Growing Methods

I don’t know about you, but choosing garden seeds and plants every year is ridiculously enjoyable for me. I could sit and flip through seed catalogs for hours, and I …

In times of scarcity, we can’t always rely on the food industry to provide us with enough to eat. If you look back to the world wars where food was …

Why start a fruit garden? Is it worth the time and effort? Well, if you’ve never tasted garden-fresh fruit (unfortunately, very few people have!), you will be blown away by …

How do you create a low-maintenance garden? Huge gardens sound great in theory. They also look fantastic outside stately homes, on our screens on ‘Gardeners World’ and on our Pinterest …

With the growing interest in organic food, many people have turned away from the exorbitant prices in their local grocery stores and started planting their own gardens. Unfortunately, they figure …

If you are trying to grow a garden in a colder climate, a hoop house is one way to give plants an early start when temperatures are still cool and …

Living off grid presents more than its fair share of challenges. How will you power your home or cabin? Will you choose a tiny home or maybe something more traditional …

Large cities almost all have areas that are largely abandoned, falling into disrepair, and are in need of finding a purpose again. This is especially true in places like New …

Homesteaders and others living off grid often face a variety of challenges that others would never even consider in their day-to-day lives. Making sure that your power supply is maintained, …

With a rising population, shrinking fresh water supplies, urban food deserts, and concerns over the impact of traditional farming practices, vertical farming has been getting more attention from some unexpected …