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.
VEGGIE GARDEN
Growing a Garden Plot: How Much Should You Plant?
Growing a veggie garden with the intention of feeding your family? You need to know how much to plant. It’s not an exact science, but this will help!
Organic Soil: Garden Amendments You Can Make at Home for Less
How — and why — to create a healthy organic soil & havest at home. DIY methods to replace garden store products that are healthier for you and your home.
15+ Cheap and Easy DIY Garden Markers for Your Garden
These DIY garden markers are a snap to make. Many utilize recycled materials making them an inexpensive addition to your vegetable garden.
How to Build a Bamboo Trellis for your Garden
Where bamboo is plentiful, it’s an excellent building material and resource for gardeners. This bamboo trellis building method is a bit different!
Bee Species: Native Mason Bees for Pollination
While honey bees are familiar to most of us, there are many other bee species that are great pollinators. Mason bees have a lot of characteristics that make them great garden pollinators. Here’s what you need to know about their habits and how to encourage them at your place.
Real Vegetable Gardens from Far and Wide
Beautiful magazine vegetable gardens are inspiring to see, but sometimes we need a reality check. These vegetable gardens come from all across the USA (plus one from Spain!) are the results of real people working the soil and growing food. Beautiful vegetable gardens are great, but REAL is fun to see, too.
Self Sufficient Living with The Resilient Gardener
Growing our own food in preparation for economic downturns or hard times is smart. Self sufficient living is a way to be prepared for what life throws us.
Cooperative Extension: Expert Help, (Mostly) No Charge
The cooperative extension system, affiliated with universities across the USA, are a great source of expert information for gardeners, canners, and cooks.
Aloha! I’m Kris Bordessa, author, hobby farmer, gardener, chicken wrangler, and eternal experimenter.
If you’re ready to shake up your pantry routine and shift from boxed to homemade, be sure to check out my latest project, Attainable Sustainable Pantry (National Geographic Books).
My earlier book, Attainable Sustainable: The Lost Art of Self-Reliant Living (also from National Geographic Books) was awarded the best how-to book of 2020 by the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Here at Attainable Sustainable, I encourage readers to embrace a more self-reliant lifestyle, one small step at a time.
