Creating a homestead that is self-sufficient is challenging enough — and one of the most challenging aspects is trying to grow enough food to sustain both humans and livestock each year. As difficult as that may seem, it is ...
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3 ‘Monster Vegetables’ You Didn’t Know Could Be Grown Vertically (Yep, We Were Surprised, Too)
Jack may have followed a beanstalk up into the clouds, but beans aren’t the only vegetables that love an excuse to reach heavenwards. Vertical gardening offers a number of benefits compared to traditional gardening, and is a technique which ...
Read More »Stockpiling for Survival Gardening: 7 Things You Better Store
If a major disaster were to happen which shut down the food supply chain, I think we’d suddenly find ourselves motivated to make the most of our gardens — and that would start with making our gardens the most ...
Read More »Homestead Cash: 23 Perennials & Biennials You Can Raise For Profit
Homesteaders are always on the lookout for ways to be sustainable – and if possible, make some money. One great way to do this is to sell perennials and biennials. Selling plants is one step up from just saving your ...
Read More »American Homesteaders Are Growing Rice. Here’s How They Do It.
In the western part of the world when people consider growing their own staple grains, they generally think of wheat or oats. Rice is predominantly grown in eastern countries, but that’s largely due to historical preference. Rice can be easily ...
Read More »5 All-Natural Weed Killers, Straight From Your Kitchen (No. 2 Will Kill ANYTHING)
Weeds — they creep up in your garden, sneak through the cracks in the sidewalk, and make it a point to grow everywhere that’s inconvenient to reach. The easy-out, of course, is to reach for a bottle of store-bought herbicide. ...
Read More »8 ‘Magical’ Vegetables You Can Regrow From Scraps (With A Little Help)
Vegetables typically get one go-round in the kitchen, and then we toss the carrot tops, sprouted garlic or celery bottoms in the compost bin or garbage can without giving it a second thought. Who would imagine that many kitchen ...
Read More »The Secret To Storing Fresh Lettuce For Up To A MONTH
It happens: We buy or pick lettuce with the best of intentions, but before we eat it all, it wilts, or worse, gets slimy. With a little care, though, most lettuce will keep for at least a week or two, ...
Read More »Stuff You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Compost
Most people know there are a lot of items that can be composted. Vegetable trimmings, for example—things like outer lettuce leaves, tomato cores and sweet pepper seeds are no-brainers. But for those who are ready to get really serious about ...
Read More »5 Simple No-Till Methods That Will Change How You Garden
Plants partner with soil ecosystems to create conditions favorable to their growth. This includes everything from increasing organic matter in the soil, to creating soil structures ideal for holding water and exchanging nutrients, and making nutrients more bioavailable/useable to plants ...
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