Reviving the lost art of self-reliance, one small step at a time
Growing a veggie garden is quite possibly one of the most rewarding activities a person can undertake. A little bit of poking around the soil can net bushels of fresh produce.
Knowing where your produce comes from and how it was grown is priceless. In a world where so many of us are trying to cut our exposure to unnecessary chemicals in our lives, taking control of our fresh food production is empowering.
From how much to plant and choosing appropriate vegetable varieties for your region, to soil improvement and composting. there’s plenty here to get you started.
The edible sweet potato vine provides winter greens when grown indoors during cold weather. It’s an unexpected ingredient, but for mid-winter fresh greens, sweet potato vine can’t be beat. They’re easy to grow! Use them in stews, salads, and stir fry dishes.
Growing buckwheat: It’s surprisingly good at creating lots of unexpected benefits in a vegetable garden. PLUS, it’s super easy to grow.
Growing Buckwheat: 9 Reasons You Need it in Your GardenRead More
Hot summertime weather can cause many vegetable plants to wilt and die. But not these heat tolerant vegetables! You can even start them in high temps.
Heat Tolerant Vegetables that Thrive in Blazing Summertime WeatherRead More
You’ve heard about hydroponics, but what is hydroponic growing? This method of growing plants without soil has many benefits for the home gardener.
Hydroponics 101: An Introduction to Growing Food HydroponicallyRead More
Harvesting basil to ensure a continuous source of flavorful leaves from your garden all summer long is easy! Here’s how to pick basil leaves and use this tasty herb in recipes.
Growing and Harvesting Basil So it Produces All Season LongRead More
Extend your harvest season by utilizing the succession planting method. It’s an easy way to make your garden work harder. Instead of planting once and having an overabundance of some crops, stagger planting to have more produce across a longer length of time.
Succession Planting: An Easy Trick to Harvest More Food from Your Veggie GardenRead More
Are you tossing out a perfectly good leafy green while you wait for the “real” garden to grow? Growing purslane means early garden greens!
Foraging for Purslane: An Early Spring Green Right in your Backyard — and it’s FREERead More
Need to know the difference between heirloom seeds and hybrid seeds? Or why you might want to opt for heirloom seeds in your vegetable garden? There are plenty of reasons to choose heirlooms instead of their hybrid cousins. Your vegetable garden will shine with some of these vintage varieties!
6 Reasons to Grow Heirloom Seeds in Your Garden for Fun and FlavorRead More
During WWI and WWII, the economy was hurting and many Americans struggled to survive. Victory gardens grown in most backyards provided extra food for the family, giving them the nutrition they needed without great expense. 7 reasons to bring back victory gardens Although the economy isn’t as bad now as it was during the war, …
Victory Gardens: 7 Reasons to Grow Your Own Backyard FoodRead More
