Most Recent Microfarming Articles

Using Plants to Secure The Home

These days, having a security alarm may not always deter burglars and criminals from breaking into your home. By making some minor adjustments to the landscaping of the yard, you can create secure perimeter around the property so that criminals will think twice before attempting to break in.

3 Ways to Utilize Fallen Leaves

Utilizing natrual materials, such as leaves to use in the garden can improve your soil, naturally fertilize, create a nutrient rich mulch, as well as keep your soil moist. Leaves are a gift back from nature and utilizing them in the garden will reward you three fold. Here are three ways to make leaves work for you.

It Ain’t Just For Smoking: Known But Beneficial Uses For Tobacco

Over the course of centuries, tobacco was hailed for it’s medicinal uses and cures. But in today’s world, the tobacco plant has a really bad reputation. But it has more uses than just for smoking and chewing. In fact, any person who is planning for a long term emergency situation should have a stock of tobacco, not only for it’s bartering potential, but also for it’s assistance in gardens, as well as for it’s medicinal purposes.

Garden Health Checklist From the Vegetable Gardener’s Bible

Edward Smith’s The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible is a must have for those wanting to learn everything there is know about gardening and self-sufficient gardening practices. This easy to read book gives first hand knowledge on how to grow a successful garden. His garden health checklist will help naturally jump start any garden in need.

Making a Worm Farm

Creating a worm farm to use for the garden is an easy organic way of adding nutrients and natural fertilizers to the soil, helps plants, and creates new worm populatons for the compost pile. Not to mention it is a fun educational project to do with the kids to teach them about organic gardening, and the benefits of using beneficial insects and worms for the garden. Here are some tips on creating a successful worm farm.

The Lessons of Amish Agriculture

The word Amish evokes thoughts of horse buggies, rolling acres of farmland, and most importantly, a more simplified life. Although the Amish live modestly, they feel blessed with all they have. Their farmsteading priniciples are no different. Because they have embraced and preserved traditional farming methods passed down for hundreds of years, many who are beginning their journey towards a more agrarian lifestyle are looking to our Amish friends for some guidance.

The Dirty Truth About Being Green

It’s refreshing to see a large company beginning to take those initial steps to being a “greener company.” Sunchips has taken those steps and created new plant based packaging that can be broken down in a compost pile. The more food products that can be made out of recyclable or compostable materials, the better off we and our compost piles will be.

Uncommon Uses For Eggshells

Cracked egg shells are more useful than you think. Not only can it perk up a garden bed, but it can also be used to deter harmful garden insects, as well as help out around the house. Here are eight great ways to use egg shells, rather than tossing them into the garbage can.

Garden Dying? Sometimes We Have To Cut Our Losses

So the garden isn’t turning out the way you wanted it to. We all had dreamy thoughts of a plentiful harvest. Sometimes, things do not turn out the way we want them to. When that happens, sometimes it is best to cut your losses… literally, and start over and learn from the mistake. However, some of the vegetable plants can still provide you essential nutrients, you just have to look outside of the box.

It’s All Flower Power: Use Your Favorite Plants To Repel Mosquitoes

Despite what many believe, mosquitoes are not after your blood. They can smell you from 100 feet away! The deodorants, lotions, perfumes and smelly shampoos confuse the mosquito into thinking you are a flower, and they believe your blood to be flower nectar. To remedy this predicament, plant these herbs and flowers that will repel the mosquitoes into someone else’s yard.