Why Growing a Potato Patch Is Important for Survival
Learn why growing a potato patch is important for survival and which types of potatoes you should grow along with the best growing methods.
Vegetable Garden Projects
Learn how to garden with a variety of different garden methods to find what works for you with these fun inspirational vegetable garden projects.
Grow a foodscape garden, survival garden, or a micro-orchard right in your own backyard. Learn how to build your garden soil with a worm tunnel planted right in your garden beds.
Learn how to combat the typical spring gardening problems and get a head start on your garden for the year with helpful tips and tricks.
Discover how to attract pollinators to your vegetable garden for the best harvest ever. Learn about companion planting and how to start a square-foot garden.
4 Easy DIY Garden Soil Tests to Do Now
Perform these easy DIY garden soil tests and improve the quality of your soil by knowing which amendments you need to add for nutrients.
How to Avoid These Common Spring Gardening Problems
Spring gardening alone has many problems from unpredicted weather conditions, seeds not germinating, seedlings looking rather ill, confusion about when to plant, not planting the right varieties of plants for our area, planting plants too close together because they are cute and tiny in the beginning, killing seedlings during hardening off outside and spreading diseases with unsanitized tools, equipment, and containers. We have all been there and done many of these mistakes and I am guilty of these gardening crimes myself. Spring can trick us all into thinking that it is time to plant new plants and bring our indoor plants back outside and then the unspeakable sneaky frost swipes in unannounced to kill them all. This post will help better prepare you for your spring gardening and help you have a successful growing season. Let’s elaborate further on unpredicted spring weather conditions. CLICK TO READ MORE.
How to Do Companion Planting: Friends or Foes?
Plants that like each other, attract beneficial insects and pollinators to each other as well as repel pesky enemies to keep each other safe, happy, and healthy. Remember your tight-knit friend group in school when you all looked out for each other? Keeping your enemies out and your friends in is exactly the same thing that plants like to do too. When you keep their foes away from them, you will be preventing your garden from acquiring diseases and pests and find that you do not need extra help with chemicals just to be successful. If you skip companion planting in your garden, you are more likely to resort to using chemicals on your plants. CLICK TO READ MORE.
How to Make Your Backyard a Snack Yard
Learn how to make your backyard a snack yard with a few perennial plants t that provides healthy snacks for your family.
How to Install a Worm Tunnel and Improve Your Garden Soil
Discover how to install a worm tunnel in your garden for easy, odor-free composting. Improve soil health naturally with the help of worms!
How to Regrow Your Grocery List and Get Free Food
Learn how to regrow your grocery list by regrowing the vegetables that you buy the most and planting them right in your garden!
How to Plant A Climate-Friendly Garden: Strategies for Beginners
Explore how to combat climate change by growing a climate friendly garden by implementing these plants and practices into your home garden.
Best Survival Seed Vaults to Stockpile for a Crisis
Plan for the best survival outcome during or after a crisis with the best survival seed vaults to stockpile for a crisis.