No-till gardening isn’t just the latest fad. It is a gardening method that preserves soil structure, improves the health of your soil, and saves you back-breaking effort in growing your garden each year. It is an easy method for new gardeners because it does not require … [Read more...]
How to Grow Mushrooms in a 5-Gallon Bucket
Mushrooms are easy to grow if you create the right conditions. In this video from the Youtube channel, FreshCap Mushrooms, Tony explains a simple way to grow mushrooms in a 5-gallon bucket using Aspen woodchips and some Oyster mushroom spawn. To start, take a 5-gallon bucket … [Read more...]
Organic Gardening – How to Start an Organic Garden in 6 Steps
Going green and organic is becoming very common, with more and more people wanting to live a healthier lifestyle. Eating organic food can help decrease the number of pesticides and help protect the environment, but unfortunately, the cost of organic food can be very high. If … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Guide to Starting Seeds
Would you like to jumpstart your growing season? You can by starting your seeds indoors this winter. Not only does it let you begin gardening in late winter or early spring when the ground is too cold to plant outside, but indoor seed-starting can save you money. Seeds are … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Prepare For Your Spring Garden
The days are short, the weather is cold, and your garden may seem like a distant memory. However, winter is the time to get started if you’d like a bountiful garden when warm weather arrives. You can get started today, and the best part is, you don’t even have to leave your … [Read more...]
7 Ways To Use Milk Jugs For Gardening
Are you throwing away plastic milk jugs every week? Stop it. The plastic in these jugs is sturdy, making them useful for a variety of purposes. For example, you can turn milk jugs into the following: funnels, dustpans, mini shovels, outdoor lamps, water markers, storage … [Read more...]
Pallet Greenhouse with a Rain Gutter Grow System
Usually, when I share a video about some DIY project, it's something fairly simple that most people could do in one day--something my readers might actually like to try. This project, however, would take most people several days...or weeks. I don't really expect any of you to … [Read more...]
Pollinator Gardens: What They Are and Why You Need One
You may have heard a lot of other homesteaders chatting about their pollinator garden. It seems that everyone is using pollinator plants to help both their home and local environments. A pollinator garden challenge was recently launched to encourage more use of native plants … [Read more...]
Build A DIY Self-Watering Planter For Only $10
If you're a vegetable gardener, self-watering planters are one of the best inventions ever. Probably the most common mistake gardeners make is to overwater their plants. It's just instinct to want to give your plant a drink if it doesn't look well. But oftentimes, you end up … [Read more...]
How To Create An Edible Food Forest
Yes, You Can Eat Everything That Grows in a Forest. But Only if You Plant It Yourself. Many of us who like to wild forage know an unfortunate fact about nature: Most wild plants are toxic, if not poisonous. Want to save this post for later? Click Here to Pin It on … [Read more...]
DIY Waterproof Wood Planter
I don't normally post a lot of DIY articles and videos on this site, but when I do, I try to make sure they're really good ones that are fairly easy to do and legitimately useful. I'm not very good at building things, so easy is a requirement for me. Recently, I came across a … [Read more...]
How to Build a $17.50 Greenhouse Without Any Tools
If you're an avid gardener, you already know the benefits of having a greenhouse in the winter. It allows you to keep growing things even when it's too cold outside, that way you can have fresh veggies and flowers all year long. I've talked to gardeners who say it would be … [Read more...]
Composting 101: Read This Before You Start
Composting is like a kid’s science project – it’s really not that complicated once you read the directions and understand the steps involved. You don’t have to be a genius to get it done and you don’t need acres of property to compost your food waste. Below you'll find … [Read more...]
10 Reasons You Should Build a Greenhouse
There are many advantages to gardening inside a greenhouse. Greenhouses can be an expression of individuality and a retreat to relieve stress. There are a variety of different greenhouse designs, and you get to decide how large or small it is and whether it will have technology … [Read more...]
15 Easy Ways to Grow Potatoes
If you could grow only one crop on your homestead, potatoes would be a good choice. Potatoes are perhaps the ultimate survival food. They are rich in carbohydrates, vitamins, protein, and nucleic acid. They can be prepared in many ways, from potato chips to potato casserole. And … [Read more...]
40 Best Plants for an Edible Landscape
Imagine a dire survival situation where everything you stockpiled has disappeared into the sky and it’s just you and your partner, Adam and Eve style. It’s time to live off the land. Lucky for you two, your home has a landscape full of flowers, plants, seeds, and produce that … [Read more...]
Build a Raised Garden Bed for Under $30
I've often recommended raised bed gardens to new gardeners, and for many reasons. First of all, it's easier on your back and joints. Since a raised bed is usually a foot or higher, you can sit on a stool and work rather than on your knees. Second, you'll have fewer weeds and … [Read more...]
