Survival Gardening

If the sight of your barren winter garden makes you melancholy, take heart. Even when six inches of snow covers your yard, you can grow food...

Exotic tropical plants can be grown for more than just their lush beauty. Some of these plants are edible as well, and even in the middle...

I’ll admit it. I have a compost box, but I’m a lousy composter. Every spring, I make a renewed commitment to manage the compost successfully. I...

When serious storms like Hurricane Sandy slams into coastal cities and towns, many worry about lives and property. Fallen trees, widespread flooding, power outages, and other...

Hello friends, this is Bob Whitten, coming to you from beautiful, sunny Thomson, Illinois. Have you been wanting your own greenhouse, but sticker shock has kept...

You’ve likely got most things taken care of in the garden and most of your garden tools put away for the winter.  If you haven’t done...

For those of us living in areas not blessed with a long growing season, we have to get creative. While many people do not have the...

As a homesteader, you probably have a goal of growing most of your own food. However, the road to self-sufficiency doesn’t appear overnight. Perhaps you started...

It can be difficult to embody the practices that are important to you in terms of producing your own food if you have a small plot...

While hobbyists are enjoying their pumpkin pies and other fruits of their summer gardening labors, the serious gardener is likely to be hopping about with the...