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 invasion happens. It’s the aphid invasion. These […]
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 handy visual companion planting chart for […]
9 DIY Raised Bed Garden Designs and Ideas
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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 plant based off the light of our […]
150 Homesteading, Preparedness & Survival Skills to Learn
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In the continuing series of 150 Things You Should Know & Do, a great group have women have come together to create a list of Homestead, Preparedness & Survival Skills we should learn. 150 Preparedness Items You Need to Stock 150 Preparedness & Homesteading Skills You Need 150 Reasons to Prepare for Life! In our […]
DIY Natural, Homemade Weed Killer
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Q: What is a weed? A: A weed is a plant that you don’t want growing in your yard. That’s the fact, Jack. For some of us, weeds are nuisances that are just dealt with, possible food sources that are gathered, and for others, they are the bane of a nicely manicured lawn or garden. […]
15+ Chicken Nesting Box Hacks
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Recently I told you about my Dad’s DIY Chicken Tractor that he made on the cheep. One of the things he used was a salvaged nesting box to help bring the cost down for the coop. While setting a box with some hay down seems easy enough, you actually need to have a ‘home’ for […]
A DIY Chicken Tractor on the Cheep!
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Have dreams of free ranging chickens but still want some place safe for them to be? Do you want to move them around a field or property instead of one space? A DIY Chicken Tractor might be for you! Whether you’re raising chickens in the Alaskan north to sustain yourselves, or are interested in having just […]
Combat Mosquitoes Naturally
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It’s a scientific fact. I am a mosquito magnet. My husband and I can stand in the front yard at dusk on any given day, and you can look down at our legs and my legs are covered in mosquitoes, and he has two. I seem to be an all-you-can-eat buffet for the critters. Then […]
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 hestitant to ever use a commercial […]
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 down a barrier, build a box, fill […]