A successful vegetable garden is the result of more than physical work. It is also the result of mental work in devising strategies for overcoming challenges such as space issues, pest problems and other challenges. And one of the biggest ...
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8 Lightning-Fast Vegetables For Your Fall Garden
Between weeding, watering and keeping garden pests at bay, you may be thinking that you’ve got all you can contend with to keep your spring-planted garden going, but August is a great time to begin a second gardening season. In ...
Read More »EPA Approves New Bee-Killing, Food-Poisoning Insecticide
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the use of a new insecticide, DuPont’s cyantraniliprole (CTP), despite concerns about it getting into the nation’s food supply and the fact that it’s highly toxic to hundreds — perhaps even thousands — ...
Read More »3 Ways To Preserve Your Garden’s Bounty For Months And Even Years
Each year, as my garden produces more and more delicious homegrown produce, I look for new ways to use up every bit of the harvest, so that nothing goes to waste. When I started gardening more than 15 years ago, ...
Read More »32 Crazy, Unique And Even Odd Things You Can Compost
Plants devour richly organic composting soil like humans do a juicy red apple or thick sirloin steak. Composting not only allows farmers and gardeners the ability to have ample amounts of healthy rich soil on hand for free, but it ...
Read More »9 Ways Juicing Actually Can Extend Your Life
Mom was right — we do need to eat our fruits and veggies! After all, research shows eating fruits and vegetables lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke. The Harvard-based Nurses’ Health Study and Health Professionals Follow-up Study followed ...
Read More »Tricks To Get Your Picky Kid Eating Vegetables
My parents never forced me to eat my vegetables or clean my plate growing up; however, my aunt did. In fact, my sister and I were not allowed to leave the table until we ate an entire plate of liver ...
Read More »Shocking: This Is What Your Grocery Would Look Like Without Bees
Bees have been dying in record numbers since about 2005, and Whole Foods Market recently embarked upon a “Give bees a chance” educational promotion to highlight the ongoing decline. The chain hosted events in its stores June 21 to alert ...
Read More »All-Natural Pest Control For Your Heirloom Garden
June 16, 2014 Nick shares his all-natural recipe to help control pests in your garden. Video courtesy of Off The Grid News Previous Video
Read More »California Drought Triggers America’s Next Food Crisis
Every day, millions of Americans drive to the grocery store to purchase fruits and vegetables, rarely thinking where the produce came from or what they would do if it’s no longer available. That nightmare scenario, though, could happen far sooner ...
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