growing asparagus
Survival Gardening for Pandemics

How To Care For The Asparagus In Your Garden

Asparagus is a delightful, nutrient-packed vegetable that many people are not able to enjoy due to the cost. In the produce section of your local supermarket, you will probably find that asparagus is a pricey [ … ]

saving pumpkin seeds
Survival Gardening for Pandemics

How To Store Your Saved Heirloom Seeds

Savor fresh onions, potatoes and other crops from the garden all winter long with the use of simple, time-honored storage techniques. The art of storing vegetables, roots, and seeds has kept whole communities fed and [ … ]

hail damage plant
Survival Gardening for Pandemics

How To Protect Your Garden From Extreme Weather

Hail You’ve survived the early spring frosts and your garden is thriving, thanks to the warm, sunny days of early summer. The cool-season crops, such as carrots, lettuce and radishes are at their prime and [ … ]

soil sample
Survival Gardening for Pandemics

What A Simple Soil Test Can Do For Your Garden

Your plants, whether flowers, vegetables, grain crops, or trees, need several things to grow: nutrients, water, and sunlight. It sounds simple enough, right? Unfortunately, gardening is hardly that easy. Different plants require different amounts of [ … ]

cold frames
Survival Gardening for Pandemics

Why Your Garden Must Have Cold Frames

Cold frames are enclosures built to provide protection to plants during the cooler growing seasons. The roof of the enclosure is built to be transparent in order to allow sunlight in, while the enclosure itself [ … ]

straight row garden
Survival Gardening for Pandemics

Rick Austin: Garden Weeds Are Good!

Monsanto is teaming up with American Vanguard to extend a “crop protection collaboration” program. Crop protection sounds like an Earth-friendly and worthwhile project, but this is biotech giant Monsanto we are talking about – so [ … ]

harvesting onions
Survival Gardening for Pandemics

3 Perennial Onions That You Need In Your Survival Garden

Although popular in American horticulture, onions have a fascinating history. Due to their small size and compostable tissues, it’s difficult to determine where onions originated. However, many believe they came from central Asia, Iran, or [ … ]

raised garden bed
Survival Gardening for Pandemics

The Ultimate Guide To Raised Garden Beds

Building raised-bed gardens is a project suitable for experts and novices alike who are serious about growing high-quality vegetables, fruits, and herbs. One major reason serious gardeners use raised beds is because they allow you [ … ]