Making Your Own Seed Starting Mix
If you are going to be starting a lot of seeds, another way you can save money is to make your own seed starting mix.
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Survival Garden Training
Learn about gardening from the basics to advanced skills. Find information on different heirloom varieties of vegetables, herbs, flowers, microgreens, and more. Enjoy the bounty of your harvest with recipes and food preservation information.
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Learn From The Weeds
Paying attention to the different varieties of weeds growing in and around our garden can tell us what the soil needs and inform us about the ideal crops to plant...
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Cicada Invasion 2024
Are you braced for the Great Cicada Emergence of 2024? If you live in the eastern United States, there’s a good chance you’re pretty curious about what’s in store, too. Let’s...
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A Practical Guide to No-Till Gardening: How to Get Started
If you’re curious about no-till gardening, why not start with this year’s garden? It may sound like a whole new idea, but it really doesn’t require reinventing your whole approach...
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Unearthing the Benefits of No-Till Gardening
If no-till sounds weird to you or fills you with dread of backbreaking hours of hard labor, that article provides good background info to help you understand. No-till can seem...
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A Beginner’s Look at No-Till Gardening
“No-till” gardening isn’t a newfangled concept. It’s literally as old as human civilization. Think about it – ancient gardeners couldn’t really pull out their till or plow to break up...
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Why Grow Clover? The Surprising Benefits for Your Garden and Lawn
You might be surprised to learn about how helpful clover can be in the garden. It also is a nutritionally rich source of chlorophyll and other nutrients, making it a...
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The Importance of Covering Your Soil
In the world of gardening, there is one simple yet often overlooked practice that can make all the difference in achieving a thriving and fruitful harvest: covering the soil.
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Fall Cleanup: From Garden Pest Prevention to No-Till Gardening
Autumn is finally here, and many of us are experiencing relief from the lingering effects of summer’s heat. Gardeners are often more in tune with the changing seasons than most,...
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Using Fall Leaves For Your Garden
The rich colors of falling autumn leaves are beautiful, but did you know they’re also a valuable garden asset? Instead of bagging up your leaves and sending them to the...
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Why Soil Health Is Important to Growing a Garden
The simple answer is that healthy soil grows plants without the use of fertilizers. Most soils can grow plants with fertilizers and amendments but only the healthiest soils can give...
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Vermicomposting - Letting Worms Do The Work
Vermicomposting produces odor-free, nutrient-rich compost that is highly prized by gardeners. Worm compost can be used as an amendment directly to your garden soil, or used to make a compost...
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Planting Buckwheat: Nutritious Gluten Free Grain & Cover Crop
If you’re looking for a versatile grain crop or a cover crop to add to your survival garden, why not consider growing buckwheat? The seeds provide a nutrient-rich and gluten-free...
