Survival Gardening

Image source: Pixabay.com Tomatoes aren’t difficult to grow. No matter how little care I give my plants, I always get some fruit. However, with a little...

Image source: Pixabay.com   If you’ve never had an aphid infestation in your garden, consider yourself fortunate! Aphids, which exist in almost every gardening zone, are...

Image source: Pixabay.com As more and more households move toward self-sufficiency, there’s a pressure to be able to grow it all, right in your own backyard....

Image source: Pixabay.com So, you have planted your garden and are looking forward to eating all that fresh produce. Did you know that you can make your...

Image source: Pixabay.com It’s intriguing to watch a small group of deer prance through the yard, until they decide to stay. I remember planting a small...

Image source: Pixbay.com Also known as snap beans for their distinct “snapping” sound when ripe, bush beans are the most popular home-grown beans for novice and...

Image source: Pixabay.com Gardening season is well under way, which means it is time to think about mulching. Instead of running to your local lawn and...

We gardeners are a frugal lot. Few of us would throw out seeds that we don’t use. Whether there are too many seeds in the packages...

Good King Henry. Image source: Wikimedia Imagine being able to store fresh food and medicines in the ground indefinitely for emergency purposes, not only maintaining their...

Image source: City of Brevard The question came during a car ride to the annual co-op tree sale, when my farm apprentice asked one of our...