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 […]
A Vegetable Planting Cheat Sheet Infographic
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While this vegetable planting cheat sheet infographic was created for the UK, it can still give you a working base to start from. You can get a visual of the planting zones for the US, and adjust your planting times accordingly. Click on your state to get a more detailed view. You might also be interested […]
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 that will make your garden thrive. […]
DIY Vertical Gardening Ideas & Tips
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Whether you live in the tiniest studio apartment or the largest homestead or somewhere in between, vertical gardening may just be the answer for you to grow more of your own food, even in your limited space! If you’re really in a bind this year with a small yard or balcony for space to grow […]
101 Gardening Tips & Ideas
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As with my 101+ Dehydrating & 101+Canning posts, here is a new 101+ Gardening Tips & Ideas package to help you get ready for gardening season! Click on any title below to be taken to awesome information from around the web! 101+ Gardening Tips & Ideas General Tips Saving Big on Lumber Supplies for Raised […]
The Importance of a Survival Seed Bank
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It’s winter time…when most folks aren’t even beginning to think about the garden, unless, of course, they are PREPared 🙂 This is the prefect time to be planning and ordering and beginning your wee plants, in preparation for the great garden adventure to come! Not All Seeds Are The Same Heirloom Seeds – seeds taken […]
Top 10 Seed Catalogs for the PREPared Gardener
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Snuggle up during the cold of winter and begin dreaming of your new garden with these top ten seed catalogs for the prepared gardener. It’s beginning to look a lot like spring you’d think with all of the seed catalogs beginning to arrive at gardening houses all over the Northern Hemisphere. But if you haven’t […]
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 the time to plan. And have I […]
Nettle Leaf Soup: How Shopping in Your Front Yard Can Improve Your Diet!
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Foraging is one of the areas that I’d love to learn more about with my kids. How easy it is to supplement your current diet as well as prepare for emergencies where you need to forage for all of your food by just visiting your front yard and area green spaces! Amber Rose from FreshBitesDaily.com […]
10 Survival Foods You Need to be Growing
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And here’s a more in depth reason why from Prepper Project. Growing many of these veg can happen in containers even if you’re in a small space, or through vertical gardening projects, etc. JaneJoin Mom with a PREP as we prepare our families for life’s emergencies, one day at a time. https://momwithaprep.com