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Sustainable Lifestyle
A Step-By-Step Guide for Starting Seeds Indoors
Simply by providing seeds with comfortable temperatures, adequate soil moisture and time, your plants will establish strong root systems and, in time, grow big enough for replanting. Follow these tips for planting success.
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.
GARDENING
How to Preserve Your Bumper Crop
Your bumper crop has arrived! Now what do you do with it? Here are some great suggestions and recipes for preserving your crop.
Survival Food Series: Three Sisters Technique
The Three Sisters gardening method is a sustainable gardening approach to making the most of space, using companion planting and using plants as a living support. Learn more about the Three Sisters and how to plant it.
Grow Your Own Lemon Tree
With a little bit of effort, you could be using homegrown lemons in your drinks and recipes in just a few months.
Gardening On A Compost Pile
Your compost pile is like a huge concentrated stack of seeds and nutrition. It’s no wonder some plants thrive in that situation.
HOMESTEADING
Gardening Tasks for Fall
Here are some great gardening tasks for fall… perhaps they’ll spark some ideas as you strive to make next year the best gardening year yet.
Goats For The Long Haul
A basic primer for why goats are great for the homestead, what type of goats would be best suited for your needs and a list of equipment needed to tend your goat herd.
10 Holiday Gift Ideas For The Gardener In Your Life!
It’s that wonderful time of the year when we all start thinking about the perfect gift to get for those closest to us. But it’s also time to take advantage of the deals out there and get the best gift for the gardener in your life!
10 Holiday Gift Ideas for the Happy Homesteader
Homesteaders love practical gifts that help make things more efficient. Check out these perfectly chosen gifts for your favorite homesteader.
DO IT YOURSELF (DIY)
DIY: Repel Bugs Naturally with this Homemade Bug Balm
Next time you are outdoors, give this natural balm a chance. The smell is much more pleasant compared to insecticides and it’s just as effective.
Microgreens: Tiny Plants With Huge Nutritional Value
Don’t let the size of these petite vegetable greens deceive you – their miniature parts hold a surprising amount of nutrients and flavor.
Off-Grid Refrigeration: Creating an Icehouse in Winter
For those without enough property or in an urban or suburban area, an icebox might be a good thing to have, at least as a backup for the refrigerator.
The Incredible Coconut and its Many Uses
Chances are, you pass right by an amazing, versatile, and nutritious item in your local market without giving it much thought – the coconut.
REPURPOSE, RECYCLE, REUSE
Reduce Waste: How To Make The Most Of Your Autumn Leaves
The end of the summer garden is always bittersweet for me. I miss my daily fresh cut lettuce but I also love the falling leaves and bright reds and oranges of autumn. Luckily, those fallen leaves are more than just pleasing to look at. In this helpful guide, we’ll walk you through a few easy ways to use your fallen autumn leaves as a zero waste and cheaper options around your place.
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SUSTAINABLE IN THE CITY
Homemade Paper Pots
Newspapers are typically used to add carbon rich materials to the compost pile, but they can also be used to plant seeds in. Newspaper pots are a cost effective and natural way to add nutrients to the garden and plant your garden at the same time.
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.
New Indoor Farming Device Can Grow Food With 95% Less Water
Someday, we may all be able to grow at least some of our own food, no matter how small our homes are, and no matter how scarce our water is.
MICRO LIVESTOCK
10 Brilliant Ways to Keep Chickens Cool in Summer
Although chickens are very adaptable, they still need a little extra TLC during extreme weather.
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