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Home Grown Potatoes

Potatoes can make an excellent addition to your home garden. They have been a staple of many people’s diets for thousands of years. They are fairly easy to grow, although they do have certain pests [ … ]

How Earthworms Boost Garden Production

They make many people cringe and little boys love to taunt little girls with them, but earthworms are endlessly useful. Without them, our soil would not be as amenable to growing crops as it is. [ … ]

The Many Benefits of A Bountiful Mint Crop

Would a burst of minty freshness feel good right about now? If the mere thought of peppermint or spearmint gets your taste buds tingling, odds are good that you’re an avid fan of mint and [ … ]

Off The Grid Garden Checklist for 2012

While your garden is sleeping, it is preparing the foundation upon which your plants will be grown. However, there are still a few things you will need to do to help your garden along. Here [ … ]

The Natural Healing Herb of Chicory

Chicory is a somewhat woody, perennial herb. Some varieties can be cultivated as salad greens or grown for their roots – which may be baked and ground as a coffee substitute or additive. In fact, [ … ]

The Hard Facts About Organic Fertilizers

Gardening is a fun and practical pastime. You can work out your stress by working the soil, teach your kids valuable skills and lessons, and, best of all, grow much or even all of your [ … ]

Off The Grid Garden Tools For Spring

Seeding and cultivating are actually very simple processes. The reason for all the machinery is that in spite of being simple, it can be rather back-breaking and time-consuming work. In order to solve the problem [ … ]

Dow’s Dangerous Triple Play

Two weeks ago, as I was finishing up the piece on “Savory Herbs and Unsavory Weather,” I decided that today’s column would focus on invasive herbs. Unfortunately, another potential invasion has caused me to put [ … ]

8 Advantages To Container Gardening

Container gardening dates back thousands of years to ancient cultures from places like Egypt, Rome, and the Orient. Despite lack of archaeological evidence to support their exact whereabouts, Greek and Roman writers like Strabo and [ … ]

How To Protect Your Garden From Predators

Your garden is very important to your off-the-grid lifestyle. To end your reliance on grocery stores and supermarkets, you probably started a garden. You can grow a myriad of different vegetables and even fruit, no [ … ]

Study Reviews The Culprits Behind Dying Bees

Since about 2006, farmers, scientists, beekeepers, and casual observers have noticed sudden declines in bee populations. Beekeepers were seeing at least 30 percent of their bee populations die or disappear each year. Scientists began calling [ ... ]
Five Secrets to a Productive Garden

If you’re considering a food garden as part of your long range emergency preparedness plans, the number one piece of advice you need embrace is: “Do your research.” The rules for successful gardening are very [ ... ]
Beautiful and Edible Ground Covers

I have found that there are a couple reasons that one might like to plant a ground covering that is edible. The first is that you have a small yard or garden plot and want [ ... ]
How To Make Your Own Essential Oils and Perfumes

Making essential oils is done by extracting the natural oils from herbs and/or flowers. These extractions can be made with oils or alcohol. Extracting Oils with Oil Oil attracts oil, bringing it out of the [ ... ]