Most people know what composting is but are often not sure how to create their own compost pile – or they wonder if it will really make a difference. Creating a pile, though, is fairly easy and very beneficial to ...
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7 Super-Easy Vegetables For Seed Saving
It is every gardener’s dream to be able to plant a garden, enjoy its bounty and then collect seeds to grow again in the next season. Growing crops from your very own seeds is quite the achievement. Beans, lettuce, peas, ...
Read More »3 Delicious Odd-Sounding Tropical Fruits You Can Grow
Off-the-grid homesteaders who grow their own food and who live in the hot and frost-free parts of the country have many more options than their northern counterparts. These benefits include the ability to grow an amazing array of tropical fruits ...
Read More »Troubleshooting All Of Your Tomato Problems
We love our tomatoes, those round, colorful gifts from heaven. We stew them, crush them, can them and sauce them. Tomatoes are easy and fun to grow, but like every plant in the garden they can get diseases and become ...
Read More »Green Roofs: The Space-Saving Secret To Growing Your Own Food
When space is limited, having the ability to grow your own food requires some ingenuity. You can find all types of different plans and ideas for gardening when land is in short supply, such as stacked beds and vertical planters. ...
Read More »7 Benefits Of Gardening (That Have Nothing To Do With Vegetables)
For many generations, gardening has provided relaxation, healing and tranquility. It has given people not just mental clarity, but physical benefits, as well. Gardening is always at the top of “favorite pastime” lists. It is a healthy hobby that connects ...
Read More »The 4 Best Berries For Warm-Weather Homesteaders
Those off-the-gridders living in the south, where freezing temperatures are rare, have the opportunity to grow a wide array of berries that we northerners can only dream of. What makes a berry the best choice for a southern garden? Well, ...
Read More »5 Cover Crops That Will Deliver Richer Soil And Fewer Pests
If you love gardening, but want to try something different than the regular vegetables, you may like planting summer cover crops. Cover crops (“green manure”), although often grown in the winter, have many benefits as a summer crop. Summer cover ...
Read More »What’s Eating My Broccoli And Kale?
Imagine planting your kale and broccoli as seeds, watering them and watching them grow. You lovingly care for them until one day, to your horror, you notice holes in the leaves and branches that are striped. What evil was let ...
Read More »‘Automated Gardening’: The Stress-Free, Effort-Free Way To Water And Fertilize
We’ve had gardening as part of our emergency preparedness plans for years, but it wasn’t until a couple of years ago that I decided to start gardening ahead of time, before a disaster struck. To be honest with you, I’m ...
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