Gardening

Just Like Doxycycline: The Antibiotic That Grows In Your Backyard

Antibiotics such as doxycycline are important drugs designed to successfully treat infections caused by bacteria and certain parasites. Their...

Vertical Garden: 26 Plants To Grow Your Own

Vertical gardens are an incredible way to save space (or condense gardens for smaller areas) and they help save time watering. After all, if all of...

Lasagna Garden

Put simply, a lasagna garden is a layered garden that reminds many Americans of lasagna. You stack your layers until you have a deep enough natural...

Strange Gardening Tips And Tricks That Really Work

For most people, you shove a seed or a plant start in the ground (or a pot), and boom: you're gardening. On the other hand, some creative souls have...

Everything You Need To Know About Crop Rotation (And Why You Should Do It)

Crop rotation is a critical part of the gardening process. Some homesteaders assume it’s for farmers and so rarely engage in it. But the evidence...

How To Breed New Potatoes

Potatoes are a lovely plants to grow, and home grown potatoes taste better than shop spuds. If you grow your own you can grow and breed potatoes...

Straw Bale Gardening 101

Straw Bales 101! So, you've decided to try tossing a straw bale out onto your lawn, maybe poke some seeds into it, and see what happens, right?...

Vegetables You Can Re-Grow From Scraps

Years ago, I decided to start a compost for the first time. Not really understanding just how composting worked, I took a bowl of scraps I collected...

How to Prepare Your Soil For Your Spring Garden

Approximately 95% of our food is grown in soil; therefore, for nutrient-rich food production, healthy soil is essential in your garden. Soils supply...

Raised Bed VS In-Ground Gardens

The planting season is creeping up in the southern part of the country and many of us are starting plants indoors as we speak. After all, you'll see...

Straw Bale Gardening

The dream of a simple, contained garden that produces bountiful vegetables drove me to container gardening. When I found insects and birds still...

10 Common Composting Mistakes. Are You Making One Of Them?

Composting is simply using Mother Nature’s recycling system to put back nutrients into the garden ecosystem. Even though there's a lot of composting...

10 Vegetables To Plant In Fall For Winter Harvest

Growing vegetables does not have to stop in the summer. You can easily grow various vegetables throughout the fall and winter months. By knowing...

Cabbage

A simple growth process, delicious, and packed full of vitamins and nutrients, cabbages are one of the most popular vegetables to grow. There is no...

A Medicinal Garden Kit For Starting A Small Backyard Pharmacy

For a very long time I’ve been looking for a seed kit to start a small medicinal garden in my backyard. I’m no spring chicken anymore and as health...

Potato

If you’ve been considering growing potatoes, there’s no time like the present. Potatoes are extremely nutritious, massively versatile, and a staple...

Vegetable Independence – 100% Self-Reliant Vegetable Production

Is raising 100% of your own vegetables possible? Absolutely. We raise 100% of our vegetables which means we don’t rely on the grocery store for any...

How To Attract Toads and Frogs to Your Garden (And Why You Should Do It)

You will hear children squeal in terror when they catch a glimpse of a slimy-looking amphibian hopping across the grass. But for the gardener, they...