Off-the-Grid Food Production: Greenhouses

There is a rhythm to the year-round garden. At no point are we without fresh food from the garden, though it changes quite a bit through the seasons. Here in Zone 5 and where potential [ … ]

Honeybees don’t just pollinate our orchards (apples, pears, peaches, plums, almonds, grapefruits, oranges, cherries), but they also pollinate berries (blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries) as well as onions, pumpkins, cucumbers, cantaloupe, watermelons and a host of [ … ]

Vegetable gardening can be highly rewarding; it can also be sorely disappointing. Torrential rains followed by scorching heat cause a host of problems, from blossom end rot to dropping blossoms. Diseases and insect pests ravage [ … ]