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  Straw bale gardening is simply what it sounds like: growing a garden in bales of straw. It offers many advantages that aren’t typically available in most in-ground traditional gardens, or even in some raised bed gardens. Before we look ...

  Are you planning your spring and summer garden? This year, plan to make room for vegetables that will remain fresh for months after harvesting. By making some simple choices, you can increase the amount of food you can store ...

  While it may be a few weeks for much of the country before we can plant any warm-season crops like tomatoes, beans and peppers, we can start planning cool-season crops right now. Cool-season crops are those plants that can ...

  Most gardeners are familiar with annual vegetables. These are the one you plant every year, reaping their harvest all season long until the first hard frost comes in the late fall. Many flower gardeners, on the other hand, are ...

The pioneers’ recipes were not ones that came from being able to shop at a large grocery store, where you can buy virtually anything. Their recipes – or “receipts” as they were called back then — were born out of ...

Spring is finally here in North America, and for most homesteaders and off-gridders, that means it’s time to plant another garden. But before you pull out the shovel and hoe this year, why not do something different – something that ...

Everyone loves variety, and this is true even in vegetable gardening. In fact, variety in your garden could be the secret to a more bountiful harvest this year. One way of adding variety is by rotating your crops. Most gardeners ...

  We live in a day and age where instant gratification is the norm. Therefore, when it comes to gardening, sometimes we want and expect the same.  Unfortunately, as a general rule, you can’t speed up the natural world.  Plants ...

Stockpiling food can be expensive. But there is some good news for those of us on a tight budget – you don’t have to spend a fortune to be prepared. You may not have all the food you want, but ...

Are you thinking of planting a garden this year that includes more than just vegetables? Are you wanting to learn new ways to use less pesticides, less room, but gain more produce? One way to accomplish all of this is ...