Survival Gardening

image credit NewsDesk.SI.edu In its efforts to ensure the safety of food, the US government may actually be ignoring the real problem while shutting down small...

Summer is over. Leaves are falling, and the weather is beginning to get a little cooler. While many of us are hanging up the shovel and...

If you consider fresh fruit to be one of life’s best simple pleasures, you may want to consider establishing your own home orchard. While it does...

Gardening is something that is quite enjoyable for many, offering food as payment for all of that hard work and planning. Gardeners in most areas can...

For many years I’ve been a big fan of raised-bed gardening. It wasn’t until recently that I began to grow some of my food directly in...

A lot of virtual ink has been spilled on the subject of survival gardening. Surprisingly, though, little has been used to address the concept of edible...

Fall is a wonderful time to look back at your summer garden and evaluate what worked and what didn’t. Reviewing your gardening success from season to...

My first attempt at gardening wasn’t cheap. In fact, it was pretty expensive. I was allured by all the bright and shiny gardening gadgets, potions, seeds...

The third episode of National Geographic’s Doomsday Castle is full of cringe-worthy moments, but do not expect them to stem from sibling angst or a frustrated...

As the calendar turns from summer into fall, it’s a good time to think about performing a few simple maintenance chores in your herb garden so...