. One of the best ways for the home gardener to ...
Read More »Peecycling: How To Fertilize Your Garden With Nutrient-Rich Urine
That yellow fluid we all flush down the toilet, it turns out, isn’t just useless “wastewater.” When Vermont environmentalists Kim Nace and Abraham Noe-Hays released their findings on the benefits of urine in agriculture earlier this year, farmers and gardeners ...
Read More »Maximize Your Growing Season And Beat Old Man Winter With A Cold Frame Garden
The days are getting shorter, the air colder. What can we do when we want to squeak out a few more weeks of growing? A simple and fun way to grow vegetables year-round is to use a cold frame. Cold ...
Read More »Survival Gardening — The Native-American Way
They survived without the modern tools we have today, on only the land, instinct and the knowledge that their ancestors passed down to them. They respected the land and it yielded for them; they were stewards. Their goal was not ...
Read More »How To Get The Absolute Most Out Of Your Fall Garden
Summer may be the peak of gardening, but cool, colorful fall can bring its own delicious harvest to your dinner table. The cooler, often rainy days of autumn give gardeners a second chance to harvest cool weather crops such as ...
Read More »Delicious Dairy-Free Meals You Can Make From Scratch
Making the decision to go dairy-free can at first seem daunting. You might ask: “How am I going to adjust my cooking and my meals?” It may not be as hard as it seems. I have been dairy-free for a ...
Read More »Grow Garlic This Fall For Your Taste Buds — And Health
It’s garlic time! Garlic is an unusual plant in that it is planted and harvested at the same time of the year. Many communities have garlic festivals in the early fall. They are festive events where you can learn about ...
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