How to Make and Get Free Mulch
How to Make and Get Free Mulch Your plants are surviving in the wild. They are subject to a harsh environment that involves incredible heat and cold, damaging UV rays and even pests. For a long time I...
View Article10 Great DIY Greenhouses
10 Great DIY Greenhouses The greenhouse is every backyard gardeners fantasy. We are all guilty of dreaming about having a nice big greenhouse that allows us to produce food all year long. You may have...
View ArticleWhat to Do When Your Tree Is Dying: 6 Things You Need To Know
What to Do When Your Tree Is Dying: 6 Things You Need To Know If you plan to manage a homestead or a bug out property you will be taking care of trees. Now, the taking care of trees is an interesting...
View ArticleGrowing food with Hydroponics
Growing food with Hydroponics What if you have to live in a place where the soils are arable? Or how to provide large amounts of fresh food for your family when your space is limited? This can be done...
View ArticleLaundry To Landscape Grey-water Hack
Laundry To Landscape Grey-water Hack I think this is a perfect project for many of us that want to save money and recycle laundry water 🙂 We all waste water. Well, with this hack you can use the...
View ArticleHow to Make a Composting Pile
How to Make a Composting Pile One of my biggest goals is to create a self-sustaining growing environment where the leaves that fall each year and my families food scraps along with chicken droppings...
View ArticleHow to Grow Own Mushroom at Home
How to Grow Own Mushroom at Home Mushrooms are fleshy bodies of Kingdom Fungi that can be found growing on mossy bark of trees as well as the shady soil under the umbrage of some trees since they...
View ArticleLarge Concrete Planter
Large Concrete Planter Grow, Grow, Grow is the best advice I can give to anyone who is looking to become healthier and more self reliant. There is no getting around this. Still, I remember a time when...
View ArticleKids and Gardening: Fertilizing Our Future
Kids and Gardening: Fertilizing Our Future People always remark about what good little eaters my children are. They just consume raw vegetables like crazy. When people see them eating raw peppers like...
View ArticleGrowing Food Passively with the Kratky Method
Growing Food Passively with the Kratky Method Growing food at home doesn’t need to be a challenging and time-consuming task. Did you know that there is an interesting growing technique that is very...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Plant and Forget Garden Experiment
The Ultimate Plant and Forget Garden Experiment This is an intriguing article for many reasons. I thought the title was great simply because I have never heard about a forget garden. It was interesting...
View ArticleCold Hardy Crops for the Fall & Winter Vegetable Garden
Cold Hardy Crops for the Fall & Winter Vegetable Garden I am not sure how you feel about the cold and hardy crops of the fall and winter but I love them! I especially love them after a summer of...
View ArticleHow To Attract Honey Bees To Your Garden
How To Attract Honey Bees To Your Garden The condition of honey bee populations is no secret anymore. The importance of their struggle is not either. To this day we are still looking for ways to bring...
View ArticleThe Truth About Landscaping Fabric & 5 Other Simple Ways to Prevent Weeds
The Truth About Landscaping Fabric & 5 Other Simple Ways to Prevent Weeds While getting out in the garden is rewarding, there are some garden chores that are less fun than others, and weeding is...
View Article5 Ways to Reuse Household Items in your Garden
5 Ways to Reuse Household Items in your Garden The up cycle is all the rage these days. The DIY pallet project has became something remarkable. I have seen people build almost anything out of pallets....
View ArticlePlanting In Grow Bags
Planting In Grow Bags It wasn’t until this year that I even heard of grow bags. I received a few from my father in law and we set out to give them a try. There are many varieties of grow bags and some...
View ArticleGarden Design Ideas: Plan your Perfect Garden
Garden Design Ideas: Plan your Perfect Garden As the cool winds of fall give way to the vicious cold of the winter, most of us will be covering gardens. We will be closing up shop on our gardens. There...
View ArticleNo-Till Garden Cover Crops, How To Stop Next Year’s Weeds This Fall!
No-Till Garden Cover Crops, How To Stop Next Year’s Weeds This Fall! In my early days of gardening I thought that tilling was so important. I didn’t realize that there were seeds being shot all over my...
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