80+ Items You Can Compost
Follow me Home composting isn’t just for farmers anymore! The practice is becoming increasingly popular among urban environmentalists who are eager to cut
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Going Rogue: 15 Ways to Detach From the System
Follow me I am inspired by the very definition of self-reliance: to be reliant on one’s own capabilities, judgment, or resources. Ultimately, it is the
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Grow Your Own Food Throughout the Year with the Cost and Energy Efficient Micro-Climate System [Video]
Follow me The Greenhouse of the Future may have the solution to our problem [of hunger]. However, some people are determined to find
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70 Medicinal Herbal Plants You Should Grow In Your Organic Garden
Follow me Herbal plants have played an important rule in medicine for many years. Some common herbal plants such as ginger, peppermint, lavender,
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25 Survival Seeds You Need For Your Garden
Follow me Living off the land sounds as inviting as Christmas dinner. But many have hardly had adequate experience being “farmers.” In fact,
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The Autumn Harvest: How To Store and Cook With Winter Squash (plus recipes)
Follow me One of my favorite things about fall is the abundance of winter squashes and all the delicious recipes one can make
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20 Early Spring Edibles: How And When To Grow Them
Follow me When you have been stuck indoors all winter long, even a few patches of brown grass and soil poking through on
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16 Common Vegetables You Can Regrow
Follow me With anything started in water you must replenish water as needed and change on a weekly basis. Leeks, Spring Onions, Scallions
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Lessons in Farming with Limited Space on a Limited Budget
Follow me Our modern way of life has strayed from the family farm and has moved toward the urban and suburban environment. This
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Basic Survival Food From Your Garden: Corn
Follow me Corn has a bad reputation today. Besides being genetically modified, corn today has been transformed into high-fructose corn syrup. It’s creeping
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Plantain, a common driveway weed is one of nature most powerful medicines
Follow me It’s known to pop up as a persistent weed in gardens , on lawns and even in driveway cracks . But
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How To DIY A Greenhouse: 9 Projects For Your Homestead
Follow me Today’s article is as green as it gets, because it’s about DIY-ing greenhouses. How do you build a greenhouse, you ask? The
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SHTF Survival Options – Indoor Gardening
Follow me As a prepper you may have stockpiled all sorts of food items, and you probably know how to grow your own
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5 New Solutions For Growing Healthy Produce Indoors
Follow me An increasing number of people are moving into urban environments and away from traditional agriculture. As a consequence, those who have
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With This Greenhouse It Is Now Possible To Grow Crops In The Desert
Follow me A non-profit organization called “Roots Up” has designed a greenhouse that collects moisture from the air, which then is used to
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10 Medicinal Plants that Should be in Every Garden
Follow me Playful as kids are, accidents happen. And the accident that befallen me at 7 years old was the feeling of the
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Permaculture: The New Paradigm Of Self Sufficient Community Based Living
Follow me The fact of the matter is that over the years we have allowed ourselves to be more and more accepting of
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Hugelkultur: Natural Permaculture Gardening
Follow me Sustainable agriculture is a relatively new (and also very old) concept that is sweeping the world these days. Beautiful gardens are
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“Farm From A Box” Equips Communities With The Tools Needed To Grow Food Off-Grid
Follow me The small farming toolkit includes everything one needs to start growing biodynamic, organic food off-grid. Self-sufficiency is a must in the
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Fight Dirty: How to Become a Backyard Garden Guerrilla Even If You’ve Never Grown a Tomato
Follow me Sometimes I think that the next Revolutionary War will take place in vegetable garden battlefields, all across America. Instead of bullets,
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13 Tips For Building The Best Raised Beds
Follow me There are many reasons why raised bed gardening is becoming so popular. One of the main reasons that they’re great for
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Blend Your Own Seed-Starting Mix
Follow me April Johnson, landscape and greenhouse coordinator at the Rodale Institute near Kutztown, Pennsylvania, grows literally thousands of organic vegetable, flower, and
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Cold Frame Gardening
Follow me Like most vegetable gardeners, I’ve always been interested in extending the harvest beyond the confines of “the growing season.” Along with
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