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 ...
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6 Steps To Going Off-Grid Without The Culture Shock
Living off the grid with a significant degree of self-sufficiency appeals to many of us. I have numerous friends who have successfully left behind a life of mortgage payments, relentless bills and the trappings of materialism. I’ve even renovated a ...
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 ...
Read More »10 Easy-To-Grow Vegetables For A Fool-Proof Harvest
There is nothing like eating produce grown from your very own garden. If you are a beginner, however, or want to involve the children, you may want to have some guaranteed success. Look for some easy-to-grow vegetables. These will make ...
Read More »5 Vitamin-Packed Asian Vegetables You Can Grow In Your Garden
It used to be that in North America, Asian vegetables were only to be found as ingredients in dishes served in Asian restaurants. But as our taste buds became more cosmopolitan, these delicious and succulent veggies found their way into ...
Read More »How To Keep Deadly Snakes Off Your Homestead
One of my cats is a confirmed snake hunter. Birds can happily search for worms or take a dip in a puddle in her midst while she keeps an eagle eye out for slithering reptiles at all times. I often ...
Read More »5 Gourmet Vegetable Recipes Everyone Will Love
We all know that most of us don’t eat enough vegetables, despite the fact they’re loaded with health benefits. But sometimes when we think of them, the memories of soggy, bland veggies on our plates come to mind. We can ...
Read More »How To Build A Self-Sustaining Homestead On Only 1 Acre
Our society has grown increasingly dependent on the grid, and many people have taken to creating their own homestead to counter this. It can be daunting physically and financially, though. Some homesteads use anywhere from five to 10 acres of ...
Read More »The Quickest Way To Make Your Own Potting Mix
If you’re new to gardening you may not be aware that you can mix your own potting mix. Creating your own potting mix isn’t as difficult as it sounds and is quite a satisfying project. If you have kids it’s ...
Read More »6 Household Items That Make Starting Seeds Easy — And Cheap
When starting seeds, you probably head to your local nursery or home improvement store and look through seeds, or you take a peek at the latest seed catalogs. Then you pick up a bag or two of soil and decide ...
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