Survival Gardening

Image source: Flickr   Creating a homestead that is self-sufficient is challenging enough -- and one of the most challenging aspects is trying to grow enough...

Image source: YouTube   Jack may have followed a beanstalk up into the clouds, but beans aren’t the only vegetables that love an excuse to reach...

Image source: Pixabay.com   If a major disaster were to happen which shut down the food supply chain, I think we’d suddenly find ourselves motivated to...

Goji berry. Image source: aoma.edu Homesteaders are always on the lookout for ways to be sustainable – and if possible, make some money. One great way...

Image source: Pixabay.com In the western part of the world when people consider growing their own staple grains, they generally think of wheat or oats. Rice...

Image source: Pixabay.com Weeds -- they creep up in your garden, sneak through the cracks in the sidewalk, and make it a point to grow everywhere...

Image source: YouTube screen capture.   Vegetables typically get one go-round in the kitchen, and then we toss the carrot tops, sprouted garlic or celery bottoms...

Image source: Pixabay.com It happens: We buy or pick lettuce with the best of intentions, but before we eat it all, it wilts, or worse, gets...

Image source: Oregon Metro Most people know there are a lot of items that can be composted.  Vegetable trimmings, for example—things like outer lettuce leaves, tomato...

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...