You don’t have to spend a fortune at the nursery or garden supply center to have a happy and healthy garden. There are a few things you probably have lying around the house that can put some extra green in your thumb—and many of them are items you might otherwise consider trash!
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9 Things to Consider Before You Ever Grow a Survival Garden
Survival gardening will be labor intensive, and large amounts of energy (sweat) will be needed to make a survival garden work. In exchange for your energy and time, you will want a survival garden that will provide your family abundantly with food. Keeping certain factors into consideration before starting a survival garden will help you get the most out your garden, provide you and your family with the healthiest vegetable varieties, and help you find the easiest types of vegetables to grow.
A Guide To Creating a No-Till Garden
No-till gardneing has many names, but they all have the same result — good, healthy soil. This efficient method of gardening makes calculated additions to the soil to condition it and create a welcome environment for beneficial insects. It also benefits to the gardener as it less back breaking than other gardening methods.
Amp Up Your Compost Bin with Brand-Name Products
Did you know that your brand-name household products have more than it’s intended use? Rather than running out to the expensive garden center, simply look into your pantry and you are bound to find a more economic substitute to what you were looking for. Here are 11 brand-name products that can be used to amp up your compost bin.
Another Year Of Gardening Failure (And What I Learned)
These are just nine of my failures this year. I also mysteriously lost a couple of pomegranate trees to an unknown pathogen, lost chickens to raccoons, misplaced my good pruning shears…
Are Ornamental Plants WORTHLESS for Homesteaders?
Many ornamental plants have more than one use. Some are even edible. When combined with your fruit, nuts and vegetables, they can be a worthwhile addition to your homestead – not a worthless waste of space.
Beemageddon: Syngenta Wants an Increase in Pesticide Levels
Syngenta is asking federal regulators to increase the allowable levels of some pesticides, even though experts have linked the chemicals to massive bee die offs.
Beyond the Pumpkin: 56 Fall Farm Finds
Pumpkin isn’t the only wonderful food that fall brings. Visit your local farmers’ market and you’ll find a beautiful array of nutritious produce this time of year.
Black Gold: Add Nutrients to the Garden – The Easy Way!
Black gold is the product of vermicomposting—or, in simple terms, it’s the rich, black stuff that comes out the back end of a worm. This so-called “super soil” has many benefits and it only takes a little bit of work to build your own worm farm and start getting a constant supply.
8 Sustainable Changes You Can Make That Will Have a Positive Impact on Earth
Whether you want to believe it or not, our current way of living is not sustainable. Here are eight simple changes you can make in your life to lead a more sustainable lifestyle.