Category: Spring

Ruth Stout’s No Work Gardening Method

Ruth Stout's No Work Gardening Method

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Ruth Stout‘s No Work Gardening Method Yes, finally a really easy gardening method that works and produces! It doesn’t matter if your time and energy constraints are due to physical or scheduling limitations. You still find yourself wanting or after a major SHTF event needing to plant a garden. …

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Why You Need A Camouflaged Edible Garden

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Why You Need A Camouflaged Edible Garden Gardening is one of the first lines of defense against many SHTF events. If the event destroys your current year’s harvest, then you fall back to your stock pile and prepare your garden for the longer term shortages that follow every major …

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Growing, Harvesting And Preserving Echinacea

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Growing, Harvesting And Preserving Echinacea Echinacea is one of my favorite herbal remedies! I always have several bottles on hand. But in a long term SHTF scenario that could not only run out quickly but be impossible to replace via retail outlets. Knowing how to grow, harvest, preserve and …

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DIY Self Watering Wicking Garden Bed

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Self Watering Wicking Garden Bed Gardening is the corner stone of independent living and therefor of preparedness. That doesn’t mean insuring your food security has to be back breaking work! A raised garden bed can make gardening much easier for those with bad soil and or bad backs! …

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Create a Mason Jar Herb Garden

Create a Mason Jar Herb Garden

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Create a Mason Jar Herb Garden Nothing beats fresh herbs when cooking. The smell and taste are just better. If you already have a herb garden, you know what I am talking about. If you live in a region where gardening is feasible year-round, then you might be only …

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Grow A Camouflaged Food Forest

Grow A Camouflaged Food Forest

Grow A Camouflaged Food Forest The public food forest is popping up in urban areas all over the western world. Why not plant your own in your corner of the world? Not only are they incredibly easy to upkeep but can be easily camouflaged to prevent uninvited human grazers. There is an art to planting …

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Recycle Doors & Windows in the Garden

Recycle Doors & Windows in the Garden

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Recycle Doors & Windows in the Garden Another really awesome way to recycle and reuse old doors and windows! As a sucker for these kinds of projects. I would always rather see something recycled or reused than end up in a land fill or dump. I was shabby chic before …

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Foraging Purple Dead Nettle

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Foraging Purple Dead Nettle This is another of those annoying weeds in my yard … particularly in one of my garden beds that I have been pulling out by the roots for ever and it always seems to come back! Lucky for me that it does! I did not know …

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Think Green For Security – What Your Landscape Tells Criminals About You

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Think Green For Security What Your Landscape Tells Criminals About You Many people want their home to be charming and inviting both inside and out.  Typically, the landscaping outside of a home sets the stage of how it looks on the inside.  Criminals know this home design trick all to well.  We have …

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30 Unusual Herb Garden Ideas

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 30 Unusual Herb Garden Ideas Herb gardens have become a staple in many people’s kitchens. Both due to the cost of herbs at the local markets and because nothing is better than fresh home grown taste! For garden enthusiasts it is also a way to enjoy gardening year round …

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