What if I told you there was a way to grow a few thousand calories in a kiddie pool?
Gardening
Growing and Using Barley at Home
Barley is a high-yielding cereal grain that can be adapted to many parts of the homestead. This step-by-step growing guide will help you grow and harvest barley from start to finish.
Have You Ever Wondered Why Gardening Feels so Good?
It’s safe to say that modern life has done more than just separate us from mother nature. It has also removed us from an environment that is essential to our well being.
Homegrown Firewood From a Small Garden
Now to say that eucalyptus is fast growing is an understatement, it grows astonishingly fast, between 6 and 8 feet a year for the most common varieties.
Garden Rebels: 10 Ways to Sow Revolution in Your Back Yard
In the face of this attack on the agrarian way of life, the single, most meaningful act of resistance that any individual can perform is to use the old methods and grow his or her own food.
How Does Your State Rank With Supporting Locally Grown Foods?
Although buying from local farmers markets has taken off in the United States, not all states share the same enthusiasm. See how supportive your state is for locally grown food.
Improve Your Food Forest By Adding Density
Why is it that we find wandering through a lush woodland a wonderful thing… yet fight against lush growth on our own properties?
In Ground Composting
When we were growing our own food space was very important. We had a good sized garden, but not massive, and compost heaps take up a lot of room.
Infographic: Composting 101
There are many gardeners who have problems with their soil. One of easiest and inexpensive ways to improve your soil quality is through composting. The following infographic is a wonderful illustration that represents what to add and not to add to your compost pile.
Infographic: What Does Organic Really Mean?
It seems that the meaning of the term “organic” lies in the eye of the beholder. According to this shocking infographic, it seems that our commercialized food sources are not held to the same standards that those who produce their own food sources are.
Jumpstart Your Garden: Regrow Vegetable Food Scraps
Try out these simple kitchen-back-to-garden tricks just for the experience or to boost your food production and shorten the cycle of germination–to–dinner plate.
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.