Off-the-Grid Food Production: Cold Frames

Old-timers in the garden will tell you that the best way to maintain healthy soil in your garden is to rotate your crops from one bed to another from year to year. Farmers from generations [ … ]

For a homesteader, gardening is a crucial element of living off the land. If you grow your own food, a drought can be a scary and trying time. However, droughts are a fact of life, [ … ]

If you love gardening, but want to try something different than the regular vegetables, you may like planting summer cover crops. Cover crops (“green manure”), although often grown in the winter, have many benefits as [ … ]