…For me, square foot gardening is my favorite method of gardening for our home, and I spend so much time online looking at awesome DIY raised bed garden designs to expand the ‘square’ of my gardens. It works well for our home and our lifestyle. It allows me to…
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101 Gardening Tips & Ideas
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…Saving Big on Lumber Supplies for Raised Garden Beds Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Growing Your Own Food but Were Afraid to Ask Tips for First Time Gardeners Our Experiences With Companion Planting Find Your Gardening Zone Edible Flower Guide Square Foot Gardening 101 Simple Record Keeping for…
Square Foot Gardening Mistakes – Learn from Ours First!
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…Square Foot Gardening Mistakes – our favorite method of managing a garden in a small suburban landscape. But we did make a few mistakes along the way. Learn from our mistakes before you tackle your garden! The premise is to build a gardening box (in square or rectangle), put…
Release the Ladybugs! a Natural Way to Control Aphids in Your Garden
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…Can ladybugs really help with aphid control in your garden? You bet! Here’s how to do it, and spring is the perfect time to get started!! Every spring, as the blossoms on the apple trees begin to open, the green shoots of the garden are getting tall, an…
How to Make Garlic Pepper Tea Bug Repellant for Your Garden
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…With gardening season in full swing, you’re probably wondering what all those things are that are eating away your garden crop. The aphids (learn how to control them naturally), slugs, worms, beetles, and other creatures take a big bite out of our crops every year. But we are always…
How to Save BIG on Lumber Supplies for your Square Foot Garden
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…Hey! Put down that seed catalogue! I know it’s winter. I know you’re really just looking at all those seeds and thinking, “Hmm…what can I plant next year?” I know you are in the midst of settling in for your winter break from the garden. But NOW is…
10 Facts I Learned About Earthworms …. the best composter in the garden!
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…You already have the best composter, right in your garden! This is a quick introduction to a series that will happen this summer – Vermicomposting! Composting with earthworms!!!! These organisms thrive in soil rich in matter for them to compost, and in turn, leave you with some amazing compost…
Companion Plant Visual Chart for your Garden
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…Do some of your vegetable plants in your garden need some new best friends? Might was well plant some that make sense! Good friends with good benefits!!! You may already know the benefits of planting marigolds by just about everything, but there is so much more! I’ve got…
A Summer Bucket List for Kids – Preparedness Style
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…a bird house (we use pallet wood and go for it!). Raise some rabbits, get some chickens. Build bird feeders. Plant a butterfly garden. Release some lady bugs. There are ways to encourage nature to help us in our garden, learn some easy homesteading skills, and even the life cycle…
25+ PVC Projects for Your Homestead
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…of variations on this that can be created for sandboxes or leisure areas. They are portable and easily stored during bad weather. These are not meant to be permanent structures, so take precaution during high wind. PVC Deep Garden Irrigation We’ve used this, especially when planting trees to be able…