Just because you live in an apartment, does not mean you have to live without the joys of fresh, homegrown garden vegetables. There are just a few simple steps that can help you achieve your homegrown produce dream.
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Sustainable Prepping: 5 Alternative Energy Types for When the SHTF
Let’s cover some methods to generate energy and provide power, and discuss the positive and negative aspects of each one.
Buying Local Honey: What You Need to Know
Buying locally is your best bet in taking steps to buy the purest forms of honey and create a natural prepper pantry. Use these tips when looking for local honey sources.
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.
You’re Wasting Millions of Gallons of Water Each Year and This is How You Can Change It
The conservation is not a mere “greening” but an exercise in supply and logistics…stretching your resources to the maximum of their conservation and employment.
5 Ways Trash Helps Grow Your Garden
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!
The Benefits of Hydroponic Gardening: An Infograph
In the aftermath of a event where going outdoors could be dangerous or life threatening, this gardening technique could be your lifeline for fresh vitamins and nutrients.
20 Practical Ways to Use Bacon Grease
Do you know these twenty ingenious ways of using bacon grease? You may be surprised.
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.
City-Dwellers Can Become Self-Sufficient Gardeners With This Indoor Vertical Farm
If something were to happen today, tomorrow, six months down the road, or even three years into the future, would you be able to sustain yourself and your family? This product could help city dwellers in their quest for self-sufficiency.
10 Best Vegetables for Urban Gardeners
Before you know it, your urban oasis will be bursting with wholesome produce and you’ll wonder why you waited so long to start growing your 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.
Edible Flowers: 42 Varieties to Add to Your Garden
When you are planning your garden, consider adding flowers that serve a purpose of not only assisting in pollination, but can be also be used in dishes. This will help you make most of the limited garden space, not to mention adding fragrant and visually striking appeal to your dishes.
Is Urban Bee Keeping Better Than Rural?
Slowly but surely trending, much like community gardens, is urban beekeeping. Especially as more people find out how doable it is just about anywhere. Surprisingly and best of all – in urban areas.
3 Simple DIY Laundry Detergent Recipes From Around the Web
Making your own natural, homemade laundry detergent is one of the easiest parts of a transition to a homesteaders lifestyle and a more natural way of living. Check out these 3 simple laundry detergent recipes you can make from around the web!
7 Laws of Gardening: Time-Tested Tips For Growing a Successful Garden
What you may not realize is there are laws that you must follow to ensure your plants have the best environment to thrive in. These gardening laws are essential in giving your plants a fighting chance at giving you a big harvest.
Solar Powered Equipment for Disaster Preparation
We have a finite amount of fuel sources that can be stored for disaster situations. Therefore, using solar powered equipment is an ideal investment for renewable energy for long-term SHTF preparations.
Foraging For Edible Weeds
When food is scarce, chaos and fear begin to set in. Foraging for food in the most unlikely places can solve the starvation dilemma. Here are the top most common edible weeds.
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.
POPULAR IN SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE
5 Sustainable Ways to Repurpose Newspapers
Newspapers seem to accumulate the most in homes and knowing its many uses can serve you in a more sustainable manner.
Edible Flowers: 42 Varieties to Add to Your Garden
When you are planning your garden, consider adding flowers that serve a purpose of not only assisting in pollination, but can be also be used in dishes. This will help you make most of the limited garden space, not to mention adding fragrant and visually striking appeal to your dishes.
The Basics on Seed Collecting
Collecting the best seeds that are absent of abnormalities and finding characteristics in the plant that are appealing will create a more dependable crop source.
Dutch Harvest Electricity From Living Plants To Power Streetlights, Wi-Fi & Cell Phones
Just imagine, a house with a roof full of plant/tree life powering your home.
50 Clever Ways to Reuse Your Trash and Not Play into the Throw-Away Society
Stop being a member of the throw-away society and be part of the sustainable solution. Here are 50 of the most thrown away items and clever ways to reuse them.
Water Procurement: Setting Up a Low-Budget Water Catchment System and Why It Will Save Your Life
Using the information from Part 1 & 2, the setup of a water system, decontamination station, and rain catchment procedures entailed to blend all parts together.
Peg Looms: A Simple Way to Create Home Furnishings
All the rugs at Knowle were made on a peg loom, as were cushion covers and the thick toppers that we used on the beds in cold weather.
10 Cool Season Plants You Can Grow Today!
Even though the days are still cool, there are some seeds you can start today. Here are some cool-season vegetables and growing tricks for a great harvest.
10 Ways To Make Your Trash Work For You
Those that are attempting to adopt the homesteading mindset are trying to re-learn the lost knowledge from our agrerian ancestors, as well as trying to find practical ways to save a buck or two. The homesteading mindset is all about re-purposing items we already have in our possession. Finding ways to re-purpose trash can not only make your lifestyle more “green,”, but it can save you money and time as well.
Six Primitive Traps For Catching Food In The Woods
If you do find yourself in the wilderness and need food, there are a lot of ways to fill the plate for dinner. But you need to learn and practice the skills.
10 Practical Reasons You Need Tarps in Your Emergency Preparedness Gear
Tarps serve multiple purposes in an emergency situation and are great for long-term uses. Here are 10 practical uses for tarps in an emergency situation.